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India, are you watching? After the Women's T20 Challenge is announced again and with FairBreak in full swing, Bes, Tim and Nick discuss the absence of a Women's IPL. Elsewhere, Nepal take on Zimbabwe A, KKR make waves in the USA and UAE knock over the HK in a women's T20 series!
So much cricket we almost don't know where to look! Nick, Tim and Bes wrap the Namibia-Zimbabwe-Uganda women's tri-series and take a look at the upcoming women's Fairbreak tournament, PLUS ponder the new CAN Nepal T20 league. We also hear from Alan Curr in Japan ahead of their Premier League, and wrap news from around the world!
First of all, we send our best wishes to Ryan Campbell and his family.
On this week's show, Nick, Tim and Bes wrap the recent League 2 tri-series, as Scotland accelerate, Oman consolidate and PNG struggle. We take a look at Namibia's home series with Uganda, while the two countries also feature on the women's side, taking on Zimbabwe in the Capricorn tri-series!
EC's Netherlands correspondent Rod Lyall joins Nick Skinner to discuss recent movement in the Dutch administration (KNCB). There's a general meeting coming up on Wednesday (20th of April), an interim committee has recommended new board members, and Rod dares to dream that the KNCB is turning a corner.
The EC Pod trio are together again, and there's plenty to dissect...
All the findings of the recent ICC Board Meetings, plus news from around the emerging game!
This week Tim and Nick chat about Nepal's triumph in their home T20I tri-series, some bad news on the home front for Malaysia with Kinrara Oval set to close, and the Netherlands' unsuccessful tour of NZ. Rwanda also claimed victory in Lagos at the inaugural Nigeria Invitational Women's T20I Tournament, and they also chat about the 2-2 series result between Namibia and the Ireland Wolves, plus Uganda's arrival in Windhoek for a T20I and 50-over series.
In a busy week for the emerging game, Nepal hosts PNG and Malaysia in a tri-series, Tim shares some personnel news from Vanuatu, Nigeria and Oman both hold multi-nation women's tournaments, the Ireland Wolves take on Namibia A in Windhoek, and the Netherlands travel to New Zealand for their Cricket World Cup Super League series.
Tim and Nick are back to review the recently-concluded Cricket World Cup League 2 tri-series where hosts UAE picked up 3 wins against the inconsistent Nepal, and strugglers PNG. The pair also discuss the ongoing GCC Women's tournament in Oman, as well as Namibia's domestic Richelieu franchise series and the Ireland Wolves development tour.
With Bes still busy working the women's world cup, Tim and Nick wrap the recently concluded Cricket World Cup League 2 tri-series in the UAE involving the hosts and Namibia and Oman. They also look ahead to the next series (now underway) with UAE, Nepal and PNG. Then the news of Michael Rippon's selection for the Dutch team in New Zealand prompts Tim to reminisce about a potential repeat of an incident from 1995.
The trio are back together and start with a look at the ongoing CWCL2 tri-series in the UAE. Then it's time to take stock of the European Cricket League as it approaches its finals week, before moving on to discuss the MCC's changes to the Laws announced this week.
