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Title: CB40.
Post by: LeonieKelly18 on January 22, 2013, 03:15:03 PM
What are your views on the matter that a national squad is placed in a county competition??
 
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: tim2000s on January 22, 2013, 03:19:08 PM
What are your views on the matter that a national squad is placed in a county competition??
It's an interesting question. If the National squad was good enough to beat all comers in a county tournament then it might be an issue, but neither Scotland nor Netherlands is playing at that level yet. Would it be better if they played more against "Lions" level International teams?
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: LeonieKelly18 on January 22, 2013, 03:23:20 PM
It's an interesting question. If the National squad was good enough to beat all comers in a county tournament then it might be an issue, but neither Scotland nor Netherlands is playing at that level yet. Would it be better if they played more against "Lions" level International teams?

well having seen all their CB40 games over here it obvious that without their overseas boys they wont be able to play that level yet. but i think against the lions could be ok! at least will help them with getting better. And they need to start streaming their own youth i'd say. Dont get me wrong i think it's great that they play in the CB40 it has a lot of plusses for dutch cricket. But at the same time we are a national side, not a county.
BTW. the womens sides do the same. they play English county as well
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: Aswani Cricket on January 22, 2013, 03:28:20 PM
I think for the development of the game in the non-major cricketing nations, it has to be good, and therefore should raise the standard of the game worldwide, and hopefully encourage more people to play
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: LeonieKelly18 on January 22, 2013, 03:31:16 PM
I think for the development of the game in the non-major cricketing nations, it has to be good, and therefore should raise the standard of the game worldwide, and hopefully encourage more people to play

Goodpoint! it has done a lot for our cricket i have to say,
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: Aswani Cricket on January 22, 2013, 03:36:44 PM
What sort of publicity does Dutch cricket get outside of the ICC championships, say?  The mens team of course have created some upsets like the Irish. Is there much TV hype around that? Do you get to have a ticker-tape parades around the streets of Amsterdam? :)
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: LeonieKelly18 on January 22, 2013, 03:42:21 PM
What sort of publicity does Dutch cricket get outside of the ICC championships, say?  The mens team of course have created some upsets like the Irish. Is there much TV hype around that? Do you get to have a ticker-tape parades around the streets of Amsterdam? :)
NEVER seen anything about cricket on dutch TV ever! over here if you say you play cricket they think its croquet. i go to schools around the country teaching kids what cricket is and giving clinics... no one knows.. we have a 150 woman playing and i think about 450 to 500 men??? maybe less?
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: farnham_quins_2 on January 22, 2013, 03:45:13 PM
I think it would be interesting if one of the national teams got to a level where they were challenging for honours. Would they be allowed to continue? What if they became the best team, and consistently won titles? I'm assuming there are some terms and conditions to their national teams being in the competition? Perhaps to do with test status?
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: tim2000s on January 22, 2013, 03:45:16 PM
NEVER seen anything about cricket on dutch TV ever! over here if you say you play cricket they think its croquet. i go to schools around the country teaching kids what cricket is and giving clinics... no one knows.. we have a 150 woman playing and i think about 450 to 500 men??? maybe less?
Amstelveen used to have a decent club. Is that still going?
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: LeonieKelly18 on January 22, 2013, 03:56:10 PM
Amstelveen used to have a decent club. Is that still going?
VRA???  massive club between hockeyfields??
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: tim2000s on January 22, 2013, 04:00:28 PM
VRA???  massive club between hockeyfields??
No idea what it's called - last time I was there was in 99.
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: joeylough on January 22, 2013, 04:06:56 PM
Is there a reason why Ireland are not in the CB40? Is this with a greater push at test playing nation and some players spread across the counties?
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: Aswani Cricket on January 22, 2013, 04:15:49 PM
NEVER seen anything about cricket on dutch TV ever! over here if you say you play cricket they think its croquet. i go to schools around the country teaching kids what cricket is and giving clinics... no one knows.. we have a 150 woman playing and i think about 450 to 500 men??? maybe less?

You'll have to get tweeting the radio and TV stations and get the word out ... :)
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: LeonieKelly18 on January 22, 2013, 04:20:33 PM
No idea what it's called - last time I was there was in 99.

http://www.vra.nl/ (http://www.vra.nl/) this one??
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: LeonieKelly18 on January 22, 2013, 04:22:17 PM
You'll have to get tweeting the radio and TV stations and get the word out ... :)
we tried with one of the cricketers is a tv presenter and he cant spread the word while he tried
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: Manormanic on January 22, 2013, 04:34:05 PM
I think it has to be a good thing really - where else are they going to play at a high enough level to improve their games, because it certainly won't be in the ICC competitions?

At the moment, they're competitive enough I think with most county sides, though unlikely to top their group or anything like that.  As more actual Dutch players come through though, it will give them the experience necessary to improve their standards.
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: tim2000s on January 22, 2013, 06:18:50 PM
[url]http://www.vra.nl/[/url] ([url]http://www.vra.nl/[/url]) this one??

Yes, that's the one.
Title: Re: CB40.
Post by: LeonieKelly18 on January 22, 2013, 08:41:25 PM
Yes, that's the one.
yep its still going strong! some CB40 games get played there! love the first ground!