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1 game left in the tournament… and an Associate player still leads the bowlers leaderboard! Shadley van Schalkwyk USA 🇺🇸 tops the list with 13 wickets, jointly with Muzarabani 🇿🇼, Varun 🇮🇳 & Rashid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. USA’s last game (Match 26) was on Feb 15; yet SvS has remained at the top of the wickets table over the last 3 weeks as the tournament rolls on to Match 55. Even if Varun 🇮🇳 (13) or Rachin (11) 🇳🇿 go past SvS in the Finals, this tournament has already delivered a powerful message that Associate players belong on this stage. One more reason to expand the WC to 24 teams soon! #AssociateCricketRising 💪

Falkland Islands 🇫🇰 T20I I find it fascinating that a country with a population of just 3,650 people has nurtured a passion for cricket dating back more than 150 years, and is now hosting a #T20I on its own soil! 🇫🇰🏏 What an incredible story! Would love to hear from any Falklanders or knowledgeable folks out here. How deeply rooted is cricket in the Falkland community? #FalklandIslands #AssociateVoice

WHY BALI? The ICC is holding its quarterly Board meeting in Bali, Indonesia 🇮🇩. But, Why Bali? As I highlighted last year👇, Cricket is experiencing exponential growth in Indonesia! 🇮🇩 The men’s team played more T20Is than any other country in 2025! 🏏 The senior women’s team made its Women’s Asia Cup debut in 2026. 🏏 The U19 women’s team qualified for the U19 Asia Cup for the first time. ICC Chairman Jay Shah acknowledged the significant strides cricket has made in the region: “Bringing the meetings to Bali is a significant occasion for cricket in Indonesia and reflects the growing ambitions of our sport in the country.” “With new cricket grounds coming up in Bali, alongside the continued efforts of Persatuan Cricket Indonesia, there is clear momentum towards building a stronger foundation for the sport in this region.” Bali is more than a meeting venue. It’s a recognition of Indonesia’s growing place in the global game! 🇮🇩 Kudos to @Cricket_INA and everyone driving the game forward in Indonesia! #IndonesiaCricket #AssociateVoice

ICC is evaluating plans to exercise greater control over T20 franchise leagues at is quarterly meeting in Bali this week. A cap of 4 overseas in the XI could impact the viability of USA’s 🇺🇸 MLC (currently 6 overseas permitted in XI) and UAE’s 🇦🇪 ILT20 (9 overseas permitted). Source: Cricinfo #AssociateVoice

Most #T20Is on a single ground Which grounds have hosted the most T20Is? Rwanda 🇷🇼 Gahanga Stadium 137 Oman 🇴🇲 Al Amerat 121 UAE 🇦🇪 Dubai Intl Stadium 109 Malaysia 🇲🇾 Bayuemas Oval 90 Romania 🇷🇴 Moara Vlaisei 80 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Usayana Ground 80 Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 Harare Sports Club 78 UAE 🇦🇪 Zayed Stadium Abu Dhabi 76 Qatar 🇶🇦 West End Doha 73 Malta 🇲🇹 Marsa Sports Club 68 Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Shere Bangla Dhaka 67 The inspiration? Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands 🇫🇰 is set to host its FIRST-EVER T20I on November 15! #AssociateVoice

A historic occasion for the Falkland Islands! 🇫🇰🏏 The Falklanders will be hosting a #T20I at home for the first time! With a population of just 3,650 people, Falkland Islands 🇫🇰 is the smallest ICC member. Yet, Cricket has been played on the islands for more than 150 years! Their passion for the game and ambition to host an international T20I on home soil deserves to be celebrated. This is what growing the global game is all about! #FalklandIslandsCricket #AssociateVoice

ALLTIME #CWCL2 Top 11 Bowlers • 3 Bowlers took 100+ wickets! • 3 Bowlers from #NepalCricket in the Top 11! 1. Sandeep Lamichchane🇳🇵123 Wickets (18.98 Average) 2. Saurabh Netravalkar 🇺🇸 106 (21.98) 3. Bernard Scholtz 🇳🇦 104 (19.50) 4. Karan KC🇳🇵86 (24.51) 5. Mark Watt 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 86 (25.18) 6. Junaid Siddique 🇦🇪 83 (27.24) 7. Bilal Khan 🇴🇲 82 (19.12) 8. Ruben Trumpelmann 🇳🇦 78 (26.16) 9. JJ Smit 🇳🇦 68 (22.64) 10. Sompal Kami🇳🇵68 (30.45) 11. Shakeel Ahmed 🇴🇲 59 (16.25) Other Team Bowlers 18. Aryan Dutt 🇳🇱 50 (20.20) 22. Kaleem Sana 🇨🇦 48 (22.89) 34. Chad Soper PNG 🇵🇬 37 (30.81) #AssociateVoice

USA 🇺🇸 batters dominated the latest edition of the #CWCL2. But who rules the ALLTIME charts? ALLTIME #CWCL2 Top 11 Batters 1. Monank Patel 🇺🇸 2,343 Runs (Ave 37.19) 2. Jatinder Singh 🇴🇲 2,211 (35.09) 3. Gerhard Erasmus 🇳🇦 2,190 (36.50) 4. George Munsey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 2,128 (45.27) 5. Rohit Paudel🇳🇵1,913 (32.98) 6. Richie Berrington 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1,897 (39.52) 7. Aasif Sheikh🇳🇵1,762 (29.86) 8. Mike van Lingen 🇳🇦 1,468 (39.67) 9. Aaron Jones 🇺🇸 1,394 (37.67) 10. Milind Kumar 🇺🇸 1,380 (62.72) 11. S Mukkamala 🇺🇸 1,374 (42.93) Other Team Batters 15. Max O’Dowd 🇳🇱 1,305 (42.09) 16. Assad Vala PNG 🇵🇬 1,290 (36.85) 19. Muhammad Waseem 🇦🇪 1,249 (22.30) 35. Harsh Thaker 🇨🇦 882 (36.75) #AssociateVoice

#CWCL2 Top 11 Bowlers • 4 Bowlers took 50 or more wickets! • Two bowlers each from Oman 🇴🇲 NED 🇳🇱 and USA 🇺🇸 in the Top 11 1. Shakeel Ahmed 🇴🇲 59 Wickets (16.25 Ave) 2. Bernard Scholtz 🇳🇦 55 (19.05) 3. Sandeep Lamichhane🇳🇵51 (23.39) 4. Aryan Dutt 🇳🇱 50 (20.20) 5. Saurabh Netravalkar 🇺🇸 48 (22.83) 6. Kaleem Sana 🇨🇦 48 (22.89) 7. Kyle Klein 🇳🇱 47 (20.29) 8. Brandon McMullen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 44 (22.90) 9. Harmeet Singh 🇺🇸 44 (26.72) 10. Junaid Siddique 🇦🇪 40 (29.17) 11. Samay Shrivastava 🇴🇲 39 (21.15) #NepalCricket #AssociateVoice

#CWCL2 Top 11 Batters 1. Milind Kumar 🇺🇸 1,380 Runs (62.72 Ave) 2. Max O’Dowd 🇳🇱 1,305 (42.09) 3. Saiteja Mukkamalla 🇺🇸 1,224 (51.00) 4. George Munsey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1,184 (49.33) 5. Monank Patel 🇺🇸 1,124 (37.46) 6. Jatinder Singh 🇴🇲 1,113 (38.37) 7. Brandon McMullen 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 1,032 (39.69) 8. Scott Edwards 🇳🇱 1,016 (46.18) 9. Rohit Paudel🇳🇵1,004 (32.38) 10. Smit Patel 🇺🇸 988 (34.06) 11. Richie Berrington 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 953 (41.43) Other Team Batters 12. Jan Frylinck 🇳🇦 933 (32.17) 15. Harsh Thaker 🇨🇦 882 (36.75) 17. Rahul Chopra 🇦🇪 811 (35.26) The Americans 🇺🇸 dominated the batting charts! #AssociateVoice

Thanks, Kevin! Your insights are probably the closest thing Associate fans will get to an official clarification for now, and it certainly helps connect the dots. Formal ICC confirmation would still be welcome to put any lingering ambiguity to rest. Appreciate you engaging and helping shine a light on the Associate pathway! P.S., Rooting for the Azzurris 🇮🇹 to come through! #AssociateVoice

CWC Qualifier Playoff Update - A round-robin format with each team playing 7 SEVEN ODIs each! - A mouth-watering Nepal🇳🇵v Jersey 🇯🇪 clash to kick-off the tournament on Dec 4. - Double-headers on all days finishing with Nepal🇳🇵v Namibia 🇳🇦 on Dec 21. A few questions that desperately need answers: 1️⃣ Promotion/Relegation Criteria Will relegation from #CWCL2 apply only to teams ranked 7th (Canada 🇨🇦) and 8th (UAE 🇦🇪), should they lose to the top Challenge League teams? Or could it also affect 5th (Namibia 🇳🇦) and 6th (Nepal🇳🇵)? Past precedent suggests only 7th and 8th would be at risk, but an official confirmation is essential. Hypothetical - What happens if all four Challenge League qualifiers finish in the tournament’s Top 4? 2️⃣ Promotion Pathway Do all four Challenge League qualifiers — Jersey 🇯🇪, Kuwait 🇰🇼, Italy 🇮🇹 and Uganda 🇺🇬 — have a pathway to promotion into #CWCL2? Or is promotion restricted to the winners of Challenge League A (Jersey) and B (Italy)? Hypothetical - What happens if Kuwait and Uganda finish at the top? 3️⃣ Of course, there is also speculation surrounding the very future of #CWCL2. Perhaps that is a conversation for another day? Official clarification awaited on all fronts. #NepalCricket #NamibiaCricket #BackingRed #UgandaCricket #AssociateVoice

THE #CWCL2 CARNIVAL HAS ENDED! 232 players. 8 teams. 144 matches. Nearly 3 years. Countless memories! 📊 Who piled up the runs? Who dominated with the ball? A historic 7-fer? Safest gloves? Here are the numbers behind the journey: 🏏 MOST RUNS 🥇 Milind Kumar 🇺🇸 — 1,380 🥈 Max O’Dowd 🇳🇱 — 1,305 🥉 Saiteja Mukkamalla 🇺🇸 — 1,224 💥 MOST 50+ SCORES Milind Kumar 🇺🇸 — 12 (including 5 💯!) 📈 BEST BATTING AVE (>250 runs) • Milind Kumar 🇺🇸 — 62.72 (WOW!) • Saiteja Mukkamalla 🇺🇸 — 51.00 • Shehan Jayasuriya 🇺🇸 — 50.10 🚀 HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE George Munsey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 — 191 vs NED 🇳🇱 🎯 MOST WICKETS 🥇 Shakeel Ahmed 🇴🇲 — 59 🥈 Bernard Scholtz 🇳🇦 — 55 🥉 Sandeep Lamichhane🇳🇵 — 51 ⚡ MOST 4-WICKET HAULS Shakeel 🇴🇲 / Scholtz 🇳🇦 — 4 🎯 BEST BOWLING AVE (>100 overs) • Brad Currie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 — 14.13 • Shakeel Ahmed 🇴🇲 — 16.25 • Bernard Scholtz 🇳🇦 — 19.05 🔥 BEST BOWLING FIGURES Charlie Cassell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 — 7/21 v 🇴🇲 (The only 7-wicket haul!) 🧤 MOST DISMISSALS (WK) Smit Patel 🇺🇸 — 45 🙌 MOST CATCHES Hammad Mirza 🇴🇲 — 20 💣 HIGHEST TEAM TOTAL SCO 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 380/9 v NED 🇳🇱 (May 2025) The carnival may be over, but the global journey 🌎 of Associate Cricket continues. Let the next chapter begin! #USACricket #ScotlandCricket #DutchCricket #OmanCricket #NamibiaCricket #NepalCricket #CanadaCricket #UAECricket #AssociateVoice

Namibia 🇳🇦 book their flight ✈️ to Nepal🇳🇵! Oman 🇴🇲 crossed the loss margin v UAE 🇦🇪 at the #CWCL2 today which ensures they advance to the CWC Qualifier, with a Top 4 finish. The Eagles 🦅 progress to the CWC Qualifier Playoffs as the final team in the event. Namibia 🇳🇦 (ODI Rank 16) Nepal🇳🇵(17) UAE 🇦🇪 (19) Canada 🇨🇦 (20) Italy 🇮🇹 (21*) Jersey 🇯🇪 (22*) Uganda 🇺🇬 (23*) Kuwait 🇰🇼 (24*) *Inferred based on Challenge League Standing #NamibiaCricket #NepalCricket #AssociateVoice

144 matches. 8 teams. 2 years and 9 months of relentless competition. And it all comes down to ONE FINAL GAME! 🏏 The stakes couldn’t be higher. UAE 🇦🇪 must defeat Oman 🇴🇲 today by 124 runs or 165 balls (approximately) for Namibia 🇳🇦 to advance directly to the CWC Qualifier (in Feb 2027, hosted by Namibia & South Africa). If Oman win, lose by a smaller margin, or split points; Oman book their ticket to the Qualifier and Namibia advance to the Qualifier Playoff hosted by Nepal🇳🇵in December. 144 matches, and the final twist is still to come! This #CWCL2 just keeps on giving! 🔥 Table: Wiki #NamibiaCricket #AssociateVoice

Netherlands 🇳🇱 at the CWCL2 🏏 NED won 20 games and took bronze🥉with 44 points, just one shy of Scotland. The Dutch did not participate in the previous edition of the #CWCL2 as they were part of the Super League playing with the Big 12. 📊 KEY STATS | CURRENT EDITION 🏏 Most Runs 🥇 Max O’Dowd — 1,305 🥈 Scott Edwards — 1,016 🥉 Bas de Leede — 670 💥 Most 50+: Edwards/Max — 10 📈 Best Batting Average (>250 runs) • Edwards — 46.18 • de Leede — 44.66 • Max — 42.09 🎯 Most Wickets 🥇 Aryan Dutt — 50 🥈 Kyle Klein — 47 🥉 Paul can Neekeren — 36 ⚡Most 4-fors: Klein — 3 🎯 Best Bowling Average (>100 overs) • Dutt — 20.20 • Klein — 20.29 • van Meekeren — 21.36 🧤 Most Dismissals (WK) Edwards — 29 🙌 Most Catches Noah Croes — 16 🔥 Highest Total 374/6 v SCO 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (June 2025) Table: ICC #DutchCricket #AssociateVoice

Not just Namibia 🇳🇦, but all of Africa is rooting for the Netherlands 🇳🇱 to deliver a BIG win v Oman 🇴🇲 at the #CWCL2 today. Can the Dutch take the equation from 1 in 128 to 1 in 2 (see thread👇)? Or will Oman punch their ticket to the WC Qualifier today? Let’s do this, #DutchCricket ! Table: Wiki #AssociateVoice

Raza Rising! 🔥 The Sikandar is now 10th of 5,158 global players! Sikandar Raza Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 smashed 125 runs (including a magnificent 106*) in the recent #T20I series against AFG 🇦🇫 and stormed into the TOP 11 Alltime T20I run-scorers! Top 11 Leaderboard 1. Babar Adam 🇵🇰 4,596 2. Jos Buttler 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 4,384 3. Rohit Sharma 🇮🇳 4,231 4. Virat Kohli 🇮🇳 4,188 5. Paul Stirling 🍀 3,895 6. Virandeep Singh Malaysia 🇲🇾 3,644 7. Martin Guptill 🇳🇿 3,531 8. Mohammad Rizwan 🇵🇰 3,414 8. Muhammad Waseem UAE 🇦🇪 3,371 10. SIKANDAR RAZA 🇿🇼 3,369 11. Syed Aziz Malaysia 🇲🇾 3,291 12th Man Dave Warner 🇦🇺 3,277 Kudos to @SRazaB24 and the Chevrons 🇿🇼! #ZimbabweCricket #AssociateVoice

THE EAGLES HAVE SPOKEN! 🦅🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇦 131/5 defeat Ireland🍀 129 to claim a memorable 3 - 2 ODI series victory against a Full Member nation! Create as many hurdles as you want, ICC. The Namibians are hungry and are serious contenders for the WC. #NambiaCricket #AssociateVoice

Meanwhile, the Eagles 🦅 keep their eyes on what they CAN control and let their performances do the talking! 🔥 Namibia 🇳🇦 beat Ireland 🍀 (a Full Member) twice and are tied 2–2 in the bilateral #ODI series, with the decider coming up shortly! No noise. Just results. 💪 #NamibiaCricket #AssociateVoice

Max O’Dowd Netherlands 🇳🇱 scored 106 v UAE 🇦🇪 at the #CWCL2 today and completed 2,500 #ODI career runs! Only 9 of 821 Associate players have achieved this remarkable milestone! Richie Berrington SCO 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 3,881 Steve Tikolo KEN 🇰🇪 3,369 Kyle Coetzer SCO 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 3,192 Callum MacLeod SCO 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 3,026 Gerhard Eraamus NAM 🇳🇦 2,810 George Munsey SCO 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 2,777 Rohit Paudel NEP🇳🇵2,616 MAX O’DOWD NED 🇳🇱 2,572 Monank Patel USA 🇺🇸 2,570 #DutchCricket #AssociateVoice