Match vs Qatar wasn't an official one...

al Furqaan · #1 June 23, 2012, 03:29 PM

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/con...ds/337081.html

The margin of victory of 328 runs does not appear 2nd on this list as it should and the match is referred to as "other OD" as well on the player pages.

Sucks for Soumya and Haider, but I guess Qatar is not good enough to warrant official Youth ODI status.

BANFAN · #2 June 23, 2012, 03:33 PM

What are you saying...? Anyone participating in this tournament should have same status...or is there any standard policy or ranking of these teams....??

Nadim · #3 June 23, 2012, 03:39 PM

BS!!! if not official then what's the point of having them???

al Furqaan · #4 June 23, 2012, 03:42 PM

The 4 games today...only 2 of them are official (BD-SL, IND-PAK)...none of the 4 games from last night were official.

If someone cracks a triple or takes 10 for none against Qatar later on, that will validate the ICC's decision.

al Furqaan · #5 June 23, 2012, 03:43 PM

I agree though, just as senior AC, all matches should be official if there is a qualification process for the minnow sides.

Zeeshan · #6 June 23, 2012, 04:01 PM

What's your source Asaad? Are you sure they haven't updated it? And besides, there is no such thing as "official".

al Furqaan · #7 June 23, 2012, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeeshan
What's your source Asaad? Are you sure they haven't updated it? And besides, there is no such thing as "official".

CI updates things within minutes of a match ending...so yeah I'm sure. Also check the scorecards...the Qatar game doesn't say "Youth ODI # ___" but the upcoming one v SL already says #814.

Zeeshan · #8 June 23, 2012, 04:32 PM

^^ Yeah you may be right. Also none of the matches from yesterday were included.

Zeeshan · #9 June 23, 2012, 05:30 PM

Regardless of it's "official nature" of not, the fact of the matter is a match, a cricket match, happened and we all shared a real time passion. The fact that some authority or a website does not acknowledge does not diminish the passion a bit.

The scorecard goes on to show a post-war, floood torn, hurricane ravaged poor country may be at the bottom of rung in terms of many factors, but reflects that the dream of people remains top-notch of how they want to see their team perform.

My point? meh

Eshen · #10 June 23, 2012, 07:36 PM

I am not complaining, the Qatar team is too weak to be given any importance in the record book.

Antora · #11 June 23, 2012, 07:37 PM

oh! This is sad news

Sohel · #12 June 23, 2012, 10:58 PM

Total bummer

Night_wolf · #13 June 24, 2012, 12:04 AM

i guess both teams has to be test playing team for an official youth ODI..in a way this is good..that 200 and 9 wickets wont get to these guys head

Habib · #14 June 24, 2012, 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Night_wolf
i guess both teams has to be test playing team for an official youth ODI..in a way this is good..that 200 and 9 wickets wont get to these guys head

Even if it was an official ODI, it shouldn't get to their heads. It's just Qatar. I didn't even know they played cricket.

Eshen · #15 June 24, 2012, 01:50 AM

Apparently Afghanis are good enough to smash Qatar. We should not make too much out of this match.

crikss · #16 June 24, 2012, 02:29 AM

Match against Qatar should not be an official because their performance is not even worth to be counted as Official

Shehwar · #17 June 24, 2012, 04:38 AM

Any bunch of our average 12-13 year olds who play cricket in the afternoon just for fun can be more competitive than sides like Qatar so I understand where ICC is coming from.

betaar · #18 June 25, 2012, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Eshen
Apparently Afghanis are good enough to smash Qatar. We should not make too much out of this match.

Finally someone gets it.

Sohel · #19 June 26, 2012, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Eshen
Apparently Afghanis are good enough to smash Qatar. We should not make too much out of this match.

I don't think anyone's making "too much out of this match" at all. We're applauding a couple of standout performances, standout even in school cricket let alone a U19 Asia Cup, by our own kind. We're bummed that due to the baffling unofficial status of the match in a legitimate ACC tournament, those achievements won't be officially recognized as the world records they are at this level

Zeeshan · #20 June 26, 2012, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Sohel NR
I don't think anyone's making "too much out of this match" at all. We're applauding a couple of standout performances, standout even in school cricket let alone a U19 Asia Cup, by our own kind. We're bummed that due to the baffling unofficial status of the match in a legitimate ACC tournament, those achievements won't be officially recognized as the world records they are at this level

Well said. From purely a "connoisseur des nombres" p.o.v it would always be an oddity -whether recognized officially or not- and it feels good that our country is part of it.

A double is a double.

Naimul_Hd · #21 June 26, 2012, 01:55 AM

This match may not an official one BUT its result will be taken into consideration for group standings. Now, BD has a healthy RR only because of Qatar match. If BD's match against Afg washes out then BD will qualify for Semi's due to better RR over Afg. So, nothing is meaningless

BD Rox · #22 June 26, 2012, 07:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Naimul_Hd
This match may not an official one BUT its result will be taken into consideration for group standings. Now, BD has a healthy RR only because of Qatar match. If BD's match against Afg washes out then BD will qualify for Semi's due to better RR over Afg. So, nothing is meaningless

And...........for your kind information, BD lost to Af-gun's big time

Naimul_Hd · #23 June 26, 2012, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by BD Rox
And...........for your kind information, BD lost to Af-gun's big time

Yes brother, we all know that. Thanks anyway.