Associate Voice

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 💪

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

Challenge League A - Wrap Jersey 🇯🇪 194/8 beat Qatar 🇶🇦 160 in a 24-over game. Qatar are relegated to the Challenge League Playoffs. Kenya 🇰🇪 230/7 beat PNG 🇵🇬 142 in their last outing, but PNG retain their spot in the next edition of the #ChallengeLeague along with Denmark 🇩🇰. It is sad to see Kenya, the 2003 ODI WC semi-finalists relegated to the Challenge League Playoffs. Jersey 🇯🇪 and Kuwait 🇰🇼 head to Nepal 🇳🇵in December for the CWC Qualifier Playoffs. Reminder: - Top 2 go to CWC Qualifier Playoffs - Middle 2 remain in next edition of #ChallengeLeague - Bottom 2 go to CL Playoffs Table: Wiki #BackingRed #KenyaCricket #AssociateVoice

#AssociateRashid - From an Associate underdog to the pinnacle of World cricket. Rashid Khan AFG 🇦🇫 is the FIRST bowler on the Planet to reach 200 T20I wickets and the #1 ranked bowler! But here’s the bigger story. 42 of those 200 wickets (21%) came when Afghanistan 🇦🇫 was still an ICC Associate Member. Afghanistan began its journey as an Affiliate and then an an Associate. Today, it has produced one of the greatest bowlers the game has ever seen. Think about that for a moment. Somewhere in the Associate ranks, the next Rashid Khan is waiting for an opportunity. Support the Associates. Invest in their development. Give them the platform to unleash their potential. The NEXT Associate “Rashid” may already be out there. Let’s make sure the world gets to see them. Talent knows no membership status. Opportunity should not either. #AssociateToTheWorld #AssociateVoice

Challenge League A - Friday Roundup Kuwait 🇰🇼 123/0 beat PNG 🇵🇬 119 What a remarkable debut for Kuwait coming through the Challenge League Playoff and earning ODI status at the CWC QPO! Jersey 🇯🇪 312/8 v Denmark 🇩🇰 240 The Danes bow out with 6 wins and 13 points as compared to 8 wins and 17 points in the last edition. Saturday PNG 🇵🇬 v Kenya 🇰🇪 A win for PNG secures their spot into the next edition of the #ChallengeLeague Jersey 🇯🇪 v Qatar 🇶🇦 A Qatar win will have them await the results of the other game to see who remains in the CL and who is relegated. Reminder: - Top 2 go to CWC Qualifier Playoffs - Middle 2 remain in next edition of #ChallengeLeague - Bottom 2 go to CL Playoffs Table: Wiki #BackingRed #KenyaCricket #AssociateVoice

Challenge League A - Friday Primer Kuwait 🇰🇼 v PNG 🇵🇬 PNG 🇵🇬 and Qatar 🇶🇦 are in the race to secure a Top 4 finish and avoid relegation to the Challenge League Playoff. A PNG win will ensure they remain in the next edition of the #ChallengeLeague Jersey 🇯🇪 v Denmark 🇩🇰 Jersey will want to bounce back from their loss to Kuwait. The Danes have secured a Top 4 finish and will want to capitalize on their momentum having defeated Qatar in their last game. Reminder: - Top 2 go to CWC Qualifier Playoffs - Middle 2 remain in next edition of #ChallengeLeague - Bottom 2 go to CL Playoffs Table: Wiki #BackingRed #AssociateVoice

🎯 An unlikely 1 in 128 shot… now a possible 1 in 4 chance! Namibia 🇳🇦 needed Oman 🇴🇲 to lose 7 consecutive games (and a run-rate nuance) to secure their ticket to the CWC WC Qualifiers. An improbable ask? Absolutely! Oman lost to UAE 🇦🇪 at the #CWCL2 today making it 5 losses in a row! Just 2 more defeats for Oman stand between Namibia and their WC Qualifier ticket! Assuming a 50/50 chance of winning/losing each game, the odds have shifted from <1% (1 in 128) to 25% (1 in 4) now! From a long shot to a possibility. Will the Eagles 🦅 soar? Hope floats!🤞 #AssociateVoice

91 Associate teams played at least one T20I in 2026! Only 6 Associate teams👇 have not played any games this year. Last T20I | Team | All-time Played 2020 🇮🇷 Iran — 3 2023 🇨🇱 Chile — 6 2025 🇰🇭 Cambodia — 45 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste — 8 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands — 6 (Expected to play in Nov 2026) 🇹🇨 Turks & Caicos — 4 Tajikistan 🇹🇯 and Mauritius 🇲🇺 are the other 2 ICC Members who are yet to make their #T20I debut. Will we see these teams play any T20Is in the last 2 months of the year? #AssociateVoice

Kuwait 🇰🇼 punch their ticket to Nepal🇳🇵! Kuwait 🇰🇼 367/9 beat Kenya 🇰🇪 217 at the Challenge League A today and secured a Top 2 finish. Kuwait head to Nepal to participate in the CWC Qualifier Playoffs with ODI status! Nepal🇳🇵 Canada 🇨🇦 UAE 🇦🇪 One of Oman 🇴🇲 or Namibia 🇳🇦 Italy 🇮🇹 Uganda 🇺🇬 Jersey 🇯🇪 Kuwait 🇰🇼 The top 4 winners will progress to the CWC Qualifiers in Feb 2027 in Namibia 🇳🇦 & South Africa 🇿🇦. #KuwaitCricket #AssociateVoice

👑 Associate ODI Wicket Kings! 🏏 An adjunct to my previous post about highest Associate run-scorers, here is the all-time leading ODI wicket-takers for all 14 Associate team: NEP🇳🇵Sandeep Lamichhane 167 KEN 🇰🇪 Thomas Odoyo 141 SCO 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Safyaan Sharif 122 USA 🇺🇸 Saurabh Netravalkar 121 NAM 🇳🇦 Bernard Scholtz 114 OMN 🇴🇲 Bilal Khan 101 UAE 🇦🇪 Junaid Siddique 100 NED 🇳🇱 Aryan Dutt 78 PNG 🇵🇬 Chad Soper 70 CAN 🇨🇦 Kaleem Sana 55 HKG 🇭🇰 Nadeem Ahmed 38 BER 🇧🇲 Dwayne Leverock 34 JER 🇯🇪 Julius Sumerauer 11 East Africa 🌍 Zulfiqar Ali 4 #AssociateVoice

Challenge League A - Tuesday Roundup Kuwait 🇰🇼 225/3 beat Jersey 🇯🇪 224 to inch closer to that Top 2 finish. Denmark 🇩🇰 and Qatar 🇶🇦 hopes for ODI status are now eliminated along with Kenya 🇰🇪 previously. Qatar 🇶🇦 157/1 beat PNG 🇵🇬 155 to improve their chances of a Top 4 finish. Wednesday Kuwait 🇰🇼 v Kenya 🇰🇪 Kuwait will progress to the CWC Qualifier Playoff and #ODI status with a win, while Kenya will be relegated to the CL Playoffs. Denmark 🇩🇰 v Qatar 🇶🇦 Winner strengthens Top 4 finish chances. Reminder: - Top 2 go to CWC Qualifier Playoffs - Middle 2 remain in next edition of #ChallengeLeague - Bottom 2 go to CL Playoffs Table: Wiki #BackingRed #AssociateVoice