The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events

SIMON SWEETMAN

The ICC aims to spread cricket beyond the traditional cricket playing nations, though generally any spreading seems to be the product of other factors rather than obvious efforts from on high.
Historically, cricket followed the British flag, and that was the case for all the current full members, with the game having been implanted in the indigenous population.
Afghanistan – where the game initially spread in refugee camps in Pakistan – could well be the first Test country where the game was not implante...