SIMON SWEETMAN

The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events
In this blazing hot summer where all that perfect Test match weather has gone on without a Test match, one series (so far) has been ruined by rain.
The unlucky tournament was the MCC Tri-series of what should have been T20 matches between MCC, Netherlands and Nepal (with the match between Netherlands and Nepal given T20 International status).
In the end it produced two games of six overs a side (in which both the national teams beat MCC) and a rained-off T20 in which the Netherlands were going well against Nepal. It...