Emoitional Peter Borren begs the ICC for more cricket

The worst possible natural disaster for an associate nation, especially in a qualifying match is rain. So far, in the current World T20, two teams have had their hopes and dreams well and truly washed away by rain. Rain made an intervention in the later part of the afternoon, washing away any remote hopes the Netherlands had of qualifying. Rain played spoilsport once more as the Irish too were eliminated without batting against favorites Bangladesh.

An emotional Peter Borren addressed the media following the abandonment of the tie, stating that the young players, in particular, would be deeply affected by the result. In an earlier tweet, Borren mocked the ICC stating that the match against Oman was 10% of the matches they would play all year round.

“It’s a pretty emotional dressing room,” Borren said. “Guys have put a lot of work into this campaign. It started a year ago or close to that starting with the first part of the qualifier in Ireland and Scotland. We shared that trophy and played some really good cricket. We sit here now after playing three hours of cricket against Bangladesh, where we came up short. It’s extremely disappointing. Obviously, we can’t do anything about the weather.

“There are obviously questions about how much we’ve had to do to get to this stage as it is. We’ve won a lot of games and an eight-run loss to Bangladesh and we’re gone. It’s hard to take.”

Furthermore, Borren stated that there were no excuses for conceding the Bangladesh game. The Dutch were overhauled by a thin margin.

“It’s obviously not enough cricket, that’s fair to say,” Borren said. “If we had managed to get through here, it would have been fantastic. But today’s rain means that we’re in a position where we possibly won’t be playing in a world event for how many years [four]. And in this sort of environment, I’ve been lucky to have played in a few, but it seems like it’s becoming lesser opportunities for Associate teams, which is frustrating.

For me, I’m getting older but some of our young guys… it’s pretty hard to tell a guy like Paul van Meekeren, for example, who bowls four overs, gets 2 for 17 against Bangladesh, that there might be another opportunity if we get really good cricket over three-four years time. It’s pretty tough.”

“We’ve worked very hard to get where we are now. It’s just a cruel, cruel place to be. I guess, I wish we could find those nine runs somewhere from the other night”

“I will tell them we don’t need that much. We are not looking for millions and millions of dollars. Just a very small percentage of this huge amount. Obviously, we are not going to probably be the source of much revenue, we understand that, but if the game wants to grow, then surely the revenue needs to be shared more evenly not just amongst three, eight, ten teams but throughout the Associates and Affiliates as well,” Borren concluded