Recent Matches Rejected for ListA status
The list contains matches and events starting from the 2009 season
Country | Event/Match | Reason |
Australia | Cricket Australia Emerging Players Tournament 2009 | Some matches played 12 a side and development/academy sides not counted as List A, even though they were almost all first-class players (both 50 and 20 over matches) |
Maharashtra Cricket Association XI in Australia 2009 | Australian sides were not first-class | |
Otago in Australia 2009/10 | Pre-season tour matches | |
Australia Prime Minister's XI v West Indians in 2009/10 | Festival type match although played more seriously in some seasons than others but excluded as it is more practical to exclude all matches of this type | |
Cricket Australia Emerging Players Tournament 2010 | Some matches played 12 a side and development/academy sides not counted as List A, even though they were almost all first-class players (both 50 and 20 over matches) | |
Maharashtra Cricket Association XI in Australia 2010 | Australian sides were not first-class except Tasmania played 13/14 a side | |
New Zealand in Australia 2010 | Warm-up matches for New Zealand's tour of Sri Lanka played 12 a side | |
Cricket Australia Emerging Players Tournament 2011 | Matches played 12 a side and development/academy sides not counted as List A, even though they were almost all first-class players (both 50 and 20 over matches) | |
Bangladesh | ICC World Twenty20 2009 | Bangladesh played Bangladesh A in three matches as warm-up before the team left for England |
Maharashtra Cricket Association XI in Bangladesh 2009 | Cricket Association XI sides from the teams who play in the Ranji Trophy in India are not counted as List A as not being exactly equivalent to the full Maharashtra side (both 50 and 20 overs, as well as four day games not counted as first-class) | |
Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI in Bangladesh 2009 | Matches all against Bangladesh Academy side and development/academy matches not counted as List A, even though they were almost all first-class players (50 overs, and also four day matches not counted as first-class) | |
Dhaka Premier Division T20 Tournament 2009/10 | The local club sides are not of first-class standing although there are some overseas players | |
Ispahani Tea Dhaka Premier Division 2009/10 | The local club sides are not of first-class standing although there are some overseas players | |
South Asian Games 2009/10 | Under-21s tournament involving five countries (three of them Test countries) | |
South Africa Academy in Bangladesh 2010 | Academy sides not counted as List A even though almost all the players had appeared in first-class cricket (50, 20 over and 4 day matches). | |
South Africa Academy in Bangladesh 2010/11 | Academy sides not counted as List A even though almost all the players had appeared in first-class cricket (50, 20 over and 4 day matches). | |
Canada | Cricket Canada Summer Festival 2010 | Bermuda, Canada and Sagicor High Performance Centre (West Indies Academy) played a series of 20 and 50 over matches |
Etihad Summer Festival 2011 | USA matches not counted as List A (USA not in top two Divisions of the ICC World Cricket League at the time) | |
China | Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition 2010/11 | Twenty20 cricket played as part of the Asian Games so not under ICC jurisdiction - the Test countries did not pick full sides although all were first-class players |
India | Bangladesh A in India 2009/10 | Maharashtra Cricket Association XI not regarded as a first-class side (50 and 20 over, and four day game) |
India Cements v New Zealand A in 2009/10 | 50 over match arranged 12 a side after the New Zealand were knockout out of the Buchi Babu (a tournament of 2 day matches so not first-class) not counted as List A as Indian corporate sides not counted as major domestic teams although they had all played first-class cricket. | |
Sahara BCCI Corporate Trophy 2009/10 | Start of season tournament involving only corporate teams (two from the same organisation contesting the final) not counted as List A as Indian corporate sides not counted as major domestic teams and in previous seasons some of these teams contested pre-season tournaments. Unlike those tournaments this was organised by the BCCI and most of the teams did have all first-class cricketers including some Test players. | |
Kenya in India 2010/11 | Local sides were Cricket Association XIs not full sides | |
Rajsingh Dungapur Corporate Trophy 2010/11 | Start of season tournament involving only corporate teams not counted as List A as Indian corporate sides not counted as major domestic teams and in previous seasons some of these teams contested pre-season tournaments. Unlike those tournaments this was organised by the BCCI and most of the teams did have a large majority of players who had played first-class cricket but not so many as in the first season. | |
Rajsingh Dungapur Corporate Trophy 2011/12 | Start of season tournament involving only corporate teams not counted as List A as Indian corporate sides not counted as major domestic teams and in previous seasons some of these teams contested pre-season tournaments. Unlike those tournaments this was organised by the BCCI and most of the teams did have a large majority of players who had played first-class cricket but not so many as in the first season. | |
Kenya | Kenya Tri-Series 2010 | Pre-season tour for Indian Cricket Association sides not counted as List A (also four day games) |
New Zealand | Sri Lanka Under-21s in New Zealand 2009/10 | Matches were against New Zealand Under-19 sides as part of NZ's preparation for the Under-19 World Cup |
Pakistan | ICC World Twenty20 2009 | Pakistan played three warm-up matches before the team left for England) |
Other matches in Pakistan 2009 | Five trial matches (50 and 20 overs) played more than 11 a side | |
Pakistan Day Twenty20 Challenge Trophy 2009/10 | Not counted as List A as the two matches were to celebrate Pakistan Day and had Pakistan Under-19s won the first match they would have played in the second. | |
South Africa | Warriors v England XI in 2009/10 | Warriors played 12 players v England so not counted (in England's other games before the internationals both sides played 11). |
Lions v South Africa in 2009/10 | Played 12 a side two weeks before the Champions Trophy | |
Bangladesh Cricket Board Academy in South Africa 2011 | Academy sides not counted as List A even though almost all the players had appeared in first-class cricket (50, 20 over and 4 day matches). | |
United Arab Emirates | Emirates T20 Arch Trophy 2010 | Pre-season warm-up matches for the English counties not counted as List A. |
Emirates Airline Forty 40 Trophy 2010 | Pre-season warm-up matches for the English counties not counted as List A. | |
Emirates Airline Twenty20 2011 | Pre-season warm-up matches for the English counties not counted as List A. | |
Caribasian Tournament 2011/12 | West Indies, Sagicor High Performance Centre (West Indies Academy), Afghanistan and United Arab Emirates played a series of 20 and 50 over practice matches - the West Indies were preparing for their tour of Bangladesh, and Afghanistan and UAE preparing for their ICC Inter-Continental Cup matches | |
United States of America | Pearls Cup 2010 | USA v Jamaica matches not counted as List A (USA in World Cricket League Division Four at the time) |
West Indies | University of West Indies Vice-Chancellor's XI v Bangladeshis in 2009 | Practice match home side not counted as a major team even though Combined Campuses and Colleges do now play in the West Indies domestic competition |
England Counties Cricket Cup Twenty20 2009/10 | Pre-season tournament for the English counties (with two local sides) not counted as List A. | |
England Counties Cricket Cup Pro40 2009/10 | Pre-season tournament for the English counties not counted as List A. | |
University of West Indies Vice-Chancellor's XI v Zimbabweans in 2009/10 | Practice match home side not counted as a major team even though Combined Campuses and Colleges do now play in the West Indies domestic competition | |
Trinidad Cricket Festival Twenty20 Series 2010/11 | Trindad and Tobago, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago A, Trinidad and Tobago Academy played practice matches to prepare the first two teams for the Caribbean T20 | |