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a quickie .. some of mi friends enquired why i mentioned "england and wales" together but seemingly ignored scotland in my previous blog titled "ex-gulf air pilot". i thought everyone deserved an explanation as i had not been too clear.

the cricket board here in england is called ECB. it *actually* stands for "England & Wales Cricket Board". so, the players playing for the english national team [please note, i said english national team and not england & wales national team] could be from england [predominantly the case] and/or from wales. the ECB handles affairs for both wales and england. so, the english national team has nothing to do with wales except that some of its players could be from wales. confusing ?

england, australia, india, south africa, pakistan, sri lanka, west indies [group of carribean countries], zimbabwe, new zealand are the only full ICC members.

scotland, however, has its own national team which i must say is under prepared [well, for the moment at least]. scotland does not have membership to the ICC [International Cricket Council] as membership is by invitation only. they have associate membership, however, along a few other countries such as the usa, canada, namibia, singapore, malaysia, israel, maldives, nepal, china etc. you know what that means ? sooner rather than later, china will win the cricket world cup !

scotland have their own everything: parliament, first minister, etc. etc. not to mention their accent ;-) moose, looose in the hooose ..