Zee Zaidi

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The PCA saved my life – Simon Cusden, former player turned Wellbeing coach | podcast Ep 1

Zee Zaidi - July 14, 2024

https://youtu.be/hg2aA1kzZWY Cricket is a high pressure sport and environment. Fans don't see it, but many cricketers experience anxiety, depression, stress and its side effects. Until recently, they mostly suffered in silence, but on a positive note, the culture has been...

Features

ICC Immersive App knocks it out of this world

Zee Zaidi - July 10, 2024

We have seen the future, and it is brilliant https://youtu.be/-2JuQcEfEJE The 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup featured 55 scheduled matches packed into less than a month. The cricket world was captivated from the launch on June 1 – when the...

Features

India climbs T20I summit. Staying there is a different matter.

Zee Zaidi - July 1, 2024

Photo Credit: Cricexec The T20 format, like most things cricket, was born in England, introduced by the ECB in 2003 for the inter-county competition. Stuart Robinson, Marketing Manager for the ECB at the time, helped conceive of the format in...

Features

Team USA: How to keep the dream alive

Zee Zaidi - June 25, 2024

“What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.” ― T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding” (from Four Quartets) “The work starts now. Not tomorrow. The work starts...

Features

Farewell to Nassau Stadium, New York’s Mandala

Zee Zaidi - June 13, 2024

Just under 6 months ago, on January 17, 2024, the ICC unveiled the design of the New York venue for the Men’s T20 World Cup: the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium. Construction started that same week, and the 34,000 capacity...

Features

Canada Gracefully Exits the Competition

Zee Zaidi - June 12, 2024

Canada arrived at the 2024 Men’s T20 World Cup ranked 23rd in the world – the lowest of any team in the tournament. On Tuesday, after a 7 wicket loss to Pakistan in New York, Canada were effectively eliminated in...

Features

Perspective: Bangladesh’s Unsuccessful Chase

Zee Zaidi - June 11, 2024

Twenty five years ago, at the 1999 Men’s ODI World Cup, Bangladesh delivered a shocking upset over Pakistan in Northampton, bowling out the 1992 champions and winning by 61 runs. Bangladesh had recently qualified for their first World Cup ever,...

Features

Perspective: India vs. Pakistan – we should do this more often

Zee Zaidi - June 10, 2024

Among the sporting world’s biggest rivalries, India vs. Pakistan in cricket is as big as it gets. On Sunday, these competitors faced off for the first time in the USA, which is not only the most lucrative sports market in...

Features

Perspective: First ICC T20WC match in New York was a triumph for the sport

Zee Zaidi - June 5, 2024

The world’s first ever international cricket match was played in New York in 1844. On June 3, New York hosted its first of eight matches in 2024’s highest profile international cricket competition as Sri Lanka took on South Africa. In the...

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