This year was full of entertaining cricket events which surely will be remembered for a while. Some of these matches are still collecting tons of attention and staying a hot topic both for the fans and the experts to discuss, yet, the 2025 may be even more intriguing due to all of the upcoming World Cups and local events. Lots of them will be added to the Afropari lineup. The site was founded in 2023, but quickly became quite popular thanks to its wide sportsbook and competitive odds. Depending on the chosen discipline, there are few types of bets available, including props, handicaps and over/under ones.
It is worth looking through the top-rated tournaments and games, along with considering that there are much more to come in the future.
T20 in USA
East Meadow Cricket Stadium accepted sports fans from various countries, as well as the professional cricket teams from Pakistan, India, South Africa. Even the first game that took place in Nassau County gathered thousands of viewers. Furthermore, there are three venues across the USA that have been constructed specifically to host T20 matches: they are located in New York, Florida, Dallas and Lauderhill. The tournament gathers 20 nations to fight for the crown of the best international cricket squad, and this time, India won the trophy – its national team defeated South Africa by 7 runs.
MLC Playoff
Major League Cricket decided to extend their month-long tournament by six additional playoff matches, which were held in Grand Prairie – the famous stadium in Texas accommodates 7,000 seats. Major league teams also invited the best American teams for the event. Later the Washington Freedom won the competition by defeating San Francisco Unicorns with 96 runs.
England vs. Australia match at Metro Bank
The game held in Bristol during 5th men’s ODI became famous for numerous wickets, flyers and especially for its uncommon conditions – the teams had to fight for the win during the rain. Australia succeeded by 45 runs on DLS and 5 wickets for 48 off 12.3 overs, which led England to collapse. All of this thanks to Steve Smith, known as Australia’s best batter.
European Cricket Championship
The famous tournament was held in Cartama, Spain and opened with the welcomings from ECN CEO – Roger Fainer. The city is considered as a ‘home of European cricket’, so the competition got even more support from the local community than expected. This year the England XI made a debut at the ECC and was later crowned as the champions – it is their third ECC title in the last four years. As well as Greece, which was crowned in the first-ever Dream11 Challenger Division – the Greek team won against the Estonian players with 28 runs off the last over.
ACC T20
Emerging Teams Asia Cup started on October 18 and ended on October 27th with a victory of the Afghanistan team – the players succeeded with 7 wickets, leading them to beating Sri Lanka in the final. The event was hosted in Al Amarat, Oman and secured professional men’s squads from Hong Kong, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and UAE. Some of the most surprising results were the loss of Oman with four wickets to UAE and Pakistan winning thanks to 114 runs against the Arab Emirates.
Videos from all of the events described above are easily accessible and still collecting dozens of comments up to this day. Each tournament had its unique atmosphere and spectacular moments to take a note of.
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