There’s no dearth of sporting action ever, usually speaking and where it stands at the moment then it can be said with comfortable ease that there is absolutely no dearth of cricketing action, whatsoever in any capacity. How is that? Well, no randomspeak this. While on the one hand, the West Indies are contesting a tough fight it’s Sri Lanka in the Caribbean, with a test left to play, England have just contested in a mega test series against the visiting New Zealand side as they now prepare to take on India for a special white ball series.
And just when you thought that the cricketing action couldn’t get any better, wait, there’s more; the semi final leg of the ICC women’s T20 world cup is just about to undergo with Windies women v Australia and England women v the Proteas ladies being the decisive contests up ahead.
But is that all? Well, truth be told, anything but. Well, apparently the focus also rests on some of the rapidly growing and fast emerging cricketing nations, such as Portugal, who, lest we forget, are about to contest in their World Cup qualifiers. These are the T20 World Cup qualifiers that are slated to take place in the month of August.
It’s, needless to say, a very important tournament for a country that though competitive, is yet to rise properly and reach full potential in a sport in which its future seems brilliant.
But even that’s not all. How? Where it gets particularly interesting is to note that Portugal are soon going to have the services of a certain Moises Henriques. Now if that is not interesting and quite unique, then one wonders just what is?
For those of us who might not be aware or may have forgotten, then it helps to be reminded that Moises Henriques happens to be a former member of the Australian cricket side, and was most active during nearly a decade back in the day.
Moreover, the handy right handed batter represented the men’s national cricket team for no fewer than 4 Tests, 16 one day internationals as well as 24 T20 internationals. Which is why, basis his T20 experience, it’s fair to say that he finds himself a good fit for the emerging or rising Portuguese cricketing side.
He also scored a total of 355 runs from 21 T20 games for Australia during his team and his batting average was almost 125, which is quite handy. His cricketing resume as a batter boats of 2 test centuries and 2 half centuries in the shortest format for Australia, and the latter, one notes, could be something that could come handy for his new team- Portugal.
Moises Henriques was also an active participant and performer in the Big Bash League tournament. And here’s where it gets interesting officially announced his retirement from first-class (red-ball/Sheffield Shield) cricket in March 2025, but continues to play in the shorter, white-ball formats.
Known for being an organised player with a compact technique, the great skill about Moises Henriques has been about putting a good whack on a cricket ball and scoring useful runs when needed. But his time with such an eminent cricketing team that is Australia is what his current Portugal side will relish and be hopefully able to utilise the best of.
