Limited Overs International cricket goes to Holland today. This will be the 17th country to host LOI matches (for ease of record-keeping, England, Ireland and Scotland are considered as different countries). Cricket has gone to as far places as Canada. Now USA is the next place where LOI cricket can really make advances.

The following table shows the number of matches held in each country to date, sorted alphabetically.

Place                     Matches

Australia                   355
Bangladesh                   29
Canada                       16
England                     162
India                       200
Ireland                       1
Kenya                        15
New Zealand                 137
Pakistan                    126
South Africa                 80
Singapore                     5
Sri Lanka                    82
Scotland                      1
United Arab Emirates        145
West Indies                  83
Zimbabwe                     24

TOTAL                      1461 (to the end of 25 May 1999)

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)