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Whos stupid idea was it to play 4 ODIs ?? or did 1 get rained out ??

SaintPowelly wrote:Whos stupid idea was it to play 4 ODIs ?? or did 1 get rained out ??

No, just a 4 match series. Would have been better to play 3 or 5.

You'd think both teams would be wanting to play a decider.

My in-depth interview with the Deputy President of the Malaysian Cricket Association: http://malaysiacricket.wordpress.com/20 ... allipuram/

Fascinating to see how the team is turning more professional and the plans they have in store for the future.

Another very good read Dan, keep them coming

SaintPowelly wrote:Whos stupid idea was it to play 4 ODIs ?? or did 1 get rained out ??

when i saw this post i thought you were talking about england vs india and had decided we were so bad we should be downgraded to an associate nation

Only 50 sleeps to go until the WCL div 3 kicks off. Can't wait!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_ICC_World_Cricket_League_Division_Three

Division 3 starts tomorrow.

So six teams will duke it out in Malaysia for the WCL div 3 title; Nepal, Uganda, USA, Bermuda, Singapore, and hosts Malaysia. I'm going for Nepal to win this, on account of more their players having their own wikipedia pages than the other teams.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_ICC_World_Cricket_League_Division_Three

There's a good preview for this on cricinfo;

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/791389.html

In the opening matches, Bermuda and the USA have just kicked things off, with Bermuda losing a wicket in the opening over. Malaysia take on Singapore, and Uganda will be up against Nepal.

With the 2019 World Cup being reduced to 10 teams, which is a travesty, there really isn't much incentive for associate nations compared to before. A WC format featuring 2 groups of 8 would have worked nicely, but no, not according to the clowns who now run the game. I would love to have seen PNG and HK making their WC debuts next year. I need a drink!

from_the_stands wrote:With the 2019 World Cup being reduced to 10 teams, which is a travesty, there really isn't much incentive for associate nations compared to before. A WC format featuring 2 groups of 8 would have worked nicely, but no, not according to the clowns who now run the game. I would love to have seen PNG and HK making their WC debuts next year. I need a drink!

2 groups of 8 would last too long. The 2007 format of 4 groups of 4 was best but seeing as India and Pakistan got knocked out early the ICC had to change it...

On the first day of Division 3, there was a surprising win for Uganda over Nepal despite being 23/5, Singapore edged out Malaysia while USA thrashed the almost certain to be relegated Bermuda.

dan08 wrote:

from_the_stands wrote:With the 2019 World Cup being reduced to 10 teams, which is a travesty, there really isn't much incentive for associate nations compared to before. A WC format featuring 2 groups of 8 would have worked nicely, but no, not according to the clowns who now run the game. I would love to have seen PNG and HK making their WC debuts next year. I need a drink!

2 groups of 8 would last too long.

I don't think it would be too long; 2 games per day x 4 days per round, x 7 rounds = 28 days, with QF's, SF's and a final - 6 weeks tops, which is how long the 2015 version will take.

Malaysia turned over Uganda!

Uganda and Nepal up to Division 2.

USA and Bermuda relegated.