bigfluffylemon wrote:Making_Splinters wrote:From what I understand the ICCs proposals would see an additional two teams playing Test cricket, which can't be a thing. However I do feel that the current Test sides dropped down to the second division would see a decline in the quality of the cricket they produce.
Because the West Indies, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe produce such awesome cricket now? The West Indies manage to scrape a home draw against England and it's touted as a fantastic achievement. They haven't won overseas against a team other than Bangladesh or Zimbabwe since 1995.
I'm sorry to say, but the likes of Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and West Indies do not belong in the same league as other test nations any more. To be honest, I think it's ridiculous that once a team is afforded test status it then has a god-given right for evermore to play against the best in the world. You should continue to have to earn it. All teams - even the big three. Especially the big 3.
I like the idea (I think it was in an article by Vaughan, no idea if he came up with it) of a four-tier league system of four teams each. Sixteen teams overall, so six associates get test status. Each team plays two games home and away against each other team in their league, for a total of 12 matches in a 2 year period (teams can play more than 2 if they want to allow for marquee series like the Ashes, but only the first two results in the series count towards the league rankings). At the end of the two-year period, the team at the top is declared champion, and the team at the bottom of each league has a two-test playoff against the team at the top of the lower league, at the home of the lower league team. Winner gains promotion (draw=status quo, but the challenger gets home advantage). Bottom team of tier 4 drops off, and the best associate team gets promoted to test div 4.
The prospects of England, India etc. being booted from the top tier should really provide some interest to the competition.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:BD just drew with England and WI drew with England not so long ago. SL beat Australia heavily. All at home, but there is some competition between these groups. And those results were big boosts for these countries. Maybe top six and bottom six sides can play but with the lower ranked side hosting.
Arthur Crabtree wrote:BD just drew with England and WI drew with England not so long ago. SL beat Australia heavily. All at home, but there is some competition between these groups. And those results were big boosts for these countries. Maybe top six and bottom six sides can play but with the lower ranked side hosting.
D/L wrote:Words fail me for once.
Adi wrote:http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/21746867/ipl-now-window-icc-future-tours-programme
The Indian Premier League has been all but formally recognised in the new Future Tours Programme as a global event. In the next FTP cycle (2019-23), the IPL is the only domestic Twenty20 league during which all international cricket will come to a halt, for a period of two months, across April and May.
Return to International Cricket
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest