Comments on: Editorial: ICC Must Reject Proposed World Cup Format Changes

By: Dogevpr2

Dogevpr2 — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:20:46 +0000

I stumbled on this well written article and comments by # 21 Amit and agree.Many in the cricket world will cling to insularity to the detriment of the game. Global expansion is essential to strenghten the game even in the “traditional” countries, and to this end Cricket2012Games.com has been petitioning for cricket to be included in the 2012 Olympics in England -look at soccer,a
truly global sport.

By: Amit

Amit — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:05:06 +0000

What I feel is that if you dream Cricket to be a part of Olympics you need to give the game exposure. Game like football are a part since they are widely played and accepted. Cutting down on number of associate members will only discourage the non test playing members. Thirty one teams qualified for 2006 world cup and BCCI is having issues with 16 teams. Secondly, we need to promote 20-20 a lot for game’s acceptance worldwide. China’s interest in the game may also be fruitful.

By: benstinga

benstinga — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:47:10 +0000

The thing is if they reduce the number of associates to four now, I believe they will never ever increase the number again.

In fact, I’m certain there will be a push to reduce the number of associates by a further two in the future.

This is the Chief Executives committee.

Chairman: Malcolm Speed
ICC President:Ray Mali
Chairman – Cricket Committee – Ex-Officio: Sunil Gavaskar

Full Members

Australia :James Sutherland
Bangladesh :TBC
England avid Collier
India :Niranjan Shah
New Zealand :Justin Vaughan
Pakistan :Shafqat Naghmi
Sri Lanka uleep Mendis
South Africa :Gerald Majola
West Indies r Donald Peters
Zimbabwe :Ozias Bvute

Associate Member Representatives

Hong Kong :John Cribbin
Ireland :Warren Deutrom
Namibia :Laurie Pieters

Another committee dominated by the “Full Members Old Boys Club”.

Pip, pip, tally ho, good show chaps. Thanks terribly for taking cricket back a decade.

By: ray

ray — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:48:52 +0000

Seems the decision to reduce the Associate number to 4 at the next WC is all but made. Just needs to be rubber stamped it seems.

http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/338069.html

Will the ICC try to keep the best of the non-qualifying Associates active?

By: fromefrog

fromefrog — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:15:56 +0000

with the advent of T20 there are now 5 global tournaments (CWC,T20(x2)CT(x2)) in a 4 year cycle.

By: ray

ray — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 12:58:23 +0000

I am less concerned about the number of Associates at the World Cup than with the effort the ICC is putting into the growth of cricket. If the ICC is going to expand cricket’s boundaries they need to take a more active role in developing the sport within the leading Associate nations. That means funding youth development programs, helping find corporate sponsorships, sending ‘A’ teams from test nations on tour to Associates countries and maintaining tournaments like the Intercontinental Cup. All this will have a greater effect than merely keeping the number of World Cup qualifiers at 16.

By: amit

amit — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:59:21 +0000

on this discussion about formats, the best format would be 4 groups of 4, but each teams plays the other twice in their group. it would mean a total of 48 matches, would eliminate the “one bad day” factor which was suggested and would give the associates 6 odis each, atleast 4 of them against test playing nations. the associates as of now have to fight it out real hard to get the matches against test teams. it would be great if all the 6 top associates could get 6 games each. the top 2 teams from each group go directly into the quarter finals making it 55 matches in all. it wont be a long tournament as with 2 matches a day, the group stages will be over in 24 days & the next round wont be a drag, and the knock-outs will make it interesting. with 8 teams out of 16 qualifying, the associates can again aim to make it to the next round & be applauded for it without anyone raising concerns about the format as for a big team to go out, they will need 2 “bad days” instead of 1. this format benefits both, the big teams as well as the associates

By: benstinga

benstinga — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 12:23:40 +0000

Durch CEO Maarten Westermann speaks out Here

By: benstinga

benstinga — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:26:09 +0000

Agreed! Well said!

By: Prabin the सोभित

Prabin the सोभित — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:19:47 +0000

In the case of being out from first round in last worldcup may drove INDIA N PAKISTAN to think about it but it is not way to react.
They were out because of their performance not by the number of associate countries. They have to realise that this will not make any to sense to develop cricket all around the world. People have to move forward not to backward..