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Icc Should Target 128 Test Nations In 5 Years - Atleast 25 Each Year

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ralph567

Cricket Spectator
Zim, on the account of being a test team, which technically they are not, get $12m for their particiaption in World Cup , while Ireland, that stayed 1 month longer than them get around $1m for participation.

That's why I wa request ICC to plase increase number of Test Nations. When you are a Test Nation everything comes along, International Matches, Sponsorship, Telecast Rights, Advertising, Practice Pitches, ICC Grants, Professional Players, and Public Interest. The Structure can be built only after Test Status has been granted and not before that.

A Good Example is Bangladesh who had very little Structure in 2000 but getting the Test Status meant that they had to bulid a compettive Strcuture which they did. TEST STATUS WOULD AUTOMATICALLY FORCE NATIONS TO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL STRUCTURE and would bring all the above mentioned facilities. I think once the ICC realises that it would bring about faster Development (No Test nation has been added since 2000).

Also most people must realize Test Status is no big thing and should not hype it or be very rigorous about it. All the current Test Teams went through it. They struggled a bit and have become better teams and so they should encourage the currently weaker teams as well.

I agree it will be difficult in places like Ireland, Scotland and co where other Sports are established to generate Public Interest but these countries have performed well and deserve Test Status. Also countries like Nepal and Afghanistan where the craze is there should be immediatley granted Test Status and the ICC should take care of their finances for the first few years.
 
Matt79

Matt79

Hall of Fame Member
ralph567 said:
Zim, on the account of being a test team, which technically they are not, get $12m for their particiaption in World Cup , while Ireland, that stayed 1 month longer than them get around $1m for participation.

That's why I wa request ICC to plase increase number of Test Nations. When you are a Test Nation everything comes along, International Matches, Sponsorship, Telecast Rights, Advertising, Practice Pitches, ICC Grants, Professional Players, and Public Interest. The Structure can be built only after Test Status has been granted and not before that.

A Good Example is Bangladesh who had very little Structure in 2000 but getting the Test Status meant that they had to bulid a compettive Strcuture which they did. TEST STATUS WOULD AUTOMATICALLY FORCE NATIONS TO HAVE A PROFESSIONAL STRUCTURE and would bring all the above mentioned facilities. I think once the ICC realises that it would bring about faster Development (No Test nation has been added since 2000).

Also most people must realize Test Status is no big thing and should not hype it or be very rigorous about it. All the current Test Teams went through it. They struggled a bit and have become better teams and so they should encourage the currently weaker teams as well.

I agree it will be difficult in places like Ireland, Scotland and co where other Sports are established to generate Public Interest but these countries have performed well and deserve Test Status. Also countries like Nepal and Afghanistan where the craze is there should be immediatley granted Test Status and the ICC should take care of their finances for the first few years.
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Nah, you've got it all the wrong way around. You need to have demand before you provide the supply. Otherwise you'll just piss the money down the drain. Out of the established test countries, test match cricket only makes money in India, Australia and England. Plus, if there were 100+ Test nations, the ICC sure wouldn't be giving each of them $12 million dollars - that's over a billion dollars.
 
Perm

Perm

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Can just imagine the crowds at a Namibia-UAE game surpassing those of an Ashes series. 'Course, the quality of cricket would be of a much better standard too.
 
andruid

andruid

Cricketer Of The Year
Perm said:
Can just imagine the crowds at a Namibia-UAE game surpassing those of an Ashes series. 'Course, the quality of cricket would be of a much better standard too.
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Maybe not but it would way less predictable:ph34r:
 
Lillian Thomson

Lillian Thomson

Hall of Fame Member
It would be good for cricket to be a more global sport at a higher level with more teams able to compete, this is why many people who are not obcessed by stats have no objection to Bangladesh being able to develop their game within the Test area, but 128 countries in five years is a less than logical figure to use when making this argument. (Let's face it, it's bollox).
 
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