Prince EWS
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Actually love that "rule" personally.
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Maximas
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uvelocity
International Coach
Drags it out too long matey. In the early stages a couple or even 3 games in a day for me. A quick tourney is a good tourney
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Nah there is absolutely no point in having lots of cricket if you can't watch it all IMO. We'd probably end up with broadcasters deciding not to show some of the minnow matches if they clashed etc and I'd get really surly about that. It takes as long as it takes; I don't care if it takes 20 years as long as all the matches are meaningful.
Howe_zat
Audio File
Smaller groups solves everything
I'd want a straight knockout if it weren't a pisstake to travel all around the world for 1 game.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
Actually this is a good point but I don't see an alternative, ODIs are too long.
uvelocity
International Coach
Get rid of the current broadcasting norms. I'm sure we can enjoy the game with less commentators rabbiting on and a few less cameras and have a proper viewers choice nba style Internet broadcast. Cricket needs to take more control and responsibility for the presentation of the game - most of the networks (find sky pretty good) are pretty embarrassing from a neutral pov in the way they present the game and the way they dictate terms
Adders
Cricketer Of The Year
Gotta agree with that. I think it's very important the associates get a crack in the World Cup so you can't cut the number of teams, but the biggest issue is it dragging on (6 weeks last time??)
The simple answer is play more than one game a day........works for the FIFA World Cup. In the group stages I can't see a problem with having concurrent games.
Adders
Cricketer Of The Year
If it can be done and dusted inside a month with 16 teams then neither do I.
Furball
Evil Scotsman
It works for football because a game is done and dusted within 2 hours of kicking off.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
The problem with that IMO is that if you win you still only play 5 games in a month and the top teams only play 3 important games (one against the other top team in their group, the semi and the final.)
Adders
Cricketer Of The Year
They still play games at the same time in the football WC
the big bambino
Cricketer Of The Year
Not a real fan of the associates at the WC or believe that one outing every 4yrs really assists development. Like everyone I'm all for growing the game but reckon that tolerating them at the WC is offered up as evidence ICC is advancing the game when everyone's real objective is pimping it instead.
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Only when potential cheating deems it necessary though, I.e the final round of group games
Could do two games a day, a day game and a day-nighter. Couldn't watch both games but could see the business end of both.
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
At the last World Cup there was 2 games per day a fair few times.
The best option IMO, would be to have 2 games per day with the first game a day game in New Zealand and the second match a day night match in Australia. When the big teams play against each other (perhaps just the teams that featured in the Champions Trophy), they can be just the one game on the day.
Simple.
The best option IMO, would be to have 2 games per day with the first game a day game in New Zealand and the second match a day night match in Australia. When the big teams play against each other (perhaps just the teams that featured in the Champions Trophy), they can be just the one game on the day.
Simple.
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Furball
Evil Scotsman
Hahaha go and get ****ed you snobby bastard. Cricket's played in more than 10 countries.
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That's not actually true, because if you don't beat one of the other two teams you can go out even if you win against the top team. You could get a situation where to qualify India would need to beat Netherlands by a certain amount more than Pakistan beat Afghanistan, for example. The games would have to be played simultaneously. So you've created a really exciting situation from what would have just been two one-sided games under another format.
Of all the formats I've heard proposed I think I like Daemon's best.
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Haha "tolerating them at the WC". Go **** yourself, yeah?
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
What are you blokes talking about? There were multiple ODIs on one day in the 2011 World Cup.