The Inaugural World Test Championship

[Daemon]

There is nothing more tedious on this forum than listening to TJB talk about ‘doctored’ wickets for the hundredth time.

Anyways, this is interesting - https://www.cricket365.com/dave-tic...d-so-easily-fixed-the-icc-should-act-now/amp/

 

[TheJediBrah]

There is nothing more tedious on this forum than listening to TJB talk about ‘doctored’ wickets for the hundredth time.

I wouldn't have to if people weren't so ignorant on the topic

 

[h_hurricane]

To be honest, this cycle of teams "doctoring" the pitches is so much to look forward to. Faf doing to SC teams in SA brought out an absolute star in Kusal Perera. If anything, India doing the same to SA by exposing them to minefields gives them an opportunity to create their own version of Perera. If someone comes up good, he will get all the accolades.

 

[Spark]

Pitch doctoring is, on balance, good and it should be done more (within reason etc etc), not least because it is gloriously funny when it backfires.

Pitches need to get more distinct around the world, not less.

 

[Prince EWS]

There is nothing wrong with doctoring. In fact I'd go as far as to say I was a pro-doctoring. Accurately reading what sort of pitch will most favour your side and then actually being able to prepare it in such a way so it works no matter who wins the toss are both skills, and I like this element of Test cricket.

 

[h_hurricane]

So basically,

For a visiting team : Conquer the alien conditions and earn respect.

For a home team : Prepare tailor made tracks and when they backfire, run with your tail between your legs.

Absolutely love this scenario.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Agree with all of the above. I've never had a problem with pitch doctoring, just get annoyed that we are behind the curve at it.

 

[Daemon]

There is nothing more tedious on this forum than listening to TJB talk about ‘doctored’ wickets for the hundredth time.

Anyways, this is interesting - https://www.cricket365.com/dave-tic...d-so-easily-fixed-the-icc-should-act-now/amp/

Well this dude was spot on.

So dumb that England and Australia get 54 points instead of 60.

 

[aussie tragic]

Yep, WTC confirmed as crap.

India beat WI 2-0-0 and have 120 points
NZ tie SL 1-1-0 and have 60 points each
Aus tie Eng 2-2-1 and have 56 points each

I know which cricket efforts I rate the highest and they're currently ranked =4th in the WTC even though they've played 3 more tests than the teams ranked 1-3

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Away wins should weigh more than home wins.

 

[Cabinet96]

Away wins should weigh more than home wins.

No. Teams should just play the same number of home series as away series.

 

[aussie tragic]

Away wins should weigh more than home wins.

Yeah, give India 240 points for their WI win. Points system is a farce now, never mind making it worse.

 

[the big bambino]

Just put the house on the last test of each series. Would probably cure dead rubber syndrome.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

No. Teams should just play the same number of home series as away series.

In a perfect world, this would be ideal.

Yeah, give India 240 points for their WI win. Points system is a farce now, never mind making it worse.

I was gonna say something along the lines of 'quality of opposition should be taken into consideration', but that's too much logistics and **** for the ICC. They should really have IBM's Watson with them.

 

[Cabinet96]

Tbh though, while the Test Championship scoring system is obviously flawed (it's hard for it not to be when the structure of how series have traditionally been played is so badly suited to a league format) I like that it values all series equally (except the series it randomly decides don't count). Some two test series between New Zealand and Sri Lanka being worth as many points as your precious, super important five match ultra marathon test series between two members of the all mighty big three is kind of hilarious and feels like poetic justice for all the **** scheduling fans and players of the poor countries have had to put up with for years.

 

[aussie tragic]

I was gonna say something along the lines of 'quality of opposition should be taken into consideration', but that's too much logistics and **** for the ICC.

Not hard at all. Scrap the current WTC format and just use ICC Test ratings starting with 3 test series between:

1 vs 8
2 vs 7
3 vs 6
4 vs 5

4 winners re-ranked 1-4 with 4 test series of:

1 vs 4
2 vs 3

2 winners play a 5 test series.

Pretty simple really

 

[DriveClub]

Current WTC point system debacle is good karma for the big 3 sham, I welcome it

 

[DriveClub]

It looks like the big 3 want to have their cake and eat it as well. If you want a fair points system schedule tours against all teams equally and standardize what a series is and how often it is played. If you want to put the big 3 series on a pedestal and award them more points then why even have WTC in the first place lol

 

[DriveClub]

Not hard at all. Scrap the current WTC format and just use ICC Test ratings starting with 3 test series between:

1 vs 8
2 vs 7
3 vs 6
4 vs 5

4 winners re-ranked 1-4 with 4 test series of:

1 vs 4
2 vs 3

2 winners play a 5 test series.

Pretty simple really

This would require the ashes and every other ad-hoc series to be cancelled. You will essentially have to wipe the slate clean and start over. But obviously the big 3 will not want to do that so we're back to square one.

 

[Daemon]

The current format is obviously a compromise between having a league and letting individual boards have autonomy over their scheduling.

The ideal structure is just not feasible in the current environment.