The Inaugural World Test Championship

[hendrix]

Making over-rate penalties part of the points even worse IMO, because it's so arbitrary. It's not like every team's over rates over the course of years is being analysed and penalisations are based on that. If you want to make something part of a point-scoring system for a tournament it needs to be consistent across the whole tournament.

Why would you average/analyse over rates across a year? The whole point is that slow over rates are used in spots/in a cynical manner depending on the match situation. It makes no sense to analyse them across a year.

 

[straw man]

I still think it’s pretty cool.

Neutral Test at Lords? **** yes.

Haha yes, the whole WTC an incredibly difficult thing to implement properly, nigh on impossible to schedule fairly, flawed and full of compromises and that was all before Covid made it even worse.

But at the end you get a 6-day test between two competitive neutral sides, with bragging rights, at Lords ??. Might just make it all worthwhile.

* not if England makes it obv, that's just called a 'home test match'.

 

[honestbharani]

Haha yes, the whole WTC an incredibly difficult thing to implement properly, nigh on impossible to schedule fairly, flawed and full of compromises and that was all before Covid made it even worse.

But at the end you get a 6-day test between two competitive neutral sides, with bragging rights, at Lords ??. Might just make it all worthwhile.

* not if England makes it obv, that's just called a 'home test match'.

Wait, 6 day?

 

[cnerd123]

the next WTC should have a rule that if England qualify for the final it should be played at Abu Dhabi instead

 

[honestbharani]

the next WTC should have a rule that if England qualify for the final it should be played at Abu Dhabi instead

Why not play in Dubai anyways? ICC HQ is there, right? And it will be neutral to all the test sides.

 

[cnerd123]

Why not play in Dubai anyways? ICC HQ is there, right? And it will be neutral to all the test sides.

cuz Lords man. I love Dubai but it would be terrible if a Test final is held anywhere else

 

[jimmy101]

Yeah I would have thought they'd have opted for Dubai as they wouldn't have had to deal with the MCC.

 

[Daemon]

Dubai would suck as a venue for this sort of thing imo

 

[TheJediBrah]

Why would you average/analyse over rates across a year? The whole point is that slow over rates are used in spots/in a cynical manner depending on the match situation. It makes no sense to analyse them across a year.

Of course you wouldn't lol that's not the point

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Wait, 6 day?

yeah to make sure there's a result

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Dubai would suck as a venue for this sort of thing imo

At least it wouldn't get rained out there whereas that is a real chance in England.

 

[cnerd123]

yeah to make sure there's a result

4 days would be enough if recent Tests are anything to go by

 

[Athlai]

4 days would be enough if recent Tests are anything to go by

England rarely has poor pitches tbf

 

[Lillian Thomson]

It needs to be played at one of the traditional grounds, and preferably where a crowd would turn up. What sort of attendance would Melbourne expect if Australia are not in it?

 

[TheJediBrah]

It needs to be played at one of the traditional grounds, and preferably where a crowd would turn up. What sort of attendance would Melbourne expect if Australia are not in it?

If India were playing a pretty big one. Pulling this number out of my ass but probably 40k+, ie. more than most other grounds could capacitate. You wouldn't want to play a game like that on the horrific Melbourne wicket though, 6 days might not be enough. (tbf last year it wasn't that bad)

 

[Athlai]

If India were playing a pretty big one. Pulling this number out of my ass but probably 40k+, ie. more than most other grounds could capacitate. You wouldn't want to play a game like that on the horrific Melbourne wicket though, 6 days might not be enough. (tbf last year it wasn't that bad)

Yeah India massive crowd. England good crowd. NZ 10k+ I reckon South Africa or Pakistan would probably get close ish to that.

So anything short of Sri Lanka vs West Indies gets at least 10k

 

[Daemon]

more than most other grounds could capacitate

that doesn't mean what you think it does lol

 

[TheJediBrah]

that doesn't mean what you think it does lol

You talking about the sperm thing? lol

I still though it meant what I thought it did too but I could be wrong

Yeah India massive crowd. England good crowd. NZ 10k+ I reckon South Africa or Pakistan would probably get close ish to that.

So anything short of Sri Lanka vs West Indies gets at least 10k

I went to a Sri Lanka v Aus test a few years ago, might have been around 2012 actually, and the crowd was at least 2/3rd Sri Lankan supporters. Quite a lot of Sri Lankans in Melbourne too so possibly could get 10k.

Real question though is how much Test cricket would have to turn around for the WI and SL to make the final haha

 

[andruid]

the next WTC should have a rule that if England qualify for the final it should be played at Abu Dhabi instead

Bring it to the Nairobi Gymkhana in a desperate bid to save cricket in East and Central Africa

 

[Fuller Pilch]

The 1st team to qualify for one final should be given hosting rights for the next final. Fairest system