tbh idk if 5 years would solve the issue of teams not resembling what they were at the start of each iteration but it would at least add more relevance to the tournament
That's a thing that would happen but I just don't see it as an issue. Making the final would be the achievement of 5 years of Test cricket during which time teams will inevitably change but that doesn't change who earned the positions over the time period
No this would just legitimise it. It should be as unfair as possible if we must have it, otherwise people will start caring about it.
On paper that makes sense, but in practice scheduling the final in the top place teams locale is hard on any kind of notice, schedule is just really packed RN.
i wouldnt mind the final being kept in a different country every iteration like the world cups are if it has to be a 1 off match, personally i would rather have 1 test each in each country with the 3rd one being in a rotating neutral country but thats a nightmare to schedule
lol what
Just wishing BCCI schedules more test matches. Logically it mskes sense as 1) India is doing better in red ball than white ball events 2) Test needs audience turnover which our supporters can help 3) corporates and TV chanels can support here more than in most other cricket playing nations 4) We have many stadiums to support that kind of test match activities 5) We can improve our player ranks and stats in the top format 6) The older players will have more opportunities as the younger players will contribute in white ball events thereby a balance would be struck 7) We could see more thrilling Gabba kind of tests to recall our memories plus matches against Pakistan would be more regular 8) Test cricket will bolster its place as the best among all formats 9) IPL frenzy will reduce 10) that brings me back to my previous post - I wish it that way!!lol what
I don't think scheduling a single test as the final in the top placed country is as tough as you think.
Last game is in late january. Let's say Australia finish top and want to host it over there. Where do you host it at that point on short notice? AFL season is starting up so the major grounds are out from ~march till august. So now we've got 6 months of test cricket that doesn't involve the WTC at all, unless you want to start games for the next cycle before the previous final has been played. If it's in india you've got the ipl in march, so you've reasonably got a month to find a venue, get is scheduled, get everyone over there, etc.
Chennai it must be then
There is nothing wrong with England as venue .BCCI can prioritise WTC final and pull their key players from IPL in last week and send them to England 15 days before the final .
England already had two such chances. Either England and Wales cricket board owns the world of cricket or other boards do not have a spinal chord. It is arguable. For instance, my 74 year old Father in law who stays with us is following cricket since 1960s and still reckons BCCI is subservient to ECB and thinks WTC should only be hosted in England, the original founders of this sport and for fourteen years I havent convinced him despite IPL, BCCI's cashflow supremacy, Australian dominance in the sport and so forth that the sport is not owned by England no matter what i say. So some people of that generation will never give up on ECB. Very much the same stubborn way he reckons that Kamal Haasan owns Tamil cinema since Kalathur Kannamma days!! The old boys baby boomers of world cricket will see England hosts WTC for the next 2 decades atleast. BCCI cant sabotage it from them even if they are the richest board.
SL potentially making it ahead of Aus if IND does well in BGT?
Real shame that NZ blew that 2nd test v Australia at Christchurch as that would've made the WTC more interesting.
