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Cricket is one of the best sports played in the world. It has various forms of the game but three of them are recognized by the ICC- Test cricket, One-day International cricket and last but not least Twenty20 International Cricket. Since the ICC don't want Twenty20 to take over ODI's but still be formal, the ICC should:
*Put a Twenty20 raking system into affect for it.
*The mandatory minimum requirements of at least 1 Twenty20 International,home and away, against every other Full Member over a period, while still would schedule rest periods for their players.
*It should have a limit of 10 Twenty20 Internationals (instead of the confusing 3 home Twenty20 matches/year), just like 15 Tests and 30 One Day Internationals per calendar year per country averaged out through the 6 FTP year plan.
*Associate teams right now works hard to get ODI status then eventually Test status, what if ICC created Twenty20 status. This form of the game can be played competitively between any sides, be it a full member vs a associate. ICC should give Twenty20 status out to a broader number of nations who could compete in the Twenty20 level then try to gain ODI status then eventually test status!
*The second Twenty20 World Championship should be a knockout tournament(the form being fast pacing so should it's tournament) consisting 32 teams making cricket really a global sport; ten full members and the top 22 associates from the ranking systems. Even though this tournament would have more teams, it would not have more value than the World Cup, first of all because the World Cup is the most pure tournament with the best teams(currently 16) playing the more pure form of the sport ever to be played in a tournament for more than 30 years. Secondly, while the world cup is played every four years, which is like sacred, the Twenty20 World Championship would be played every 2 years making it the junior tournament. Twenty20 is a junior compared to it's older brothers ODI's and Tests so it's tournament would also be a junior to the world cup; sort of like a mini world cup for the mini form of ODI. But the ICC still needs to take advantage of what they can, which is more teams can participate competitively in it. So the knockout tournament with 32 teams would have 29 matches played in 15-18 days and have its own values that would make it different from the world cup.
Example:
Knockout Stages
1st Round 2nd Round Quarter-finals Semi-final Final
[Day 1-8] [Day 9-12] [Day 13-14] [Day 15-16] [Day 18]
1.Australia vs 32. Gibraltar
vs
16.UAE vs 17. Denmark
VS
8.England vs 25. Afghanistan
vs
9.Bangladesh vs 24. Cayman Islands
VS
5.India vs 28. Papua New Guinea
vs
12.Ireland vs 21. USA
VS
4.Pakistan vs 29. Tanzania
vs
13.Scotland vs 20. Hong Kong
VS
3.New Zealand vs 30. Nepal
vs
14.Bermuda vs 19. Canada
VS
6.Sri Lanka vs 27. Uganda
vs
11.Kenya vs 22. Italy
VS
7.West Indies vs 26. Jersey
vs
10.Zimbabwe vs 23. Norway
VS
2.South Africa vs 31. Germany
vs
15.Netherlands vs 18. Namibia
The ICC needs money for their Development Program to spread the sport. But the only events they get the financial help is from the ICC Cricket World cup and ICC Champions Trophy. Unfortunately, the Champions Trophy is not really helping cricket and does not have any value because it's very similar and only four months away from the biggest thing in cricket- the world Cup. But the ICC needs the money, luckily they have another tournament to replace it- ICC Twenty20 World Championship. From 2012 the ICC Twenty20 Championship should be played every 2 years. The winner of the tournament would be referred as the World Twenty20 Champions and world Champions would be the winners of the world cup as it is now. The ICC cricket world cup should be going forward as it is now because there really isn't any flaws with it. The tournament is expending as more teams have the quality play in it but there should be a limit at one point where it wont expand anymore; the current tournament is being played by 16 teams in 51 matches which takes 47 days, if it expands too much with too many teams it would take too long.
These should be only two ICC Events played at the highest international men level:
2007 -World Cup & Twenty20 Championship
2008 -
2009 -Twenty20 Championship
2010 -
2011 -World Cup
2012 -Twenty20 Championship
2013 -
2014 -Twenty20 Championship
2015 -World Cup
2016 -Twenty20 Championship
2017 -
2018 -Twenty20 Championship
2019 -World Cup
2020 -Twenty20 Championship
2021 -
2022 -Twenty20 Championship
2023 -World Cup
2024 -Twenty20 Championship
2025 -
2026 -Twenty20 Championship
2027 -World Cup
2028 -Twenty20 Championship
2029 -
2030 -Twenty20 Championship
2031 -World Cup
2032 -Twenty20 Championship
2033 -
2034 -Twenty20 Championship
2035 -World Cup
2036 -Twenty20 Championship
2037 -
2038 -Twenty20 Championship
2039 -World Cup
2040 -Twenty20 Championship
Though Test cricket is too long for a tournament, the ICC has done a good job with LG ICC Test Championship. But don't you think crowning best test cricket team deserves same amount of value as handing over the world cup. Well here's another idea why not hold the crowning the of best test team every four years from 2013 then again in 2017 and so on (the blank years above). The team that was the number 1 team the most, meaning for the longest time combined in the last four years would win the Trophy for the LG ICC Test Championship. Crowning the best team in the world would be held at the ICC Awards every four years with the best team crowned and refereed as the Champions Champion.
The more you have something the less value it gets so please, for the sake of all forms of the sport don't overplay it and reduce it's value. Even playing all three forms half of their limit would be enough to please the crowd. Nothing would really affect cricket in a negative way in these changes- Champions trophy, which is in decaying position would be replaced with the exciting Twenty20 championship, more nations would play cricket, more value to the best test team and the world cup would still be the most valued tournament in cricket. Cricket truly is one of the best and global sports of the world. In most of the world the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd's are awarded, well it would be the same in cricket- 1st. LG ICC Test Championship winners, the champions champion; 2nd. ICC World Cup winners, the world champions; 3rd. ICC Twenty20 World Championship winners, the World Twenty20 Champions! The ICC Cricket World Cup will always be the top event played and Twenty20 will help it spread the game!
*Put a Twenty20 raking system into affect for it.
*The mandatory minimum requirements of at least 1 Twenty20 International,home and away, against every other Full Member over a period, while still would schedule rest periods for their players.
*It should have a limit of 10 Twenty20 Internationals (instead of the confusing 3 home Twenty20 matches/year), just like 15 Tests and 30 One Day Internationals per calendar year per country averaged out through the 6 FTP year plan.
*Associate teams right now works hard to get ODI status then eventually Test status, what if ICC created Twenty20 status. This form of the game can be played competitively between any sides, be it a full member vs a associate. ICC should give Twenty20 status out to a broader number of nations who could compete in the Twenty20 level then try to gain ODI status then eventually test status!
*The second Twenty20 World Championship should be a knockout tournament(the form being fast pacing so should it's tournament) consisting 32 teams making cricket really a global sport; ten full members and the top 22 associates from the ranking systems. Even though this tournament would have more teams, it would not have more value than the World Cup, first of all because the World Cup is the most pure tournament with the best teams(currently 16) playing the more pure form of the sport ever to be played in a tournament for more than 30 years. Secondly, while the world cup is played every four years, which is like sacred, the Twenty20 World Championship would be played every 2 years making it the junior tournament. Twenty20 is a junior compared to it's older brothers ODI's and Tests so it's tournament would also be a junior to the world cup; sort of like a mini world cup for the mini form of ODI. But the ICC still needs to take advantage of what they can, which is more teams can participate competitively in it. So the knockout tournament with 32 teams would have 29 matches played in 15-18 days and have its own values that would make it different from the world cup.
Example:
Knockout Stages
1st Round 2nd Round Quarter-finals Semi-final Final
[Day 1-8] [Day 9-12] [Day 13-14] [Day 15-16] [Day 18]
1.Australia vs 32. Gibraltar
vs
16.UAE vs 17. Denmark
VS
8.England vs 25. Afghanistan
vs
9.Bangladesh vs 24. Cayman Islands
VS
5.India vs 28. Papua New Guinea
vs
12.Ireland vs 21. USA
VS
4.Pakistan vs 29. Tanzania
vs
13.Scotland vs 20. Hong Kong
VS
3.New Zealand vs 30. Nepal
vs
14.Bermuda vs 19. Canada
VS
6.Sri Lanka vs 27. Uganda
vs
11.Kenya vs 22. Italy
VS
7.West Indies vs 26. Jersey
vs
10.Zimbabwe vs 23. Norway
VS
2.South Africa vs 31. Germany
vs
15.Netherlands vs 18. Namibia
The ICC needs money for their Development Program to spread the sport. But the only events they get the financial help is from the ICC Cricket World cup and ICC Champions Trophy. Unfortunately, the Champions Trophy is not really helping cricket and does not have any value because it's very similar and only four months away from the biggest thing in cricket- the world Cup. But the ICC needs the money, luckily they have another tournament to replace it- ICC Twenty20 World Championship. From 2012 the ICC Twenty20 Championship should be played every 2 years. The winner of the tournament would be referred as the World Twenty20 Champions and world Champions would be the winners of the world cup as it is now. The ICC cricket world cup should be going forward as it is now because there really isn't any flaws with it. The tournament is expending as more teams have the quality play in it but there should be a limit at one point where it wont expand anymore; the current tournament is being played by 16 teams in 51 matches which takes 47 days, if it expands too much with too many teams it would take too long.
These should be only two ICC Events played at the highest international men level:
2007 -World Cup & Twenty20 Championship
2008 -
2009 -Twenty20 Championship
2010 -
2011 -World Cup
2012 -Twenty20 Championship
2013 -
2014 -Twenty20 Championship
2015 -World Cup
2016 -Twenty20 Championship
2017 -
2018 -Twenty20 Championship
2019 -World Cup
2020 -Twenty20 Championship
2021 -
2022 -Twenty20 Championship
2023 -World Cup
2024 -Twenty20 Championship
2025 -
2026 -Twenty20 Championship
2027 -World Cup
2028 -Twenty20 Championship
2029 -
2030 -Twenty20 Championship
2031 -World Cup
2032 -Twenty20 Championship
2033 -
2034 -Twenty20 Championship
2035 -World Cup
2036 -Twenty20 Championship
2037 -
2038 -Twenty20 Championship
2039 -World Cup
2040 -Twenty20 Championship
Though Test cricket is too long for a tournament, the ICC has done a good job with LG ICC Test Championship. But don't you think crowning best test cricket team deserves same amount of value as handing over the world cup. Well here's another idea why not hold the crowning the of best test team every four years from 2013 then again in 2017 and so on (the blank years above). The team that was the number 1 team the most, meaning for the longest time combined in the last four years would win the Trophy for the LG ICC Test Championship. Crowning the best team in the world would be held at the ICC Awards every four years with the best team crowned and refereed as the Champions Champion.
The more you have something the less value it gets so please, for the sake of all forms of the sport don't overplay it and reduce it's value. Even playing all three forms half of their limit would be enough to please the crowd. Nothing would really affect cricket in a negative way in these changes- Champions trophy, which is in decaying position would be replaced with the exciting Twenty20 championship, more nations would play cricket, more value to the best test team and the world cup would still be the most valued tournament in cricket. Cricket truly is one of the best and global sports of the world. In most of the world the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd's are awarded, well it would be the same in cricket- 1st. LG ICC Test Championship winners, the champions champion; 2nd. ICC World Cup winners, the world champions; 3rd. ICC Twenty20 World Championship winners, the World Twenty20 Champions! The ICC Cricket World Cup will always be the top event played and Twenty20 will help it spread the game!
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