2015 World Cup: 10 teams and no associates

[_Ed_]

Conspiracy theory not the term for what Corrin was referring to mate. Not even relevant at all.

Unless someone in the ICC didn't want Uppercut to remain a cricket fan...

 

[jashan83]

Some news which gives hope

Just saw on ICC website

ICC Board asked to revisit its decision on ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

International Cricket Council - News

 

[GIMH]

Don't know any info, but the yellow bar on Sky News is saying the ICC may consider changing their mind about only having 10 teams in 2015

Watch this space

 

[Daemon]

ICC news: Pawar requests relook at World Cup 2015 format | Cricket News | Cricinfo ICC Site | ESPN Cricinfo

I think I'll live in my fantasy world and say the petition worked

 

[jashan83]

Don't know any info, but the yellow bar on Sky News is saying the ICC may consider changing their mind about only having 10 teams in 2015

Watch this space

Sharad Pawar has asked ICC to reconsider the decision in July meeting in Hong Kong as per ICC media release. Hope they make it atleast a 12 nation cup

 

[four_or_six]

Fingers crossed...

 

[silentstriker]

ICC news: Pawar requests relook at World Cup 2015 format | Cricket News | Cricinfo ICC Site | ESPN Cricinfo

I think I'll live in my fantasy world and say the petition worked

Damn the BCC.....errr, what?

 

[Spikey]

End result: YouTube - I'll Be Your Friend

Sharad Pawar being the detective and the boards being Bob

 

[silentstriker]

Pawar isn't stupid, he wouldn't say this publically without the backing of the BCCI at least.

 

[morgieb]

Wow, good news.

Dunno whether anything will actually happen though.

 

[_Ed_]

Encouraging news.

 

[Uppercut]

morgie

It's enormously frustrating that there is such a huge groundswell of support for Ireland yet it achieves nothing - we're spoilt by living in democracies - there must be plenty of folk round the globe who'll wonder what we're bleating about

Yeah, that's a pretty good point. We're used to expressing our opinions because we're lucky enough to live in a society where we can expect that people will generally try to empathise and take our position into account. When the ICC effectively announces that Irish cricket fans are negligible, what am I supposed to do? They've already decided I'm irrelevant. Ranting about it would just feel like yelling hopelessly at a cloud.

Maybe they'll change their minds though. Refusing to get my hopes up for now.

 

[Jono]

Excellent

 

[Marius]

This is excellent news. The ICC may actually look further than the end of its nose for once.

If the World Cup does not expand or at least stay its current size, cricket's long-term future as a relatively global sport is under dire threat.

 

[Cevno]

Good News!!

Hopefully they reconsider their decision now.

 

[Borges]

Good News!!

Hopefully they reconsider their decision now.

Great! If the ICC board votes could somehow be made open, so that we would get to know who voted which way, the earlier decision would be overturned unanimously.

I suppose the decision now would be twelve teams instead of ten; can't see the ICC asking West Indies, Bangladesh or Zimbabwe to earn their places on merit.

 

[IrishOpener]

Pawar isn't stupid, he wouldn't say this publically without the backing of the BCCI at least.

So do you think the BCCI want to expand the World Cup?, either way this does sound like great news and I hope we get a chance to play in the 2015 World Cup ...

 

[Cevno]

Great! If the ICC board votes could somehow be made open, so that we would get to know who voted which way, the earlier decision would be overturned unanimously.

I suppose the decision now would be twelve teams instead of ten; can't see the ICC asking West Indies, Bangladesh or Zimbabwe to earn their places on merit.

Why would it be overturned?

Boards like CA,NZC and ECB ETC.. have been open about their vote in this so far and BCCI does not really care about popular opinion about in any case.

But i am surprised BCCI Voted with the others on this as they have been the most major supporters of giving Affiliates more rights in the past ,even when others opposed.
I guess mantaining their goodwill among the affiliates is making them reconsider the earlier commercial decision now.

 

[Cracket]

But i am surprised BCCI Voted with the others on this as they have been the most major supporters of giving Affiliates more rights in the past

You have an article/basis for that? Because I read somewhere that BCCI doesn't want Ireland, etc becoming full members because it would lessen the voting power of the Asian bloc. A voting domination in all matters that BCCI enjoys..

 

[Cevno]

You have an article/basis for that? Because I read somewhere that BCCI doesn't want Ireland, etc becoming full members because it would lessen the voting power of the Asian bloc. A voting domination in all matters that BCCI enjoys..

BCCI and Dalmiya was the main architecht of Bangladesh getting a full membership status and Zimbabwe retaining it .

BCCI at the time also wanted to give almost all major affiliate nations voting power in the board but lesser than the test members.

But ECB and CA etc.. did not agree to it as they thought so many minnows getting voting powers would mean more leverage for the BCCI.
They did not want Voting rights to anyone without Test Status.