TheJediBrah
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That's not a lot of cricket for each team. 6 games total for the finalists, less for everyone else
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Assessment of the World Cup
- Thread starter chris.hinton
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It's not an issue about every team, just one.
I suspect to make the tournament financially viable, they need the TV revenue from as many games as possible involving India.
Owzat
U19 Captain
easy peasy, just let India play India select XI for 10 games then the rest join in when they're too tired to put up much of a fight!
think the mentality though is too "all about India", ironic really as suggestion to revert to the very format that blew India (and Pakistan, 2007) out at the group stage seems to be rife
you're better off staging it in countries where people will buy tickets for and attend more games for the "neutrals" ie in India you might get good crowds for India games but are they any good coordinating or getting people in (visas), buying tickets etc to attend for the other 9+ countries 'also' happen to be there?!?!?
just reading this event (1.250m) exceeded attendance from previous record in 2015 (1.016m), for me that's feeble for a supposed nation of cricket crazy fans
populations of hosts (2015-2023)
Australia 26.8m (New Zealand 5.26m)
England 56.5m (Wales 3.1m)
India 1.4bn
considering also the largest capacity ground in England and Wales is Lords (30k), aussies (and kiwis) somewhat larger with five of 37k-53.5k (20 games) and one of 100k (5 games) and India with 132k hosting 5 games, four of 38.2k-68.0k hosting 33 games you would like to think they'd exceed the record by more than a couple of 100k
From the stadia India played at, all but Hyderabad it seems, they could have filled them to 619k alone, half the tournament overall attendance. I am always sceptical of reported attendances tbf, announcements of a game at old toilet in football coming out with near if not at capacity with empty seats visible.
still for much of the final they made the empty seats look like they were filled, oh wait that was just silent Indians thought they and their team only had to turn up and see them walk to victory......!
Socerer 01
International Captain
would you like some fries to go with your salt?
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
I don’t mind the concept but the risk with results carrying through is you can be in dead rubber stage very quickly.
Plus I think we have enough good teams for quarters? If you look at the top 8 of the WC just gone any one of those sides could beat one of the others on their given day.
mr_mister
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I think the '99 format nailed it best
The group stage knocked off some big names like the hosts England, the defending champs SL and the still decent West Indies, so it was actually a useful group stage unlike in '96
Then in the super six stage a team that carried full points over in Zimbabwe missed out on SF qualification, and a team that carried none in Aus made it through, meaning no dead rubbers
Granted Zim over achieving in the group stage helped make the format look more interesting but I think 6 teams is the perfect amount of teams qualifying for a second stage in international cricket
The group stage knocked off some big names like the hosts England, the defending champs SL and the still decent West Indies, so it was actually a useful group stage unlike in '96
Then in the super six stage a team that carried full points over in Zimbabwe missed out on SF qualification, and a team that carried none in Aus made it through, meaning no dead rubbers
Granted Zim over achieving in the group stage helped make the format look more interesting but I think 6 teams is the perfect amount of teams qualifying for a second stage in international cricket
HouHsiaoHsien
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Genuine question. Why so anti India?(any reason except the toxic fans and BCCI)
Burgey
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Yeah pretty much that. And HB
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Again, I am glad I am so important in your life.
Burgey
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Oh yeah, there’s also the collective victim complex which plagues the Indian cricket team and fan’s mentality. Always so hard done by, never just beaten by a better side or cost themselves a result by playing ****. Sydney 08 will always be the gold standard for this - all the whining, sending an umpire home of all things, saying how hard done by they were. All the while forgetting they lost 8 wickets after lunch on day five, including three in the last over to Michael Clarke of all people.
Just ****ing woeful. Stems from an ill-deserved sense of entitlement I suppose.
Just ****ing woeful. Stems from an ill-deserved sense of entitlement I suppose.
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It’s weird isn’t it. I mean don’t get me wrong, Indian cricket is obviously very dislikeable due to those reasons but to base 80% of your entire online persona (the other 20% being flaunting wealth and hating on cyclists) on it is quite disturbing.
Flem274*
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Still digging my heels in that the big pool stage followed by semis is awesome. We had 10 very competitive sides in a country known for being very harsh on teams who can't adjust, so I think the big pool stage would be even more competitive in more homogenous conditions like SA and England (which have grounds that assist pace and spin).
We're in a relative drought of ODIs due to all the ****ing bilateral T20 and WC every 18 months dribble. I would happily watch a 12 team big pool or even a 14 team one (maybe more practically, two groups of 7 and then a finals series of 5-6 teams).
We're in a relative drought of ODIs due to all the ****ing bilateral T20 and WC every 18 months dribble. I would happily watch a 12 team big pool or even a 14 team one (maybe more practically, two groups of 7 and then a finals series of 5-6 teams).
mr_mister
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What you described in your final sentence is what we're getting