I have recently created this proposal to suggest how we can fix up the international cricket scheduling mess with a more streamlined and less cluttered schedule for the next cycle after the current future tours proposal.
The link to it is - rogerswebsite.com/cricket/FTP_Proposal.pdf
Any feedback is welcomed and feel free to share it around if you think it has merit.
The purpose of this proposed schedule is to have a SIMPLE, CONSISTENT 4 year schedule that, for the most part, can be replicated each 4 years with very little adjustment.
This humble attempt at improving and streamlining international cricket scheduling is built upon four key recommendations:
1) Splitting the calendar into distinct international cricket and T20 windows with virtually no overlap between the two.
2) Implementing Ravi Shastri’s recommendation of splitting the test nations into two divisions with promotion and relegation for each 4 year cycle where the top division of 8 teams plays each other home and away every 4 years.
3) Implementing the MCC’s recommendation to play ODI’s in the year leading up to the World Cup, starting off with the current meaningless ICC Champions Trophy and giving it some purpose. International white ball games are all T20’s in 3 years out of each 4 year cycle and ONLY ODI’s in the year leading up to the World Cup.
4) A more simplified four year cycle of tournaments. There is to be only one T20 World Cup each 4 year cycle, not two. The second is effectively to be replaced by the recently approved Olympic cricket tournament.
Roger
The link to it is - rogerswebsite.com/cricket/FTP_Proposal.pdf
Any feedback is welcomed and feel free to share it around if you think it has merit.
The purpose of this proposed schedule is to have a SIMPLE, CONSISTENT 4 year schedule that, for the most part, can be replicated each 4 years with very little adjustment.
This humble attempt at improving and streamlining international cricket scheduling is built upon four key recommendations:
1) Splitting the calendar into distinct international cricket and T20 windows with virtually no overlap between the two.
2) Implementing Ravi Shastri’s recommendation of splitting the test nations into two divisions with promotion and relegation for each 4 year cycle where the top division of 8 teams plays each other home and away every 4 years.
3) Implementing the MCC’s recommendation to play ODI’s in the year leading up to the World Cup, starting off with the current meaningless ICC Champions Trophy and giving it some purpose. International white ball games are all T20’s in 3 years out of each 4 year cycle and ONLY ODI’s in the year leading up to the World Cup.
4) A more simplified four year cycle of tournaments. There is to be only one T20 World Cup each 4 year cycle, not two. The second is effectively to be replaced by the recently approved Olympic cricket tournament.
Roger
