The disappointment of the 2019 Cricket World Cup being a 10 team World Cup

[flibbertyjibber]

This one has been a bit **** but mainly due to weather. Maybe make the format 2 groups of 8 playing each other and having a quarter final in future as you can get lesser nations in and still have loads of games.

 

[vcs]

It's dragged on a bit longer than I'd like. 6 weeks is pretty long for a tournament involving just 10 teams. I like this format but they could have scheduled more games on the same day to keep the length reasonable.

 

[Daemon]

It's dragged on a bit longer than I'd like. 6 weeks is pretty long for a tournament involving just 10 teams. I like this format but they could have scheduled more games on the same day to keep the length reasonable.

Personally have loved coming home to a game a day.

If you have two and one of them involves the less popular teams then it generates little to no discussion and the public don't watch the players in action.

 

[GIMH]

Would have liked more day-night games personally

 

[AndrewB]

It seems as though everyone is pretty much in agreement that 10 team WC was a good thing, but that the qualifiers for the last few spots among the associates/lower-ranked sides should be held directly before the tournament (essentially part of the tournament) and given a higher profile.

That's what they did in 1979, FWIW. The group matches of the ICC Trophy began on 22nd May; the semi-finals were on 6th June; by winning those, Sri Lanka and Canada qualified for the World Cup which began on 9th June.

(A little-remembered fact about those qualifiers: if USA had beaten Netherlands, rather than the match being rained off, Sri Lanka would have been eliminated in the group stages, due to their forfeiture of their game against Israel. I don't know if their win over India in that WC played any part in them gaining full membership of the ICC).

 

[Daemon]

Would have liked more day-night games personally

Thank **** they didn’t do this. Would’ve been brutal on the southern hemisphere and the subcontinent.

 

[Stefan9]

Associate nations need to be at the wc else it's just a glorified champions trophy.

Yes some of them will probably get drubbings but so what.
If we want to grow the global game the lesser nations need to be showcased at the sports biggest stage.

I personally prefer pools then quarters semi's and finals. It adds unpredictability.

Also would like more day night games.