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World Club Cup of Cricket Suggestion

Do you think World Club Cup should be launched ?

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Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi

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World Club Cup of Cricket

This is the suggestion for a Tournament involving club teams all around the globe.

It will be a tournament consisting of 40 teams divided into 4 groups on continent basis.

Example:

Group (Continent)

Country – No. of clubs

Gr A (Asia)

India – 2 (eg.CSK,MI)
Pakistan - 2
Sri Lanka - 2
Afghanistan - 1
Nepal -1
China -1
Malaysia – 1

Gr B (Austral-Asia)

Australia – 3 (eg.NSW,SAR)
New Zealand – 2
India – 2
Bangladesh – 1
UAE – 1
PNG – 1

Gr C (Europe)

England – 4 (eg.Yorks,Lancs)
Ireland - 1
Holland - 2
Scotland – 1
Belgium - 1
Denmark - 1

Gr D (Africa & America)

South Africa – 3 (eg.Cobras,Dolphins)
Zimbabwe - 1
Kenya - 1
Canada - 1
West Indies - 2
Argentina - 1
USA – 1

The Format of the tournament will be One Day.

Teams will qualify on the basis of their positions in their respective National One Day League.

For Example – Top 3 teams of South Africa & top team of Denmark qualifies for the World Club Cup.

Teams of a group will play against each other home and away basis.

Matches will be played only on Sat nights & Sun afternoons.

After the group stage :

  • The top 3 teams of each group will proceed to the next round called The League of the Best Dozen .

  • Teams will play against each other on home and away basis except the teams of the same group of group stage.

  • The top 4 teams of The League of the Best Dozen will play the semi-finals.

  • The semi-finals and final will be played in a specific format.

  • The format is : each team will play each other in home and away basis and the last match (if required) will be played in a neutral venue.

  • i.e. Best of Threes

Thus,a team will have to play 42 matches till the last final.

This will be a huge achievement for a club and will make the tournament more prestigious than even the UEFA Champions League of football or the World Cups of any sport.

  • This tournament will also provide huge exposure to the players of the associate nations and their performances will improve by leaps & bounds when they play for their national teams.

  • Players wont be exhausted as matches will be held only on Sat or Sun i.e. around 6 matches per month they will get the whole week to practice & improve their games.

  • One compulsory thing is that all the clubs participating in it will have to give full time contracts to the players.

  • Players will be permitted to go to international duties, other reserve or youth players will take their place.


The Cup will be telecast all around the world by different TV channels (regionwise thus atleast 10 matches can be played in a single Saturday night) with awesome coverage , TV graphics and changing jersey designs (home & away).

Big marketing campaigns will be done before every match.

The duration of the tournament may be around 5-6 months or more not less,once a year.

Players performing well here will be MegaStars overnight.

For example :



Ryan Ten Doeschate ( Amtelveen Cricket Club )

Mtchs 42
Runs 2037
Avg 59.9
Best 157*
100s 2
50s 10
S/R 102.7





Dale Steyn ( Cape Cobras )

Mtchs 42
Wkts 103
Avg 23.9
Best 23/6
5wkts 5
S/R 21.7


The Man of the Series will get a huge prize money , IPL contract and a Porsche car.

This tournament will be a shot in the arm for Cricket in Cricket vs Football popularity battle and it will shape the future of cricket in a humongous way.

It will bring together the artistry and brain of cricket from every corner of the globe and lead to new discoveries and talents which we thought never existed.

So , please let us the cricket fans around the world stand united and present The World Club Cup idea to the ICC.

IT'S NOW OR NEVER.

I HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF HARDWORK FOR THIS JUST THINKING OF CRICKET OF MY COUNTRY ARGENTINA.
 
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DingDong

State Captain
Lionel Messi said:
guys please tell what you think of it i have put in a lot of hardwork so dont let it be for nothing
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honestly?

i think its starting to get a bit repetitive now. don't over do it or people will start getting annoyed. why don't u start posting on other threads as well.
 
Craig

Craig

World Traveller
Wait a minute, the world's best footballer (or soccer player) has the avatar of his rival who plays for Real Madrid?

But seriously:

 
Goughy

Goughy

Hall of Fame Member
It is too much of a radical change to ever be introduced but as a concept it is the best way to grow the sport internationally. Associate countries could import talent rather than have to produce 11 quality players themselves and get to watch world class visiting sides regularly.

Whether places like Belgium, PNG, Malaysia etc could sustain a pro franchise is debatable/unlikely but if they could then this is a good idea.
 
Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi

Banned
Goughy said:
It is too much of a radical change to ever be introduced but as a concept it is the best way to grow the sport internationally. Associate countries could import talent rather than have to produce 11 quality players themselves and get to watch world class visiting sides regularly.

Whether places like Belgium, PNG, Malaysia etc could sustain a pro franchise is debatable/unlikely but if they could then this is a good idea.
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You are SUPER RIGHT on the first para

Reply to the 2nd :

A country like Belgium can sustain at least one mega franchise which costs around say $ 50 million.

It will be easy for this to happen as 4 teams from the IPL is invovled in it and where there is Indian Cricket there are 1000 sponsors

Even serieses in ZIM has indian sponsors eg the recent Micromax Cup .

Micromax is a mobile company of India.
 
Hurricane

Hurricane

Hall of Fame Member
Bruce I am lost

Your old ideas used to be consistent. This idea on one hand talks about "
Teams will qualify on the basis of their positions in their respective National One Day League."
and then you have written
"A country like Belgium can sustain at least one mega franchise which costs around say $ 50 million."

Please clarify...

Also will there be spin play?
 
Craig

Craig

World Traveller
What company (or super rich individual) in Belgium is going to support a cricket franchise to the tune of $50m, when aside from a google search, they have no idea who Sir Donald Bradman was? Professional cycling and football are the two of the biggest sports in Belgium, and they have no where that sort of money from company sponsorship, so why on a sport they have no idea about? Go to Ghent or Liege and ask if they know who Shane Warne or Sachin Tendulkar is (ex-pats aside) and you will get a blank stare. So yes, there could be a company that could support a franchise or team, but it would be a pointless sponsorship as the sport would mean nothing to their demographic, and therefore would not get a return on their money.

And if you say the BCCI should dole out $50m as a loan to be paid back, they will never get their money back because the franchise/team will never make that sort of money.

Cricket means nothing to your average Belgian.

Sorry, try again.
 
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Jezroy

Jezroy

State Captain
Lionel Messi said:
IT'S NOW OR NEVER.

I HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF HARDWORK FOR THIS JUST THINKING OF CRICKET OF MY COUNTRY AREGENTINA.
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PS - Normally people can spell the name of "their country" correctly when they put in such "hardwork".

PS. Does "HARDWORK" have any bearing on Spinplay?
 
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