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This "internet rights" is a interesting new suggestion to try & help the boards of NZ, SRI, PAK, WI, BANG get on a level playing field financially to the big four nations.

But i've always said the reason why broadcasters have massive TV rights deals with IND, AUS, SA, ENG is because of how imbalanced world crickets scheduling is across the three-formats & its much easier to just do deals when the big 4 - because they win games.

The ICC has the FTP all wrong, if it was more coherent structure like in football even if some of the weaker nations still struggle on the field of play - they at least would be able to possibly get more deals because of a balanced international fixtures list.

For example i recall the WICB president Dave Cameron saying the only time the WICB make money is when they play England & India - really that shouldn't be the case.
 
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it's why the idea of a test championship could balance play a bit more. for one, it creates a brand that can be sold by the ICC, not a board. two, it places some value on winning games rather than just playing them. India, australia and england might be keener to ensure they play a wider range of teams if there is a points system that matters.
 
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it's why the idea of a test championship could balance play a bit more. for one, it creates a brand that can be sold by the ICC, not a board. two, it places some value on winning games rather than just playing them. India, australia and england might be keener to ensure they play a wider range of teams if there is a points system that matters.
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Exactly. Just like in the euro football leagues where the lesser financially strong clubs get money because they are guaranteed to host a United, Chelsea, Real, Barca, Munich, Milan, Juve at least twice a season. So too in the upcoming test championship the WI, PAK, SRI, BANG, NZ should earn more TV rights money from the guaranteed fact that every 2-3 years they gonna play IND, AUS, ENG, SA home/away - instead of the situation where the big 4 tends to be playing each other way too often.
 
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Cricket schedule has everyone knows is so broken. So much cricket with no context in the ludicrous FTP. You compare this to football which has much more leagues & international tournaments etc, most of it has context and is easy to follow.

The perfect schedule breakdown for world cricket to me would be:

- Every tour should have a basic 3 tests, 3 ODIs, 3 T20s: England's tour in NZ 2012/13 - http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zealand-v-england-2013/engine/series/569228.html is what i could call the perfect tour to accommodate all 3 formats.

- Only the Ashes, S Africa vs ENG/AUS and India vs PAK should have more than 3 tests in a tour given the historical rivalry involved.

- Word test championship every 4 years as the ICC have now implemented: As already mentioned the lesser financial nations now like WI,PAK,NZ, SRI, BANG will be guaranteed test/tours vs IND/AUS/ENG at least every 2 years now. This should help given tests more context and enable spread of cricket wealth to even out because the ICC will be able to sell the test championship to broadcasters as a product similar to football leagues.

- 50 overs world cup every 4 years: They should either use the 1992 world cup format (10 teams, top 4 teams after matches with most points reach semi's. Or 12 teams, 2 groups of 6, top 4 teams in each group move on the quarter-finals.

ODI world cup history has proven so far barring the odd upset, that the lesser nations have't made enough inroads to challenge the big nations like the football world cup. So keep the 50 overs world cup to either no associates or a limited amount.

- T20 world cup, every 4 years, 16 teams, 4 groups: Open this tournament to pretty much all the associates, since in this format the chances of an associate toppling an established nation is much greater. This is the tournament the ICC should be using of course to attract cricket to a new global audience in a controlled manner

- Revamped Champions trophy: Using the 2000 edition knockout format, Every 2 years, 12 teams.

- Revamped IPL without international player restriction: As i always say, this tournament can become the BPL/LA Liga/Bundesliga/Serie A of cricket & the BCCI would still make mountains of money. The cricket world would embrace it, only then should it have an official window. Until then it remains the scourge of world cricket that messes up the schedule.

- Make A-team bilateral series more serious: With not every country having strong first-class structures to prepare its players for international cricket. More A-team tours could help level the playing field and give selection a better guide as to whether their fringe players could be ready for the highest level.

A team tours by major nations could also be used to judge to readiness of associate nations for potential test status. The team that becomes the 11th test nation can't just be given it on baseless reasons like how Bangladesh got it in 2000.

- Minor T20 leagues by each nation: This should be done at certain points of the year in consultation with the ICC. Fact is these T20 league are a solid way for each country to make additional money.

NOTES:

- No test 2 series or one-off tests: Such series have no context and make no sense. Minimum must be three.

- No 5 & 7 match ODI series: I might flex with the odd 5 match series if one fields the strength of the two teams deserve more than 3 games, but 7 is absolutely ludicrous. We have 3 formats now & one format can't have so much cricket on a tour.

- No T20 champions league: Simple question i always ask all those who has followed the champions league since its inception in 2009.

Other than the fact that the winning team gets a big pay day, what use does this tournament have in the international calendar other than to clog it up with more unnecessary T20 cricket?


I look at the trinidad team & the fact that Bravo, Pollard, Cooper is playing for their IPL teams instead in the recent C-league. Is it a case where those guys rejected the chance all these years to play for trinidad or is it as i've heard that the IPL teams outside have sort of used bully boy tactics to keep them (although i know there is a contract saying if they play for local team instead of IPL teams a certain % of their money would be cut short).

A next dumb thing about the champs league is the very strange situation where we have notable T20 players like Pollard, Narine, Bravo, A Morkel, Gayle, Malinga, De Villiers etc etc etc who globe trot worldwide, play in all the T20 leagues and in some cases help different teams qualify for the champs league.

If we were to use football for comparison that is like all top football stars like Messi, Ronaldo, RVP, Rooney, Xavi, Falcao, Iniesta etc etc jumping between La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, BPL etc in a season - help different clubs win their respective domestic leagues and qualify for a champs league placing - then at the end chose which teams they going to represent in C -League.

Now that would be stupid dumb & that is what the is cricket champs league. Makes no sense and it really shouldn't be in existence.

The T20 world cup, IPL, plus every country wanting to have its own T20 league is enough T20 cricket for the game which has to juggle between 3 formats and a ridiculous FTP.
 
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South Africa Cricket News: Graeme Smith urges end to two-Test series | ESPN Cricinfo

Graeme Smith said:
"When it is at least a three-Test series, it has a little more definition in your own mind," Smith told Sport 24. "Ultimately it is up to the ICC, as the main stakeholders, to lead the game forward. As players, we are totally reliant on them. We have no decision-making in these things and we would love to see them putting the game in good light, leading us forward into a good space."
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Realistically this should be the case, but reality is so frustratingly far from this.
 
Refreshing then that the England v India series next year is 5 Tests.

For the record, the ideal tour in my opinion is 3 Tests, 3 ODIs and 1 T20. And make England v Australia (of course), India and South Africa 5 match series.
 
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Refreshing then that the England v India series next year is 5 Tests.

For the record, the ideal tour in my opinion is 3 Tests, 3 ODIs and 1 T20. And make England v Australia (of course), India and South Africa 5 match series.
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Not 100% sure if India or any Asian team given their historical struggles away in ENG/AUS/SA (windies before) truly deserve to play 5 tests in those 3 countries.

Last time IND toured ENG was 4-0, their new teams in the post Tendy era is taking a green batting line-up to S Africa. If they get toppled there, a 5 test rubber in ENG could be overkill and a non spectacle. So basically it should be case by case basis.

One T20 per tour is just as bad as 2 tests series. It has no context. We have T20 world cup now dont forget, so teams need play at least 3 games in a tour, to prepare properly for such a tournament.
 
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Not 100% sure if India or any Asian team given their historical struggles away in ENG/AUS/SA (windies before) truly deserve to play 5 tests in those 3 countries.

Last time IND toured ENG was 4-0, their new teams in the post Tendy era is taking a green batting line-up to S Africa. If they get toppled there, a 5 test rubber in ENG could be overkill and a non spectacle. So basically it should be case by case basis.

One T20 per tour is just as bad as 2 tests series. It has no context. We have T20 world cup now dont forget, so teams need play at least 3 games in a tour, to prepare properly for such a tournament.
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I preferred T20s as they were in their infancy, one match right at the start of a tour as a hit and thrill slogfest to get the tour off to an exciting start. In 2005, the Ashes tour started with England v Australia at the Rose Bowl, England thrashed the Aussies on a sweltering night and it set the tone for the tour.

Maybe the 5 Test series against India should be reviewed on a case by case basis, but think of 2007 when India won the series over here or last winter when we beat them on the subcontinent. They do produce exciting matches. Not to mention the enormous British Asian population in Britain and you get some really enthusiastic crowds. I went to see England v India at Trent Bridge in 2007, India won and their fans in the ground were magnificent.
 
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Oh god the ICC is such a failure. :facepalm You cannot base the final four of the potential test championship, on that faulty ranking system. That ranking system has always been a illegitimate way to judge who the best teams in the world is.

All they have to do is let the top 4 teams with the most series wins, after playing home/away in no less that 3 test series before 2017 - qualify for the semi's & finals.

But then again ICC is such a joke i don't blame the broadcasters for having suspicions over the if the test championship could work. Very bad news this...
 
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Ian Chappell: How to make Test tours more competitive | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

Another ICC failure here as chappell rightfully said: "There has been no indication for more than a decade that common sense will be applied to producing a logical international itinerary.

One of the reasons it was easier to play many first class teams on a tour back in Sir Chappell's days was their only being one format - test or cricket or just two - test/ODIs. With T20 now in, its always going to be hard for touring teams to play much first-class games before & before tests. But i guess it would help all teams if the FTP was not so jam packed - series happen so fast & congested now - administrators really can't plan to many practice games away from the international games.
 
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