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Re: ICC considers two divisions for Test cricket in radical shake-up - ketchim - 06-02-2016
Plans to reinvigorate Test cricket that were the most eye-catching and radical.
Accepting the diminishing returns of current bilateral series,
Richardson offered Test status to the likes of Nepal, Ireland and Afghanistan
but warned more established nations - notably West Indies -
that they could find themselves playing Division Two cricket
if they are unable to improve their red-ball form. .
Re: ICC considers two divisions for Test cricket in radical shake-up - ketchim - 06-02-2016
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West Indies in Tier 2 may force administrative and business philosophy changes?
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You need to understand that this has nothing to do with that
In odda words one has nothing to do with the other !
West Indies will be in Tier 1...
Re: ICC considers two divisions for Test cricket in radical shake-up - ketchim - 06-02-2016
7 teams in Tier 1. 5 in tier 2
Should not that be 6 each ?
Re: ICC considers two divisions for Test cricket in radical shake-up - dillinger10 - 06-02-2016
I am in the midst of writing a piece on this that I will post on the forum in the coming days, but in short, my idea for the Test championship (if that is what it is to be called) looks something like this:
Two groups of 5.
Each series consists of 3 Test matches. Teams play 2 home series and 2 away series each year. That amounts to 12 Test matches a year. Teams are then able to schedule one additional series per year which would ensure that certain matchups (i.e. Eng/Aus, Ind/Pak, Aus/NZ, etc) will still continue even if teams are in separate divisions.
Teams get 3 points for winning a Test, 1 point for a draw, 0 for a loss. In order to reward teams that play for a win, you could also give the team that wins the 3 Test series a 2 point bonus. The league is played over two years for a maximum total of 88 points. Team that finishes bottom of Division One is relegated, team that finishes top of Division Two is promoted.
Based on the current rankings, the divisions would be as follows:
Division One:
Australia
India
Pakistan
England
New Zealand
Division Two:
South Africa
Sri Lanka
West Indies
Bangladesh
Zimbabwe
Re: ICC considers two divisions for Test cricket in radical shake-up - ketchim - 06-02-2016
Consider the system of Relegation and Promotion.
and how that should be computed .
Re: ICC considers two divisions for Test cricket in radical shake-up - Captain - 06-02-2016
WI will most likely live in Division 2
Re: ICC considers two divisions for Test cricket in radical shake-up - dillinger10 - 06-03-2016
DJ Bravo not a fan of the idea and thinks Test cricket as a whole is a sinking ship and can't be saved:
Quote:"It will struggle because of the shorter formats of the game," the Trinidadian said on Thursday (June 2)."It's shorter, it's more entertaining, it's more fan-friendly. The kids look more towards the shorter format," he added.
"I think people just have to face reality, times change. Kids realise that it will benefit them financially if they play the shorter format of the game.As a Test player, those who are in charge have to do something differently to encourage people to play Test cricket," he observed.
"As professional players, this is what you do for a living. So it's common sense, if you weight it up, if it doesn't benefit you financially - players know and make decisions for their family and their careers," Bravo noted.
http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/80344/west-indies-cricket-team-player-dwayne-bravo-disapproves-international-cricket-councils-proposed-two-tier-test-system
Re: ICC considers two divisions for Test cricket in radical shake-up - ketchim - 06-03-2016
BraBits singing career has already sunk cannot be saved, either
Re: ICC considers two divisions for Test cricket in radical shake-up - chairman - 06-04-2016
Kane Williamson, New Zealand's captain, has given lukewarm support for International Cricket Council's (ICC) proposed plan to start a two-tier structure in Test cricket by 2019. Earlier, David Richardson, ICC's chief executive, had stated that the existing format of 10 Test playing countries would likely be branched out, but divided into two divisions.
"I haven't heard a huge amount about that," Williamson told Fairfax Media in an interview on Saturday (June 4). "Naturally as a board, they're always looking to come up with ways that might continue to help the game grow. At the moment, they're doing a pretty good job and I'm sure they'll come up with a number of other ways or ideas they might look to employ."
Re: ICC considers two divisions for Test cricket in radical shake-up - 7643664 - 06-05-2016
Test cricket is in essence a series of friendlies played between different countries on an entirely random basis. There is no formal fixture lists, you don’t have to play each team home and away, in fact you don’t need to play a team you don’t want to at all. England have not played Zimbabwe in any format since 2007 and have not played a single Test match against them since 2003. In fact Zimbabwe, one of just ten teams that are allowed to play Tests, have had so few fixtures they aren’t even on the rankings table anymore. While there are numerous political issues that explain this, it does show that there is no compulsion to play against a team that you do not want to.