You do the qualifying over a 3 year period and only 8 teams make the Olympics. Play each other once, then semi and final or have two groups of 4 with semis and final
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You do the qualifying over a 3 year period and only 8 teams make the Olympics. Play each other once, then semi and final or have two groups of 4 with semis and final
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In terms of white ball formats the pecking order will be if and when the Olympics comes in....
50 over ODI World Cup > T20 World Cup (every 2 years)> Olympics > Champions Trophy 50 over
everything else and bilaterial series is just meaningless as sad as it sounds. Tri-series ODIs also wouldnt bring that much excitement for me.
The 50 over ODI World Cup was the pinnacle growing up. Although its lost some lure given the volume of cricket played these days. It seems like you can organise a tournament 3-4 months in advance. eg Im not sure how long the Afghanistan v Bangladesh current ODI series was planned in advance.
50 over ODI World Cup > T20 World Cup (every 2 years)> Olympics > Champions Trophy 50 over
everything else and bilaterial series is just meaningless as sad as it sounds. Tri-series ODIs also wouldnt bring that much excitement for me.
The 50 over ODI World Cup was the pinnacle growing up. Although its lost some lure given the volume of cricket played these days. It seems like you can organise a tournament 3-4 months in advance. eg Im not sure how long the Afghanistan v Bangladesh current ODI series was planned in advance.
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Pakistan.
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Not all of ci’s first class scorecards have been converted to the format they use for international scorecards etc. it’s hard to find any stats on players outside internationals, t20 comps etc.
The tri series works of you have 2 decent nations instead of one and a minnow like they used to do.
Huge lost opportunity having India and Pakistan in the country and no tri series! You’d get 95,000 to the MCG!
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They seem to have league specific stats for women now, e.g. WBBL and the hundred. I do agree though it is a tad annoying.
Bradesmaen
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Things that annoy me: Board of Control of Cricket for Internationals. Now boycotting the Champions Trophy because it's held in Pakistan and the Indian PM is a xenophobe extremist.
Australia are going to 'qualify' for a WC regardless. The best way to bring back their relevance is to put it back on FTA TV.
Not sure that will do anything.
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We live in different times. Back in the 90s I remember a really good tri-series match between NZ and SA at the GABBA. I also remember the quadrangle 4 team series involving: Aus, Aus A, England and Zimbabwe. Back in those days and without as much as social media, this was the main form of cricket being focused on. These days you have more eyes on 2nd and 3rd tier nations eg Afghanistan v Bangladesh, Oman v Netherlands, some ICC Cricket World Cup qualifier (3rd division) going on today.........
It might work if its a tri-series in T20 between three nations. Australia alone struggles to get an ODI crowd for a home game , let alone an away country.
More nations are scheduling slightly more T20s than ODIs in a tour. eg WI v ENG is 5 T20s and 3 ODIs. I feel thats the better balance of games. Cricket Australia back in the day had that ratio more heavily weighted towards ODIs.
And I know this might sound a sad tad, a BBL franchise team v a country, im pretty sure would attract more than Australia v a country these days.
Remember when ODI's were popular and crowds were double what they are now? Well that was a time when they were on FTA TV.
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It was also when they would go off FTA in the home city after 2 hours
Yes, but a very different time to now if you want to watch cricket and it’s that important then you have access to do so.
Was wondering about this - has there been a comparison done between attendances and TV audiences for those one-dayers vs. BBL?
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this really shits me too
we refuse to play afghanistan in a test because they wont let their women play, but india can dictate who they will play and where
money has ruined cricket
Cleavy
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it's a bit difficult these days since Foxtel is no longer part of the tv ratings system.
Crowds and ratings were both dwindling well before they went behind a paywall.
Cleavy
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CA CEO defends selectors' decision to rest players from ODI decider
The board is also looking at "optimising travel schedule" after mass resting during ODI series loss
apparently modern players can't play off a 1 day break with a "lengthy flight"
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Left out overnight
Gautam Gambhir.
Had a sook about some comments that Ponting made about Kohli and Rohit which were not criticisms
What a knob.
Jeez I hope we thrash the Indians.
Had a sook about some comments that Ponting made about Kohli and Rohit which were not criticisms
What a knob.
Jeez I hope we thrash the Indians.
If my memory is correct Peter Siddle's first ball in test cricket was a bouncer and it sconed Gambhir.
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i remember the domestic one dayers on TV as well.
McDonalds cup
FAI Insurance cup
Mercantile Mutual cup
ING cup
Ford Ranger cup
Ryobi cup
Matadors BBQ cup
JLT cup
Marsh cup
Now the competition doesn't even have a sponsor's name behind it.
The competition has now dwindled down from a genuine home and away 10 game season to 7 games.
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He was a knob when he played, incredibly ugly and unmemorable to watch even if he was somewhat effective for a brief period.
The idea that they would spear someone like Dravid for this bloke is beyond my comprehension
The idea that they would spear someone like Dravid for this bloke is beyond my comprehension
Cleavy
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I'm too young (or wasn't following cricket at the time) to remember McDonalds Cup and FAI Cup, so would you say the Mercantile/ING period was the competition's peak in terms of interest?
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