How the dimension of cricket will be after ICC’s annual conclave?

Jun 25, 2016 at 5:46 PM

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How the dimension of cricket will be after ICC’s annual conclave?

The International Cricket Council (ICC) in this month is going to overhaul the international cricket. At Edinburg, ICC has almost prepared to approve the recent proposal they made.  Besides these Day-Night Test which was innovated in 2015 November in Australia, the two-tier Test cricket, and 13 teams ODI league  and maybe two more WT20 before the 2020 edition  in Australia will be approved.

In the ICC’s Annual General Committee meeting at Associate member’s Scotland’s city Edinburg will formalize all the proposals. Before that, we must see how the cricket will be in the future.

The day-night Test:

In 2015 the pink ball Day-Night Test has steered a lot of buzz after the success of the inaugural match at the Adelaide Oval between Australia and New Zealand. The match ended in three days as bowlers dominated the proceedings, and batsmen and fielders found difficulties. The visibility issue has become most discussed things of the pink ball. Many players, who played the match, complained about the pink ball because it favours seam bowlers but batsmen are facing difficulties to judge the length and swing of the pink ball.

After the match, many players complained to Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA).

In another pink ball match at Eden Gardens, Kolkata Mohun Bagan bowler Mohammad Shami wrecked havoc while batsmen have no choice but to surrender.

Now in the ICC’s annual conclave it will be a matter to watch whether ICC make any changes to the pink ball.  The Day Night has already received applause because of its commercial success.  At Adelaide Oval, more than 1 lakh spectators watched the game at the stadiums. So, Day-Night Test is the future of cricket, but ICC should listen to players and make necessary changes.

 

The two-tier Test system:

ICC wants to popularize the most prestigious version of the game Test cricket.  The governing body of cricket wants to go beyond the ranking and trophy. They want to give real meaning to the Test format.

The two-tier Test system possibly will split into seven-five teams and there will be elevation and relegation system.  As the speculation is going one the top team in the second division will directly qualify for the top division.

The league system possibly will start after the 2019 World Cup in England. In 2013 ICC proposed Test Championship but the proposal was rejected and ICC Champions Trophy continued.  But now ICC is contemplating the idea of scrapping the ICC Champions Trophy after the implementation of the two-tier Test system and 13 teams ODI league.

“There’s a general realisation now that, if we’re going to keep Test cricket going well into the future, we can’t just say it’s going to survive on its own,” Richardson said.

 The 13 teams ODI league:

ICC is not just going to formalize the two-tier Test system but also the newly proposed a 13 teams  ODI league which will run for three years and every team will play one three-match series in three years time.  Total 36 games will be played in three years time. The top two teams will vie for the championship and the bottom team in the league will be relegated.

This league will encourage ICC’s other 102 members to contest among them in ICC Intercontinental Cup and book a berth in the 13 teams league system. The relegation will add a twist in the league.

However, all the teams are allowed to play separate bilateral series, but, that should not affect the ICC’s league system. On the other hand, the ICC World Cup will continue without any hindrance. So, two world champions will be at the stake after every three and four years respectively.

With two 50 over championship will be at the stake  the Champions Trophy, which features eight teams, will have no room in ICC’s tight schedule and it has no role to play in ICC’s developmental work.

World T20I

ICC initially decided to host the next WT20 in 2020 in Australia, but the success of the 2016 World T20 in India forced them to change the mind.  The world cricket’s governing body understood that the T20I cricket is key to cricket’s commercial gain and this format could be used as a medium of cricket’s expansion in new countries. In recent time news is coming from countries where other sports are popular but cricket is getting a foothold.

So keep the popularity buoyant ICC decided to host two more WT20 between 2020.   Initially, ICC planned to host the WT20 in every two years. But a four-year gap, they understood, may discourage countries who are interested in this format.

For the WT20 in India ICC hosted a qualifying round in Ireland and Scotland where six Associate members  have qualified and Afghanistan were the only Associate team who qualified for the top ten after another qualifying round in India.  With T20I suit for the multisport events like Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, and the Olympic ICC doesn’t want to change the schedule.  

The Big 3

In 2014 ICC made constitutional changes to let the three giants ECB (England), CA (Australia), and BCCI (India) to enjoy the lions pie of the ICC’s annual profit. They also made the ICC an institution of mockery as other 106 members of ICC were deprived of getting a share of the profit for development work of cricket in their countries.

But as Shashank Manohar replaced tainted BCCI and ICC president N. Srinivasan at BCCI, ICC opposed the Big Three system. After being elected as BCCI president by default he became the ICC president.

In November, Manohar said, “I don’t agree with the three major countries’ bullying the I.C.C.,” declaring, “you cannot make the poor poorer and the rich richer, only because you have the clout. The I.C.C. runs cricket throughout the world.”

But he changed the resolution of ICC and later in the president election he anonymously becomes the independent president of ICC.

Now he no more represents BCCI or any other country so it will allow him to focus on development work without any hesitation.

 

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