A proposal for a Trans-Tasman summer of sport
The sporting world has ground to a halt thanks to COVID-19. In Australia and New Zealand, all levels of sport from the professional leagues…
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The sporting world has ground to a halt thanks to COVID-19. In Australia and New Zealand, all levels of sport from the professional leagues…
As the cricket World Cup unhurriedly meanders towards the knockout phase, it's hard not to feel that the finalists have been a foregone conclusion…
Hi Paul, thanks for that – Good to be here! I agree that a 12 team tournament is probably a happy medium for now. I think if Ireland, Zimbabwe or Scotland were in the tournament the quality wouldn’t be diluted too much and they’d be a clear pathway for the minnow nations to qualify. I’d say that 2 pools of 6 may be an option to reduce the total number of games slightly, followed by quarter finals, but I definitely see the merit in your idea too if the ICC was happy to have multiple games each day.
The ICC has created a World Cup devoid of character