A very interesting point system in West Indies First-Class cricket, where each wicket taken by a pacer earns 0.2 points for the team

[Major]

I was going through the west indies first class structure and found some very interesting things in it.

In their team points table, while a win leads to 12 points, along with bonuses of scoring x amount of runs or x amount of wickets in 110 overs, one interesting aspect was that team also gets 0.2 points per wicket if a pacer takes a wicket.

For example if Narine took 4 wickets, and Shamar Joseph took 6 wickets, his team will be awarded with 1.2 points.

Further findings were that their domestic structure includes the islands, along with a West Indies Academy team and a combined campuses and colleges team (As their cricket structure is school based).

Wondering, to promote pacers, if we could also adopt this?

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

In a low trust and corrupt society like Pakistan I could imagine a death knell of spinners, very bad seam friendly wickets leading to no development of young batters.
So, yes please. Go ahead with this. I want India to surge further increasing the gap with Pakistanis and this will speed up that.

 

[sweep_shot]

I was going through the west indies first class structure and found some very interesting things in it.

In their team points table, while a win leads to 12 points, along with bonuses of scoring x amount of runs or x amount of wickets in 110 overs, one interesting aspect was that team also gets 0.2 points per wicket if a pacer takes a wicket.

For example if Narine took 4 wickets, and Shamar Joseph took 6 wickets, his team will be awarded with 1.2 points.

Further findings were that their domestic structure includes the islands, along with a West Indies Academy team and a combined campuses and colleges team (As their cricket structure is school based).

Wondering, to promote pacers, if we could also adopt this?

Don't think this is a good idea.

Cricket is fine without gimmicks.

 

[harshjoshi87]

WI fc structure need to produce 4-5 top level batsman. WI have bowlers to compete at international level, there are hardly any decent batsman coming through.

 

[Varun]

WI fc structure need to produce 4-5 top level batsman. WI have bowlers to compete at international level, there are hardly any decent batsman coming through.

You know, one good thing the West Indies do is realize they don't have any diamonds so they persevere with (about average) players for years and years, counting on the eventual experience to help in the later years. And lo and behold they help win a test match in Australia and England here and there.

Pakistan aren't as patient in comparison.

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

You know, one good thing the West Indies do is realize they don't have any diamonds so they persevere with (about average) players for years and years, counting on the eventual experience to help in the later years. And lo and behold they help win a test match in Australia and England here and there.

Pakistan aren't as patient in comparison.

Because Pakistanis have this insane itch to compare themselves with India. They see India dominating and feel very jealous that why can't they have the same results. The players look the same and speak the same language. So they are very desperate. Plus the toxic ex players vying for the job and bashing every one in Pakistan cricket with a bazaari language

 

[Nikhil_cric]

I was going through the west indies first class structure and found some very interesting things in it.

In their team points table, while a win leads to 12 points, along with bonuses of scoring x amount of runs or x amount of wickets in 110 overs, one interesting aspect was that team also gets 0.2 points per wicket if a pacer takes a wicket.

For example if Narine took 4 wickets, and Shamar Joseph took 6 wickets, his team will be awarded with 1.2 points.

Further findings were that their domestic structure includes the islands, along with a West Indies Academy team and a combined campuses and colleges team (As their cricket structure is school based).

Wondering, to promote pacers, if we could also adopt this?

Campuses and Academy teams won't be playing the domestic competitions this season onwards as part of the cost cutting measures that CWI have undertaken recently.

 

[harshjoshi87]

You know, one good thing the West Indies do is realize they don't have any diamonds so they persevere with (about average) players for years and years, counting on the eventual experience to help in the later years. And lo and behold they help win a test match in Australia and England here and there.

Pakistan aren't as patient in comparison.

yeah West Indies have been decent in tests & T20Is, they struggle the most in ODI format.