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48 games 10 teams all in one group play each other once then semi finals and final way better than the 2015 & 2011 format. This time around we can expect more exciting and meaningful games than dead rubbers and the two small teams likely to be the much improving Bangladesh and entertaining team of Afghanistan they might beat a few of the other bigger teams unlike teams like Scotland and UAE they can compete with the big nations.
 
Well hardly a World Cup with only 10 countries, but given that the sport is Cricket, can't really do much as it is the one ICC tournament that all countries take seriously.
 
Glad to see fewer countries and fewer one sided meaningless matches.

I'm planning to travel to England from USA to watch some matches in 2019 WC and as most of the working people in USA don;t get longer time off, would like to see maximum number of matches in a short time.
 
A WC should be bigger. If that means a qualifying round, so be it.

in any case the ICC is gunning for t20 to be brought into the Olympics. Good for the game's expansion.
 
How is a world cup with more matches than 2015 a better format? You are also kidding yourself if you don't think there would be a ton of dead rubbers, assuming Aus, Eng, India and one of SA/NZ get the inside track early for the semifinals, considering the conditions.
 
It's not a good format at all!

A World cup should be more inclusive and have a greater number of teams,thats what makes it a World Cup,otherwise the Champions Trophy was enough(with 8 teams)

With an administration like the ICC though,this was to be expected.A WC should at least have 20 teams.However thanks to the ICC,a large share of revenue goes to three teams,while the rest of the Full members get relatively meager amounts of money.The Top associates get barely enough while the rest scrape the bottom of the bowl.
With a lack of funds,how do you expect these countries to develop their cricket and infrastructure?
 
It will still have a lot of dead rubbers and one sided matches with minnows like Bangladesh and potentially Zimbabwe playing. Might as well include a couple more sides and include all minnows. Otherwise it's not fair to teams like Ireland and afg who have shown promise
 
It's much better format than what is being used now.

However, it's not good for Associate teams, who'll need an upset to make the WC. Ideally it should have been 12 teams - top 8 directly qualifies including hosts; while the next 8 fights it out for 4 spots through extensive qualifiers.

12 teams, in 3 groups of 4 each : 6 X 3 = 18 games. 3 from each group advances.
9 teams play each others with 2 matches for every team are carried forward from Group stage - so, 6 matches for each team : 27 matches

Then it can be 2 options:
A. 1-4, 2-3 SF > Final : 3 matches - total match count 48
B. IPL Style eliminators: 4 matches - total match count 49

Duration of the WC is a big factor. 2 matches in every day for Group stages, can take 12 days for 18 matches (every 4th day a rest day) - that's 3 matches in 9 days for every team.

Super league can be finished in 21 days - that's 6 matches in minimum 19 days for any team. another 7 days for Option A, 8/9 days for option B - in total 40-42 days.

This format gives lower ranked teams a taste of WC, but not many one sided match. If AFG, ZIM or IRL is to make the Super League, they'll need to do upsets twice in group stages. Also, this format gives better teams enough protection from an off day. Option B will ensure that every team is fighting for top 2 spots, which'll make every match meaningful - even apparent dead rubbers of group stages.

At worst, a team that makes the Final will need to play 11 (A), 12 (B) matches in minimum 35/38 days; which is manageable; if teams are allowed to pick larger squad - may be 18 players, with no options for a replacement. Football teams used to fake medical reports to include players in between WC when 20 men squad was allowed - later FIFA raised the Cap to 23, but absolute shutdown of any replacement, what so ever - even if all 3 GKs are out for injury.
 
Best format for the amount of teams there are.

If there were 16 teams then groups would have been needed.


If Azhar Ali is still the captain in 2019, I would fully expect us to be vying for the number 9th or 10th position.
 
The World Cup should have the best teams and a few associates.

With the world t20 I would look at making that bigger and trying to have more associates in that. T20 is a way of getting new fans into the game due to lengh of games and the nature of it. If they enjoy t20s there is a chance they could be interested in the other formats.
 
Syed1 said:
Best format for the amount of teams there are.

If there were 16 teams then groups would have been needed.


If Azhar Ali is still the captain in 2019, I would fully expect us to be vying for the number 9th or 10th position.
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WC qualifying matches will give Babar a chance to equal Kohli's # of centuries. :kohli2 :babar
 
It's the same as the 1992 format 😄🇵🇰

We really need to qualify and then get in the top 4. Best hopes are to beat NZ, WI, Ban, SL and SA if that is to happen...
 
Although I would like there to be more teams, the gap between the top 8 teams and the rest is ginormous.
 
Dios said:
Bangladesh will qualify automatically as things stand. It's Pakistan and West Indies who need to worry about qualifying.
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Well considering that you lot got whitewashed in NZ,I wouldn't be talking.It's a matter of time before you return to your usual form.31st September is the cutoff date,isn't it?A lot of things can change.
 
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Good format, I agree. However, I would like the bottom four teams to go through a qualifying phase to add some spice to the build-up of the tournament.
 
What about teams like Ireland,Scotland,Kenya,Canada etc.?
They should just say goodbye to their aspirations of playing alongside big boys?
 
Its an absolutely dreadful format that only small minded braindead fans who want more of the same boring fixtures will support
 
Will have even more dead rubbers than the last world cup.

Based on the logic of some we should just have a world cup with Australia, England, India and South Africa playing each other twice.

You know, the only teams that half decent at ODIs
 
The only reason this format is being celebrated is because this was the format that Pakistan won their last World Cup in.
 
What if Pak, Wi are in qualifiers and Ireland or Afg topples them? It will be disastrous in the main event with more one sided games.

I would allow all top 16 teams to play the WC with incentives of bonus points so that one sided matches are completed fast. Also points for winning should be different, associates winning against full members should have more points to vice versa. It is the only event most associate team followers look to apart from T20 wc so it's unfair to deprive them the chance of not having their teams playing.
 
Sad format ,I liked the previous one or even the super sixers,(1999,2003).
 
2007 had something similar in super 8s and it was a disaster. Once the top 4 more or less gets settled, the remaining games become a bore fest. Moreover knockout sometimes spring up surprises.
 
Dr_Bassim said:
The only reason this format is being celebrated is because this was the format that Pakistan won their last World Cup in.
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Not SAME, this one will have top 4 teams ,1992 had top 8 teams ,so chance of a fluke was more,3 monster performances by individual players and WC could be won
 
This is the ideal format seeing the quality of teams. But T20 world cup should include 18-20 teams. A Test championship between top five teams in place of CT should also be more interesting.
 
2007 had the best group stage format: four groups of four, best two progress.

The only thing they messed up was the Super 8, it should have been straight knockout to the final once eight teams were eliminated from the group stage.
 
I think the best format was the 1992 format. Pak just scraped into the semis based on another result.

So I'm glad they've gotten rid of the endless meaningless matches against minnows.

Most matches will make for entertaining viewing this time around.
 
The main agenda here is the TV money. They don't want the teams to go out resulting in countries TV viewers dropping one by one as each team gets knocked out; one group means all will be interested till the last moment as the team is still there even if there last in the table. All about TRP they sure will want Pakistan to qualify too.
 
Not sure how this will work out. But it looks more like a league championship than a WC. Hopefully no copying of the eliminator and terminator IPL stuff.
 
My ideal format would be 12 teams - 2 groups of six.

The top teams of each group proceed automatically to the SFs.

Teams placed 2 and 3 in their group should then compete with each other in a play-off, with the winners qualifying for the two remaining semi final places.
 
Markhor said:
My ideal format would be 12 teams - 2 groups of six.

The top teams of each group proceed automatically to the SFs.

Teams placed 2 and 3 in their group should then compete with each other in a play-off, with the winners qualifying for the two remaining semi final places.
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But then how will the ICC get India to play 9 meaningless matches in the group stages.
 
the problem with this format is that test members get away with a bad game, while the fifa format does not allow that
 
Markhor said:
My ideal format would be 12 teams - 2 groups of six.

The top teams of each group proceed automatically to the SFs.

Teams placed 2 and 3 in their group should then compete with each other in a play-off, with the winners qualifying for the two remaining semi final places.
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Good format, it would be better if team 2 of Group A, competes with team 3 of Group B, and vice versa.. This will remove one repeated match since teams 2 and 3 in the same group would have already played each other once.
 
1. Definitely better format than quarter-finals
2. Would have been better if they made it like IPL, where top 2 teams have a slightly easier path to finals than teams that end up at 3 and 4.
 
Associates should just focus on T20. There they have the chance to cause an upset, in 50 over cricket the gulf is just too big. 95% of the time the game will be a walkover for the test playing nations and boring for the spectator.

This format is good, anything would be an improvement on the last format though which was horrendous.
 
saajidrox said:
The main agenda here is the TV money. They don't want the teams to go out resulting in countries TV viewers dropping one by one as each team gets knocked out; one group means all will be interested till the last moment as the team is still there even if there last in the table. All about TRP they sure will want Pakistan to qualify too.
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this is it. short term thinking.
 
Donal Cozzie said:
But then how will the ICC get India to play 9 meaningless matches in the group stages.
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Well that's for the ICC to work out, IIRC even Aus didn't want 14 teams for the 2015 WC & only India supported the minnows, out of the big three.

If all ICC wants is to fix the ties, like putting Ind/Pak in the same group, & make sure India goes through to the QF/SF then it's their mismanagement of the game, which is costing other associates a place in the premier cricketing event.

The same goes for ECB & England, who're even worse IMO since they've basically had their previous WC wish granted & being the host they ought to have done more.
 
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R0H1T said:
Well that's for the ICC to work out, IIRC even Aus didn't want 14 teams for the 2015 WC & only India supported the minnows, out of the big three.

If all ICC wants is to fix the ties, like putting Ind/Pak in the same group, & make sure India goes through to the QF/SF then it's their mismanagement of the game, which is costing other associates a place in the premier cricketing event.

The same goes for ECB & England, who're even worse IMO since they've basically had their previous WC wish granted.
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What wish?
 
Donal Cozzie said:
But then how will the ICC get India to play 9 meaningless matches in the group stages.
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BCCI is biggest supporter of weak teams it's other nations who are not much bothered about associates.

We got Bdesh test status and toured zim for odis in their lowest ebb (still do), toured Lanka multiple times during late 2000's when they were bankrupt, sponsored kits for them. Currently helping AFG and Nepal in our domestic.

Of course bcci would in turn want these boards to support them in time of need like chairmen or presidential polls of icc but if not for us I am sure eng n Aus will keep playing ashes with veto powers n hell with others.
 
Very poor format IMO, this would however, be brilliant for the Champions Trophy, the World cup should have AT LEAST 12 teams, I even thought the 14 was low.
 
9 preliminary matches are way too much. The 2007 format with 16 teams with 4 groups would be good with a few major tweaks:

The top two sides from each group would then qualify for the 2nd round be divided into two groups of 4 teams, then the the top 2 from both groups would move onto the semis

That would make sure it wouldn't be as boring as the 2007 world cup and not as many games would be played.
 
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