leonidas_alexandar
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Does anyone remember watching or reading about the Benson & Hedges World Series 1994/95?
What is insane to me is Australia fielded two teams - Australia and Australia A along with England and Zimbabwe for this series.
And guess what - Australia and Australia A made it to the best of 3 finals.
I gather that this arrangement of a country fielding two teams in the same tournament met with severe backlash - to the point where the erstwhile ACB never repeated this again.
It also became a bit of a farce as any game involving Australia A was not considered a regular ODI.
Any memories from the PP'ers here of this series?
In a lighter vein - if BCCI were to propose a series involving two Indian teams - what would be the reaction today - of the other prospective participating boards and the general cricket public and pundits?
What is insane to me is Australia fielded two teams - Australia and Australia A along with England and Zimbabwe for this series.
And guess what - Australia and Australia A made it to the best of 3 finals.
I gather that this arrangement of a country fielding two teams in the same tournament met with severe backlash - to the point where the erstwhile ACB never repeated this again.
It also became a bit of a farce as any game involving Australia A was not considered a regular ODI.
Any memories from the PP'ers here of this series?
In a lighter vein - if BCCI were to propose a series involving two Indian teams - what would be the reaction today - of the other prospective participating boards and the general cricket public and pundits?