Is the 2019 Cricket World Cup the worst World Cup ever?

[AamirWarraich]

Pakistan’s win over South Africa in the group stage in 2015 was a great game too. So yeah just a handful of memorable games. It was the worst world cup.

This one has been kinda spoiled by the weather but we’ve seen enough good games. And I’m glad not all the pitches were roads.

The league format is the best in my opinion.

 

[Abdullah719]

The opposite, maybe.

 

[Joseph Gomes]

Quality wise, this is easily one of the best WC ever. Even contest between bat and ball, plenty of close matches, brilliant individual contributions.

However England should not host a WC again.

 

[AAli98]

Very poor world cup.. as soon as captain loses toss his body language is that of a ton of bricks has just fallen on him.

Teams just not interested in chasing. Ground dimensions are determining selections rain poor/biased commentary. Eng getting favoured pitches.

 

[Executioner]

Very poor world cup.. as soon as captain loses toss his body language is that of a ton of bricks has just fallen on him.

Teams just not interested in chasing. Ground dimensions are determining selections rain poor/biased commentary. Eng getting favoured pitches.

These are some valid points.

I didn't like the ground dimensions. And yes the fact that teams struggling to chase 250+ is a major factor here. In the last world cup 250+ was chased often.

 

[James]

Quality wise, this is easily one of the best WC ever. Even contest between bat and ball, plenty of close matches, brilliant individual contributions.

However England should not host a WC again.

The rain was frustrating early on, but the good points that you mention have been possible arguably because of the unique English conditions for playing cricket.

 

[Technics 1210]

I stand by my initial points in this thread, but the fact neither India, despite all their financial muscle and arrogance, nor Australia, are in the final, and we will have a new WC winner since 1996, makes this one of the best world cups!

 

[Obaidd]

Not at all. The worst WCs were 1983 and 2011 as far as I am concerned.

 

[Markhor]

The rain is what spiced up the pitches !

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

2007 was the worst

2003 was pretty poorly organized with several matches called off

2019 we are getting a new champion so no its not the worst.In fact this WC reminded us of the good old days when chasing 250+ was not a piece of cake and bowlers had some rights too.

 

[Hasan123]

One of the best of all time. Hope we get a good final to finish off.

 

[Ab Fan]

It has turned out to be a fantastic WC actually.

 

[Snowflake]

Weather has been the only downer.

Great crowds, balance between bat and ball, low scoring thrillers and high quality cricket!

This was a wonderful tournament and I feel lucky that I got to witness it live!

 

[gazza619]

I have really enjoyed this WC. For me this has to be the 3rd best WC ever after 1992 and 1999.

 

[Ahmed_99]

Was such a bad world cup everyone right? :
Washouts were obviously frustrating but overall I think it was a fantastic world cup. Best one I've seen even though only watched 2011 and 2015 before. I was at one of the games and the atmosphere was insane and what a final to finish it all off!

 

[TalhaSyed]

After rain threatened to play spoil sport at the start of the competition - this world cup transpired to be one of the most memorable in many many years IMO.

So many thrilling matches & nail biting finishes.

A number of unforgettable performances.

As a Pakistani fan who lives in the UK - getting to travel around the country and see our team beat SA, NZ and Afg Infront of what felt like home crowds was a truly unforgettable experience alhumdullilah.

A thrilling semi-final between NZ and India spanning over two days.

And then it happened.

The final.

I feel like the final summed up the competition perfectly!

It started off with rain - just like we had seen in the WC.

NZ limped and scrapped to a decent total - just like the WC started off slowly.

With Eng struggling at 86/4 and the RRR rising, it looked like NZ would cruise to victory - just like in the group stages when it looked like Ind and Aus would cruise to the final

The it all just went crazy with Stokes and Butler bringing England back to life. Again - like we saw in the competition with 9 of the 10 teams coming to life and fighting for a place in the semi final.

And then the end. The unforgettable end. A tie. A super over. A tied super over.

You simply can't write these sort of scripts!

 

[Savak]

To be honest the best world cup in my view. Plenty of competitive games

 

[IMMY69]

Yes

Started three to four weeks to early..

Ticket sales were stupid

Umpiring was extremely low standard

An extremely stupid price of law that decided the outcome of the final...

One of the worst worldcups ever... hands down

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Will definitely be remembered fondly for an amazing final and 1 decent semi. To the ICC's credit I criticise them a lot but the bat/ball balance in this tournament was absolutely fantastic, even better than 2011 almost. [Played a gigantic role in this WC having some great games.

All in all a very solid world cup, but I'll get slated for saying this, but it'll hurt the game long term.

ECB will bank on this final now and remain locked behind a paywall for years to come imo, the ICC will take it as a green light to continue with this awful format for 2023 and the sport will suffer massively for that, even if none of the people on this forum seem to care.

There's now a strong strong likelihood that Ireland,Scotland,Zimbabwe, Netherlands etc will go over a decade without a world cup appearance. I'm sorry but its hard for me not to feel disheartened. the 2019 cricket world cup did not deserve the final it got, and now all the faults and issues with a 6 week long group stage where the favourites all breezed through and pretty much stayed in the top 4 the entire group phase will be forgotten.

People have no idea how important it is. 1 world cup game generates more media attention in fringe nations than a thousand bilaterals combined. Realistically as the dust settles on 2019 I have to deal with the fact that I may not see Ireland in an ODI world cup until I'm in my thirties, if ever again. Considering how good we were in three consecutive events its hard not to be galled by it and I'll always view this WC with sadness due to it tbh

 

[dhump]

I think this world cup exposed ICC the most their low quality of umpires and unfortunate set of rules.

 

[Mirpur express]

One of the best WCs ever the best final ever

 

[AdamM97]

Apart from the washouts, this was a memorable and entertaining World Cup.

 

[someone21]

Picture abhi baki hai, that can be my summary of this WC. From being hopeless 2 weeks ago to being decent fun at the end. But it was more because teams were choking in the knockout matches.

Nevertheless, England as hosts certainly didn't work out. This WC should be a festival, and a big thing as cricket calls itself the 2nd popular sport, yet there was zero atmosphere. The groundsman, the authorities lacked passion about the sport

 

[Robert]

Best world cup I can remember. League table allowed everyone to play everyone the large number of games meant the impact of weather was minimised. No spurious "super six" matches.

And the greatest final there has ever been.

 

[big_gamer007]

I won't say the worst world cup. Now the world cup is over I think from fan perspective this would be remembered for the final. Whatever happened before the final doesn't matter anymore the final has made this world cup memorable forever.

 

[Executioner]

Will definitely be remembered fondly for an amazing final and 1 decent semi. To the ICC's credit I criticise them a lot but the bat/ball balance in this tournament was absolutely fantastic, even better than 2011 almost. [Played a gigantic role in this WC having some great games.

All in all a very solid world cup, but I'll get slated for saying this, but it'll hurt the game long term.

ECB will bank on this final now and remain locked behind a paywall for years to come imo, the ICC will take it as a green light to continue with this awful format for 2023 and the sport will suffer massively for that, even if none of the people on this forum seem to care.

There's now a strong strong likelihood that Ireland,Scotland,Zimbabwe, Netherlands etc will go over a decade without a world cup appearance. I'm sorry but its hard for me not to feel disheartened. the 2019 cricket world cup did not deserve the final it got, and now all the faults and issues with a 6 week long group stage where the favourites all breezed through and pretty much stayed in the top 4 the entire group phase will be forgotten.

People have no idea how important it is. 1 world cup game generates more media attention in fringe nations than a thousand bilaterals combined. Realistically as the dust settles on 2019 I have to deal with the fact that I may not see Ireland in an ODI world cup until I'm in my thirties, if ever again. Considering how good we were in three consecutive events its hard not to be galled by it and I'll always view this WC with sadness due to it tbh

Not the same level but Ireland can get into the main round of WT20s. 12 teams will play the main round and thus Scotland Zim Ireland Netherlands have decent chance of making it through

 

[Technics 1210]

Up until the tied super over, this was the best WC (despite my initials comments in this thread). Now with the number of boundaries debacle, I am not so sure.

 

[Ab Fan]

Best ever..

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Not the same level but Ireland can get into the main round of WT20s. 12 teams will play the main round and thus Scotland Zim Ireland Netherlands have decent chance of making it through

Thats not a consolation or an excuse. The ODI world cup is the pinnacle.

 

[Mueez]

I am already missing the WC...

What a World Cup we have had.

Surely the best WC of the 21st century.

 

[Executioner]

Thats not a consolation or an excuse. The ODI world cup is the pinnacle.

But it's still worth something. See I've sympathize the associate cricket world.

Let's be fair, the cricket world cup this time was very successful In terms of quality and close games. And the format means that there are fewer insignificant matches. Seems like ICC will follow this until there are 3/4 more teams as good as BD/WI or atleast close.

One good thing ICC did is have the qualifiers of the world cup televised.

ICC needs to include a test championship and ODI championship format which would even give games to countries like Scotland Netherlands UAE

 

[Hasan123]

Best World Cup ever. I was so invested in a lot of matches . Will never forget this tournament.

 

[CadPakFan]

Will definitely be remembered fondly for an amazing final and 1 decent semi. To the ICC's credit I criticise them a lot but the bat/ball balance in this tournament was absolutely fantastic, even better than 2011 almost. [Played a gigantic role in this WC having some great games.

All in all a very solid world cup, but I'll get slated for saying this, but it'll hurt the game long term.

ECB will bank on this final now and remain locked behind a paywall for years to come imo, the ICC will take it as a green light to continue with this awful format for 2023 and the sport will suffer massively for that, even if none of the people on this forum seem to care.

There's now a strong strong likelihood that Ireland,Scotland,Zimbabwe, Netherlands etc will go over a decade without a world cup appearance. I'm sorry but its hard for me not to feel disheartened. the 2019 cricket world cup did not deserve the final it got, and now all the faults and issues with a 6 week long group stage where the favourites all breezed through and pretty much stayed in the top 4 the entire group phase will be forgotten.

People have no idea how important it is. 1 world cup game generates more media attention in fringe nations than a thousand bilaterals combined. Realistically as the dust settles on 2019 I have to deal with the fact that I may not see Ireland in an ODI world cup until I'm in my thirties, if ever again. Considering how good we were in three consecutive events its hard not to be galled by it and I'll always view this WC with sadness due to it tbh

potw

 

[Donal Cozzie]

But it's still worth something. See I've sympathize the associate cricket world.

Let's be fair, the cricket world cup this time was very successful In terms of quality and close games. And the format means that there are fewer insignificant matches. Seems like ICC will follow this until there are 3/4 more teams as good as BD/WI or atleast close.

One good thing ICC did is have the qualifiers of the world cup televised.

ICC needs to include a test championship and ODI championship format which would even give games to countries like Scotland Netherlands UAE

Mate, I've debunked your second paragraph so many times honestly I'm not gonna keep doing it. If its what you believe then by all means stick with it., your entitled to that opinion.

Reality is if all WC's after 1992 were like this Bangladesh would never be where they are today. Thats just a fact. The standard of fringe sides is by a mile the best its ever been. Bangladesh of 1999 were probably of a similar standard to Nepal today yet they got world cup chances which modern fringe sides will never get.

 

[Captain caveman]

Mate, I've debunked your second paragraph so many times honestly I'm not gonna keep doing it. If its what you believe then by all means stick with it., your entitled to that opinion.

Reality is if all WC's after 1992 were like this Bangladesh would never be where they are today. Thats just a fact. The standard of fringe sides is by a mile the best its ever been. Bangladesh of 1999 were probably of a similar standard to Nepal today yet they got world cup chances which modern fringe sides will never get.

Don't waste your time geezer, some people just will never get it!
The fact is that if you do not include at least 3/4 associate teams in the world cup, then the sport will not grow!
The 10 team world cup will just lead to a decline in cricket, at the moment SA, SL are on the decline and WI are on a slight upward trend, after years of decline!

This round robin 10 team world cup was an absolute drag, went on for ever!
I prefer4 groups of four, with the top 2 teams qualifying for the quarter final knock out stage!!

 

[Executioner]

Mate, I've debunked your second paragraph so many times honestly I'm not gonna keep doing it. If its what you believe then by all means stick with it., your entitled to that opinion.

Reality is if all WC's after 1992 were like this Bangladesh would never be where they are today. Thats just a fact. The standard of fringe sides is by a mile the best its ever been. Bangladesh of 1999 were probably of a similar standard to Nepal today yet they got world cup chances which modern fringe sides will never get.

Bangladesh of 1999 were better than modern day Nepal. Also in the 90s there was no televised ICC World Cup qualifier and no WT20 to even have a WT20 qualifier. You could say in those time World Cup was the only thing going for them.

Now I think if teams like Zim Ireland Scotland improve more then having quarter finals will make things very much interesting IMO. Let's be honest, apart from Ireland, no associate team has beaten a top 9 side in world cup for a while. I for one feel Ireland would be one team to be really gutted. I quite like the current format because of the intensity although I feel that the format in last world cup was better BUT it would be amazing if teams like Ireland, Afghanistan, Scotland improve more. Because there would be a rate race for the quarters.

You can however fault the ICC and other boards to not push for Cricket in the olympics. I think if cricket was in the olympics, government of Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands, Heck USA Germany China would invest a huge amount of money plus the sport will be more familiar to fans.

The mistake administrators made decades ago will haunt us. I don't see anything but death of cricket.

 

[Donal Cozzie]

Bangladesh of 1999 were better than modern day Nepal. Also in the 90s there was no televised ICC World Cup qualifier and no WT20 to even have a WT20 qualifier. You could say in those time World Cup was the only thing going for them.

Now I think if teams like Zim Ireland Scotland improve more then having quarter finals will make things very much interesting IMO. Let's be honest, apart from Ireland, no associate team has beaten a top 9 side in world cup for a while. I for one feel Ireland would be one team to be really gutted. I quite like the current format because of the intensity although I feel that the format in last world cup was better BUT it would be amazing if teams like Ireland, Afghanistan, Scotland improve more. Because there would be a rate race for the quarters.

You can however fault the ICC and other boards to not push for Cricket in the olympics. I think if cricket was in the olympics, government of Ireland, Scotland, Netherlands, Heck USA Germany China would invest a huge amount of money plus the sport will be more familiar to fans.

The mistake administrators made decades ago will haunt us. I don't see anything but death of cricket.

Bangladesh in 1999 if we're being honest were a club team. No offence at all because I've been one of the earliest backers of the current BD side but the 1999 one would lose ODI's to modern day Ireland,Scotland and Holland by 150 plus runs regularly. The fact they lost something like 59 successive ODI's after that WC is testament to that.

I'm not saying everything the ICC does is bad, the majority within the ICC in fact are friends of associate cricket. There has been tremendous work done to get the associate sides to where they are today. Ireland and co didnt just magically appear there was some help given and the expansive world cups were a massive massive help. The new t20 format with a super 12's instead of 10 is imo very fair. I still think, particularly for t20 cricket, that three groups of five would work but this is much fairer now that 4 sides progress the first phase instead of two.

Mate Scotland literally scored 380 vs the new eorld champions and defeated them. When in the history of cricket has that ever happened before where a side ranked 14th was capable of bulldozing the number 1 ranked side? Never. Why then is the WC smaller than its ever been. Hong Kong who were relegated to WCL Division 3 last I checked gave India a huge scare and the UAE in the previous Asia Cup gave Pakistan and Sri Lanka very decent games.

 

[Technics 1210]

This round robin 10 team world cup was an absolute drag, went on for ever!
I prefer4 groups of four, with the top 2 teams qualifying for the quarter final knock out stage!!

Might have been a drag for some, but the round robin format is the best way to determine a top 4 into the SF stage. No more easy routes to the KO stages!

 

[Captain caveman]

Might have been a drag for some, but the round robin format is the best way to determine a top 4 into the SF stage. No more easy routes to the KO stages!

A 7 week tournament for a competition with only 10 teams in it , is just ridiculous.
The competition should only be for a month!