Why can’t a top cricketing nation play two series simultaneously?

[gazza619]

Considering the amount of talent some of the countries have on display, most can easily land 2/3 elevens and still be competitive.

I was thinking wouldn't it be amazing if Pakistan was playing a series in NZ and Bangladesh at the same time. So I tune in on a Sunday and I see Sarfaraz screaming in a NZ test match and next day I see Rizwan scoring a ODI hundred against Bangla.

Or you could take the same example and imagine Dhoni and Pant representing India in two different series against two different teams.

Same of the nations (for example Bangladesh, Zimbabwe & Afghanistan) do not get enough international exposure and I feel something needs to be done about it.

 

[Ronaldo7]

That would be like A team vs a team and b team vs b team. Why would anyone watch b team vs b team?

 

[gazza619]

That would be like A team vs a team and b team vs b team. Why would anyone watch b team vs b team?

I would watch if it had international status.

 

[Ronaldo7]

I would watch if it had international status.

Same but there are possibly many other factors which i'm not aware of right now.

 

[Chokli]

Or we can have Tri-Series' and Quadrangulars

 

[CricketDon]

Lol pakistan Main team could not beat Indian C team in the Asia cup. You speak as if Pakistan has talent on the sidelines. We barely can make an eleven. Let alone multiple teams.

Do you wanna see us lose in Monday and Tuesday?

 

[light]

Well, money, sponsorship and viewership comes to mind on why this doesn't happen. You can't have your premier team battle it out with another premier team and then have your A and B play another A and B and expect to rack up views/money. Financially makes absolutely no sense.

 

[Sunny_majoka]

This is actually good idea.last year Australia did the sane i think.

 

[MMHS]

This actually did happen in cricket history. In 1930s, England sent 2 teams to couple of new entrants- WIN & NZ. They played Test in similar time. In recent times, 1994 (or 1998) WSC was contested between Poms, Australia A & Australia B - no wonder both Aussie teams made the final but later ICC decided not to award those games against Australia B ODI status.

It’ll be quite boring series though - PAK’s full team lost 0-3 & 0-5 in last BD/NZ ODI tours respectively and can’t say that the margins were respectable either.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Australia did it with their T20 and ODi teams.

 

[SensiblePakFan]

Bring back the Pentagular series.

 

[Slim]

Horrible idea.

 

[RainMan_]

Horrible idea.

Bring back tri series instead.

 

[Prince of Pakistan]

Not viable

1. Can't split viewership. People will only watch the best Pak side.
2. Not enough quality in the B or C ranks.

 

[ARK Rafay]

Horrible idea. That's why their are A and B teams in place.
I would want to see more Tri-Series

 

[jeetu]

It happened when Indian team was split-up in 1998. One team team played in Sahara Cup (Canbada) which included most senior players . Other team played in Commonwealth Games which included Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh and VVS Laxman.
Result proved how bad the decision to split the team was. India failed to win medal in Commonwealth Games and lost ODI series 4-1 to Pakistan.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Don't think it's a very good idea.

 

[Hasan123]

I can remember in 2017 , Australia played a T20 against Sri Lanka and the next day India played Australia in a test match. The Australian sites I was reading found it very strange.

 

[Markhor]

There was a Benson and Hedges tri series in Australia some time in the 1990s and both Australia and Australia A competed. The A team reached the final ! They had crazy strength in depth back then.

 

[MMHS]

In contemporary world, may be only team that can send 2 computable ODI XI is again Australia. India & England has the batting resources but not sure about the bowling.

If I make 2 teams from Australia with every one available, these are probably their 2 XI

AUS A
1. Warner
2. *Finch
3. Khwaja
4. Smith
5. Maxwell
6. Stoinis
7. Carey+
8. Strac
9. Cummins
10. Jhye R
11. Zampa



AUS B
1. Lynn
2. Short
3. Travis Head
4. *S Marsh
5. Handscomb+
6. Turner
7. Mitch/Ashton Agger
8. J Behrendorff
9. Tye/NCL
10. Lyon
11. Josh Hazlewood

Their B team is damn good for their home.

In Test India definitely can put a B side that’ll compete with every team at home.

 

[gazza619]

In contemporary world, may be only team that can send 2 computable ODI XI is again Australia. India & England has the batting resources but not sure about the bowling.

If I make 2 teams from Australia with every one available, these are probably their 2 XI

AUS A
1. Warner
2. *Finch
3. Khwaja
4. Smith
5. Maxwell
6. Stoinis
7. Carey+
8. Strac
9. Cummins
10. Jhye R
11. Zampa



AUS B
1. Lynn
2. Short
3. Travis Head
4. *S Marsh
5. Handscomb+
6. Turner
7. Mitch/Ashton Agger
8. J Behrendorff
9. Tye/NCL
10. Lyon
11. Josh Hazlewood

Their B team is damn good for their home.

In Test India definitely can put a B side that’ll compete with every team at home.

Even Pakistan can land 2 decent teams i feel. Assuming Sharjeel is coming back soon.

Pak A
1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Imam-ul-Haq
3. Babar Azam
4. Haris Sohail
5. Shoaib Malik
6. Sarfaraz Ahmed
7. Imad Wasim
8. Faheem Ashraf
9. Hasan Ali
10. Shaheen Afridi
11. Junaid Khan
12. Muhammad Nawaz
13. Muhammad Hasnain
14. Sohail Tanvir
15. Asif Ali

Pak B
1. Sharjeel Khan
2. Abid Ali
3. Kamran Akmal
4. Muhammad Rizwan
5. Muhammad Hafeez
6. Umar Akmal
7. Shadab Khan
8. Wahab Riaz
9. Muhammad Amir
10. Umer Khan
11. Usman Khan Shinwari
12. Zafar Gohar
13. Haris Rauf
14. Rahat Ali
15. Ahmed Shehzad

I genuinely feel the above two teams are equally matched.

PS: Apologies to Yasir Shah fans, I couldnt find a spot for him.

 

[Chokli]

And who is going to broadcast matches with one team essentially being the "A" team?

 

[coy0607]

what would be the point of that? what will it accomplish? who has 18 hours a day to watch cricket?

 

[MMHS]

Even Pakistan can land 2 decent teams i feel. Assuming Sharjeel is coming back soon.

Pak A
1. Fakhar Zaman
2. Imam-ul-Haq
3. Babar Azam
4. Haris Sohail
5. Shoaib Malik
6. Sarfaraz Ahmed
7. Imad Wasim
8. Faheem Ashraf
9. Hasan Ali
10. Shaheen Afridi
11. Junaid Khan
12. Muhammad Nawaz
13. Muhammad Hasnain
14. Sohail Tanvir
15. Asif Ali

Pak B
1. Sharjeel Khan
2. Abid Ali
3. Kamran Akmal
4. Muhammad Rizwan
5. Muhammad Hafeez
6. Umar Akmal
7. Shadab Khan
8. Wahab Riaz
9. Muhammad Amir
10. Umer Khan
11. Usman Khan Shinwari
12. Zafar Gohar
13. Haris Rauf
14. Rahat Ali
15. Ahmed Shehzad

I genuinely feel the above two teams are equally matched.

PS: Apologies to Yasir Shah fans, I couldnt find a spot for him.

Any country can put 2-3 squads, but the issue is the quality of the squads. India actually can make 4 squads because of the large player pool. I don’t think splitting PAK’s ODI squad into two can keep either of the squads decent - equally matched indeed, but not good.