Kohli The King of Chase
Local Club Captain
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- Sep 14, 2017
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Why is ICC unfair towards smaller teams, in the venue allotment for the 2019 World Cup?
The Semi finals and the Final are at Edgbaston (Birmingham), Old Trafford (Manchester) and Lord's (London).
Any team would like to play on these grounds during the Round Robin stage to have a fair idea about the weather, pitches, dimensions of the ground, scoring areas and the slope at the Lord's. This may even help in choosing the right 11 for a particular ground, which may even influence the result of the match sometimes.
This is the number of times a team plays on either of these three grounds
IND: 4
NZ: 4
PAK: 4
AUS: 3
ENG: 3
SA: 3
BAN: 2
WIN: 2
AFG: 1
SL: 0
As we can see that smaller teams don't play much games on these grounds, and I don't know what SLCB did to ICC, poor guys can't get a single game on either of these 3 grounds.
And PAKISTAN is the only country to play 4 games at these venues and also to have 2 games at the Lord's, the venue for the final. Whereas India play just one game at Lord's.
ICC == PCB??
Moreover ICC should help smaller teams to get good practice and make the tournament competitive. It looks like a typical desi mentality, Rich becoming richer and the poor, poorer.
Or does it has any desi influence in the venue allotment, like BCCI and PCB joined hands to get maximum games on these venues, and also gave NZ similar (4)no.of games so that others don't get an impression that BCCI and PCB are playing games behind the scenes, by giving themselves the maximum number of games on the knockout venues.
The Semi finals and the Final are at Edgbaston (Birmingham), Old Trafford (Manchester) and Lord's (London).
Any team would like to play on these grounds during the Round Robin stage to have a fair idea about the weather, pitches, dimensions of the ground, scoring areas and the slope at the Lord's. This may even help in choosing the right 11 for a particular ground, which may even influence the result of the match sometimes.
This is the number of times a team plays on either of these three grounds
IND: 4
NZ: 4
PAK: 4
AUS: 3
ENG: 3
SA: 3
BAN: 2
WIN: 2
AFG: 1
SL: 0
As we can see that smaller teams don't play much games on these grounds, and I don't know what SLCB did to ICC, poor guys can't get a single game on either of these 3 grounds.
And PAKISTAN is the only country to play 4 games at these venues and also to have 2 games at the Lord's, the venue for the final. Whereas India play just one game at Lord's.
ICC == PCB??
Moreover ICC should help smaller teams to get good practice and make the tournament competitive. It looks like a typical desi mentality, Rich becoming richer and the poor, poorer.
Or does it has any desi influence in the venue allotment, like BCCI and PCB joined hands to get maximum games on these venues, and also gave NZ similar (4)no.of games so that others don't get an impression that BCCI and PCB are playing games behind the scenes, by giving themselves the maximum number of games on the knockout venues.