Pagalpanti Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 This is one of the few good changes. The quality of the tournament was really good with just top 8, it'd be great if they could make it a KO like it was originally.
Switchblade Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 This is one of the few good changes. The quality of the tournament was really good with just top 8' date=' it'd be great if they could make it a KO like it was originally.[/quote'] That was in 1998 in Dhaka right ?
TNAmarkFrmIndia Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 I think the "Champions Trophy" is just the name for the Test Championship and not the ODI tournament. Edit: I guess the Champions Trophy ODI tournament is returning. Not sure I'm a fan of that. There's no need for the Champions Trophy anymore IMO. Would make more sense in having just the 50-over World Cup and World T20 so that those two tournaments feel more special. The ICC believes the last tournament was successful but that's only because India won it. Though they can make a lot of money from another ODI tournament so I can see where they're coming from.
StriKe Posted February 8, 2014 Author Posted February 8, 2014 I think the "Champions Trophy" is just the name for the Test Championship and not the ODI tournament. ODI. It's going to be like 2013..read here http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=308906
Sidhoni Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 Can't they keep the Test Championship in 2016?
Switchblade Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 Can't they keep the Test Championship in 2016? T20 WC in India
BeautifulGame Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 Thank god common sense prevailed. Wonder who's retarded idea was to remove CT for a boring and pointless Test championship
Sidhoni Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 T20 WC in India So what? We also had the ODI WC and T20 WC both in 2007.
Switchblade Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 So what? We also had the ODI WC and T20 WC both in 2007. That was to start World T20 at that time
StriKe Posted February 8, 2014 Author Posted February 8, 2014 So what? We also had the ODI WC and T20 WC both in 2007. The ICC confirmed that the proposed World Test Championship would be scrapped and replaced with the Champions Trophy in 2017 and 2021 to strengthen their commercial property. "It proved impossible to come up with a format for a four-team finals event in Test cricket that fits the culture of Test cricket and preserves the integrity of the format," its release said. "The most recent ICC Champions Trophy event proved to be very popular with supporters around the world and the future events will build on this success. http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=308906 read ^
BeautifulGame Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 Can't they keep the Test Championship in 2016? No they can't because no broadcaster is willing to pay money for it . Year is not an issue
CG Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 I would have loved a test championship but really in current scenario champions trophy is best for icc commercial interests.Champions trophy does make a mockery of world cup but we could see in future t20 champions trophy.
Iconoclast Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 Redundant event when you already have the World Cup.
StriKe Posted February 8, 2014 Author Posted February 8, 2014 Redundant event when you already have the World Cup. :whine:
kubrickian Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 Sad that more people can't appreciate test cricket. Test championship would have been great but its probably not feasible with the decreasing popularity of test cricket, going by the declining number of people who are turning up at the stadiums. I find test matches played on pitches which are helpful for seamers infinitely more interesting than any ODI or T20 game. Perhaps introducing day/night test matches is the way to go.
Zap_Brannigan Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 Sad that more people can't appreciate test cricket. Test championship would have been great but its probably not feasible with the decreasing popularity of test cricket, going by the declining number of people who are turning up at the stadiums. I find test matches played on pitches which are helpful for seamers infinitely more interesting than any ODI or T20 game. Perhaps introducing day/night test matches is the way to go. Saturday morning, one of the most popular and best team touring but yet home team leading by miles..all the recipe for a huge crowd. There was hardly thousand people in the ground watching today's test. If the weekend numbers were high while weekdays lacked, day and night might help. Day and night might help TV ratings esp in India but it looks like very few series are being watched.
adi B Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 ICC could have organised the test championship at least once in 2016 and could then predicate whether it was a success or not.nonetheless i always loved the CT since its inception,good tournament to watch
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