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Originally Posted by laksh_01
Then it should be worked this way:
Afro-Asia Cup:
Group A:
South Africa (1)
Srilanka (7)
Bangladesh (9)
Afghanistan (15)
+1 Qualifier From ACC Trophy (If Req) (Read as Nepal)
Group B:
India (3)
Pakistan (5)
Zimbabwe (10)
Kenya (14)
+1 Qualifier From ACA Trophy (If Req) (Read a Namibia)
Top 2 from Each Group to play Semis & Finals.
This way even Asia Cup can be scrapped & by making it Afro-Asia Cup ever 2 years, it creates more interest, awareness, Competition & sponsorship for both the regions? Wat say?
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No Test nation would be ready to play such a lengthy tournament. It will have 10+10 + 3 = 23 Matches and with 3+3+3=9 (39%) valuable matches (As defined by many not me
). Rather the tournament should be a 12 nation, in 20-20 Format tournament as Follows
Group A
India
Kenya
Namibia
Group B
South Africa
Afghanistan
Uganda
Group C
Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe
Nepal
Group D
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Hong Kong
Top teams qualify for Super 4 and then Finals. This way we play 3+3+3+3+6+1=19 Matches with 2+6+1=9 Interesting matches ( 47%). Here the matches between test nations would be more sought after as they will be part of Super 4.
The quality of Cricket would be very decent. All the above teams have played ODI's except Nepal. Nepal have been doing very good and by some logic they should have been playing the Asia Cup.