There is great uncertainty over where the future of international cricket is going after the introduction of the IPL and ICL, and the new dominant force that is twenty 20. Here is my proposal as to what should happen.
Get rid of international twenty 20 matches, get rid of the twenty 20 world cup (yes i know it was more of a sucess than the 50 over world cup) and get rid of the champions trophy(should have been gone a long time ago).
You make think it is a bit radical to get rid of twenty 20 internationals but I think as well as the IPL there should be an EPL (the format of the EPL is another debate entirely). The IPL being in the exactly same time frame as it is now but maybe a little shorter and the EPL to be somewhere between mid-june and mid-july. As we now have two major tournaments(IPL/EPL) which all the worlds best players play in so there would be no point for a 20/20 world cup and internationals. Then test series and ODI series should be played around those two periods so there is no internationals going on at the same time as the EPL/IPL. In the English summer there should be a test and ODI series before the EPL and another one after and then in the winter test series and ODI series being played from October through to February.
The other remaining thing is the world cup, I think this should still exist as it is the only real hope for the 50-over game to survive for this to happen the world cup should be packed into a two week period,(can't say what time of year as it depends on where it is being held) but as this is only one every 4 years scheldules can be altered slightly to fit round this if necessary).
I'd like to know your thoughts on my proposals and what your ideas are.
Other ideas I have is instead of the world cup is to have an ODI league with every team playing each team the same amount of times over a certain time period (probably 4/5 years) however this has problems as for it to be fair all ODI series would have to be the same length which will be a problem with India wanted 7 match series and England only really wanting 5 max. and some teams would have the advantage over others depending on how many times they played at home as England would probably play a lot more at home than every one else are they are the only country to have weather conditions May - August to play cricket in.
Get rid of international twenty 20 matches, get rid of the twenty 20 world cup (yes i know it was more of a sucess than the 50 over world cup) and get rid of the champions trophy(should have been gone a long time ago).
You make think it is a bit radical to get rid of twenty 20 internationals but I think as well as the IPL there should be an EPL (the format of the EPL is another debate entirely). The IPL being in the exactly same time frame as it is now but maybe a little shorter and the EPL to be somewhere between mid-june and mid-july. As we now have two major tournaments(IPL/EPL) which all the worlds best players play in so there would be no point for a 20/20 world cup and internationals. Then test series and ODI series should be played around those two periods so there is no internationals going on at the same time as the EPL/IPL. In the English summer there should be a test and ODI series before the EPL and another one after and then in the winter test series and ODI series being played from October through to February.
The other remaining thing is the world cup, I think this should still exist as it is the only real hope for the 50-over game to survive for this to happen the world cup should be packed into a two week period,(can't say what time of year as it depends on where it is being held) but as this is only one every 4 years scheldules can be altered slightly to fit round this if necessary).
I'd like to know your thoughts on my proposals and what your ideas are.
Other ideas I have is instead of the world cup is to have an ODI league with every team playing each team the same amount of times over a certain time period (probably 4/5 years) however this has problems as for it to be fair all ODI series would have to be the same length which will be a problem with India wanted 7 match series and England only really wanting 5 max. and some teams would have the advantage over others depending on how many times they played at home as England would probably play a lot more at home than every one else are they are the only country to have weather conditions May - August to play cricket in.