Awesome! Not the biggest fan of this implementation but so much better than nothing.
Yeah, I'd hate to see it become like ODIs where teams have designated periods in which they really don't care about results and just try out different combinations in preparation for later more important time.
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That's what it sounds like to me, sadly. I think that's disgraceful.would Test teams just get the places automatically?,
I dare say the highest 10 ODI sides would automatically go through. Those aren't necessarily the Test sides though; Ireland could quite conceivably be ahead of Zimbabwe on the ODI rankings without being a Test nation, even if Zimbabwe are one.With the 2015 World Cup having only 10 teams, can Ireland ( for example ) still qualify?, or would Test teams just get the places automatically?,
That isn't right at all, I just don't see how they can justify doing that, the whole point of a World Cup is to have the smaller teams facing the big teams and causing upsets,
I would think the top 10 in Rankings would make more sense, at least it gives teams a chance to get in...
Well Ireland have full ODI status and are listed on the ODI rankings. It's theoretically (although not realistically) possible for them to be ranked #1 in ODIs without ever playing a Test. If a Test team found itself ranked #11 in ODIs, it wouldn't feature in the World Cup.
