I cant see the need for age restrictions or anything like that. Cricket has plenty of absolutely pointless limited-overs-torunaments or series. Why downgrade such a big stage?
pakistan v USA
Barbados v New zealand
Great Britain v Afghanistan
Australia v Nepal
Ireland v south Africa
Jamaica v India
Bangladesh v Guyana
Trinidad v Sri Lanka
Yes the extra windies teams would be interesting and the players would probably like the chance to represent their country and not just their region. I dont think the drop-off is that big. Ireland and bangladesh did knock-out pakistan and india in the last world cup. T20 is even more competitve. We could see a quite large tournament with quite a few interesting match-ups with a round of games like thisYeah, can totally see it happening, with a similar structure to the hockey tournament at the current games. Actually could be quite a fun tournament, as with the carribean islands competing independently, there would be a smoother distribution of quality, as opposed to the current grand canyon sized drop-off from the big 8 to the rest.
pakistan v USA
Barbados v New zealand
Great Britain v Afghanistan
Australia v Nepal
Ireland v south Africa
Jamaica v India
Bangladesh v Guyana
Trinidad v Sri Lanka