You can't have half the players go home after one game.Groups are anti-climatic. Play double elimination if you HAVE to have some form of safety, I'd rather just a seeded 16 team single elimination. Short and sweet. As a bonus it makes all the lead-up super important for rankings.
Why not? Other sports survive with pure knockouts.You can't have half the players go home after one game.
Which sport starts a World Cup with immediate knockouts? Most have a group stage first.Why not? Other sports survive with pure knockouts.
What about Double Elim then?
Badminton. Tennis (Davis cup). Probably some other sports I'm forgetting.Which sport starts a World Cup with immediate knockouts? Most have a group stage first.
Yeah, I've heard cricket is becoming big in Nepal.Back in UAE the National team gets plenty of press, coverage and support; altho expats will support their home nation over UAE and don't show much loyalty to the Nat side, so whether or not they do well in the WC doesn't make a huge difference to them. The expat population of UAE have no loyalty to the country.
In contrast, my Nepali friend told me that the people were cricket-crazy back at home during the WT20. Even he streamed every match live, and he normally isn't a cricket fan. During the WT20 he was the one providing me with score updates!
Cricket in Scotland is actually pretty widely played. It gets no significant press other than when we're in a World Cup though.I guess before I post an opinion I would like to hear from GF or Uppercutt or someone from a country that can be classified an associate.
Questions
1) How much press is there about a world cup in your country when you qualify for it
2) How much does it mean to other players at grass roots levels
3) How much does it help the game
I played in Canada in a year when Canada qualified. There was no coverage at all on TV = and a brief mention on the radio when Canada had beaten a test playing nation - I tuned in and turned it up but found out the country was Bangladesh.
We all went over to a mates place and watched Jon Davison smash a century in record time but Canada still lost.
The world cup probably gave the players on team canada something aspire to - but it did nothing for me or my mates or for cricket in general in our country.
That said I am biased against the Canadian cricket team as so few of them are born in Canada.
Excellent point.I guess before I post an opinion I would like to hear from GF or Uppercutt or someone from a country that can be classified an associate.
Questions
1) How much press is there about a world cup in your country when you qualify for it
2) How much does it mean to other players at grass roots levels
3) How much does it help the game
I played in Canada in a year when Canada qualified. There was no coverage at all on TV = and a brief mention on the radio when Canada had beaten a test playing nation - I tuned in and turned it up but found out the country was Bangladesh.
We all went over to a mates place and watched Jon Davison smash a century in record time but Canada still lost.
The world cup probably gave the players on team canada something aspire to - but it did nothing for me or my mates or for cricket in general in our country.
That said I am biased against the Canadian cricket team as so few of them are born in Canada.