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World Test Championship
Test cricket calender is in a chaos and confusion and so it should be integrated in a single tournament called the World Test Championship.
It will be played on a 4 year basis beginning with the end of 2011 World Cup and end before 2015 ICC World Cup.
It will consist of two leagues.
1.Major League (W.G. Grace Trophy/Bradman Memorial Trophy)
2.League Cup
The Major League will consist of 8 Nations.
Australia
England
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
New Zealand
South Africa
West Indies
Each nation will play mandatory 12 Tests per year ( Home & Away basis).
It will include 3/4/5 match serieses not 2 Test serieses.
Thus a nation will play 48 Tests in the Major League.
A nation will score points on winning or drawing a series extra point for away win.
The nation with maximum points will be crowned the Ultimate Test Champions (of the 4 year span).
Test match format will be 5 days 90 ovs per day no such thing as day night match only pure white cricket.
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The League Cup will consist of 10 Nations.
Bangladesh
Zimbabwe
Ireland
Canada
Kenya
Holland
Scotland
Afghanistan/UAE
Argentina
Namibia
The format here will be First Class not Test.
Each nation will play mandatory 12 FCs per year ( Home & Away basis).
It will include 3 match serieses not 2 match serieses.
Thus a nation will play 48 FC s in the League Cup.
A nation will score points on winning or drawing a series extra point for away win.
The nation with maximum points will be crowned winner of the Cup.
First Class match format will be 4 days 100 ovs per day no such thing as day night match only pure white cricket.
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For point scoring I'd go something like this:
6 points - Away series win
5 points - Home series win
3 points - Away series draw
2 point - Home series draw
And 2 points for every Test match won. So that there is incentive to play even if you are up 4-0 in a 5 Test series. 1 point each for a tie, nothing for a draw to encourage attacking cricket.
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The winner of League Cup will face the bottom team of Major League in a play off series and if the win they will be promoted to the Major League and loser relegated to the League Cup
Or another option is we will add 10 countries to the major league after first 4 years (2 top qualifiers from league cup) then start the relegation system for the next span.
This will make sure that a Nation like West Indies playing tests for years may not get relegated easily.
When England and Australia will play it will be called Ashes and so for other such serieses.
As for Bangladesh i say it is better to win 60 % than lose 98 %.
All the players will be given full time contracts and this will be a good exposure for the associate nations.
This is the ultimate system which can save Test cricket.Please show this to the ICC.
Test cricket calender is in a chaos and confusion and so it should be integrated in a single tournament called the World Test Championship.
It will be played on a 4 year basis beginning with the end of 2011 World Cup and end before 2015 ICC World Cup.
It will consist of two leagues.
1.Major League (W.G. Grace Trophy/Bradman Memorial Trophy)
2.League Cup
The Major League will consist of 8 Nations.
Australia
England
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
New Zealand
South Africa
West Indies
Each nation will play mandatory 12 Tests per year ( Home & Away basis).
It will include 3/4/5 match serieses not 2 Test serieses.
Thus a nation will play 48 Tests in the Major League.
A nation will score points on winning or drawing a series extra point for away win.
The nation with maximum points will be crowned the Ultimate Test Champions (of the 4 year span).
Test match format will be 5 days 90 ovs per day no such thing as day night match only pure white cricket.
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The League Cup will consist of 10 Nations.
Bangladesh
Zimbabwe
Ireland
Canada
Kenya
Holland
Scotland
Afghanistan/UAE
Argentina
Namibia
The format here will be First Class not Test.
Each nation will play mandatory 12 FCs per year ( Home & Away basis).
It will include 3 match serieses not 2 match serieses.
Thus a nation will play 48 FC s in the League Cup.
A nation will score points on winning or drawing a series extra point for away win.
The nation with maximum points will be crowned winner of the Cup.
First Class match format will be 4 days 100 ovs per day no such thing as day night match only pure white cricket.
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For point scoring I'd go something like this:
6 points - Away series win
5 points - Home series win
3 points - Away series draw
2 point - Home series draw
And 2 points for every Test match won. So that there is incentive to play even if you are up 4-0 in a 5 Test series. 1 point each for a tie, nothing for a draw to encourage attacking cricket.
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The winner of League Cup will face the bottom team of Major League in a play off series and if the win they will be promoted to the Major League and loser relegated to the League Cup
Or another option is we will add 10 countries to the major league after first 4 years (2 top qualifiers from league cup) then start the relegation system for the next span.
This will make sure that a Nation like West Indies playing tests for years may not get relegated easily.
When England and Australia will play it will be called Ashes and so for other such serieses.
As for Bangladesh i say it is better to win 60 % than lose 98 %.
All the players will be given full time contracts and this will be a good exposure for the associate nations.
This is the ultimate system which can save Test cricket.Please show this to the ICC.
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