SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
If India had never visited my home ground (and won) in 1983, then they wouldn't have won the WC
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Cricket Counterfactuals
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GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
It’s a counter factual. The butterfly effect of sandpaper not being invented resulted in a change to the Ashes cycle
govinda indian fan
International Debutant
Yes and kapil scored 72(36) vs Marshall garner, holding and roberts. It was said sir gary sobers was surprised why kapil didn't hold fastest century record(closet he came was in lords 82 scoring 89(55))
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
It all started in Berbice
A couple of English domestic decisions with wide ranging consequences:
1.What if the Gillette Cup, the first limited overs competition, had not been introduced in 1963?
2. What if someone on the ECB could do basic maths and realised that the 7 votes out of 19 against the introduction of the T20 cup in 2002 meant that it did not have 2/3 approval and therefore should not have replaced the B&H Cup?
Now one could argue that someone else, perhaps outside of the official structures, such as a Packer-style figure or an ICL type league would have come up with the ideas for limited over cricket and T20 anyway. But perhaps they would not.
1.What if the Gillette Cup, the first limited overs competition, had not been introduced in 1963?
2. What if someone on the ECB could do basic maths and realised that the 7 votes out of 19 against the introduction of the T20 cup in 2002 meant that it did not have 2/3 approval and therefore should not have replaced the B&H Cup?
Now one could argue that someone else, perhaps outside of the official structures, such as a Packer-style figure or an ICL type league would have come up with the ideas for limited over cricket and T20 anyway. But perhaps they would not.
LangleyburyCCPlayer
International Debutant
Wales were tied in points with Sri Lanka in the 1979 ICC Trophy, if Wales win that group and go on to qualify for that year’s World Cup, do Sri Lanka get Test status a few years later? Do Wales go it alone and play Tests?
Sri Lanka had been knocking on the door for a few years so I imagine they would have got test status in any event, even if delayed by a couple of years.
As I see it, Glamorgan being a first class county, has always been the poisoned chalice for Wales as an independent cricketing entity. Its reliance on ECB funding creates a strong vested interest against separation. This would not change if Wales made it to the World Cup.
LangleyburyCCPlayer
International Debutant
I know cricket is not the most popular sport in Wales, but it always struck me as weird that they don’t have their own team, Scotland were in a similar position I believe up until the 90s(?), but they broke away, though obviously without any representation at FC level. There is precedent for Welsh teams to play in England while having their own team, it’s what happens in football, but that was what it was like from the very start