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I think this is good, for two reasons. Obviously it will differentiate the CT a bit from the World Cup, give more "serious" games and so on, but it also ends the era of all test nations automatically qualifying for everything, with minnows battling it out for a spot. With more teams being added to the ODI rankings at the same time, it makes the rankings actually mean something and means we get another interesting tournament beforehand with Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and so on having something significant to play for.
I think this is good, for two reasons. Obviously it will differentiate the CT a bit from the World Cup, give more "serious" games and so on, but it also ends the era of all test nations automatically qualifying for everything, with minnows battling it out for a spot. With more teams being added to the ODI rankings at the same time, it makes the rankings actually mean something and means we get another interesting tournament beforehand with Bangladesh and Zimbabwe and so on having something significant to play for.