Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
In Test cricket, we had, previously, a simple system where all played all, only the most recent was counted, and all points were distributed equally.
Then ICC decided they couldn't stomach South Africa being top for a couple of months (when The FA stomach Coventry or Middlesbrough being top for a couple of early rounds quite easily) and they had to have a World-renowned mathematician create this artiface.
All right, that's not possible in ODIs, but I question why something similar can't be adopted instead of the current ludicrous system.
Then ICC decided they couldn't stomach South Africa being top for a couple of months (when The FA stomach Coventry or Middlesbrough being top for a couple of early rounds quite easily) and they had to have a World-renowned mathematician create this artiface.
All right, that's not possible in ODIs, but I question why something similar can't be adopted instead of the current ludicrous system.