ICC T20 World Cup 2022

I'm surprised by Pakistan's loss to Zimbabwe, genuinely thought they were a threat to win coming into the tournament. Babar and Rizwan need to play better for them to have a chance.
 
These are all utterly absurd ideas. Short of playing indoors (which in itself is a really bad shout) there’s little that can feasibly be done and actually be an improvement on just calling a group game a draw

Yes Namibia splitting a game with Australia 1-1 is more absurd then playing a decider game beforehand?

Even 5 overs a piece is fine. The "little that can be feasibly done" rhetoric is old and ICC needs to evolve. The sport has already suffered due to silly ICC rules but for any new observer who finds out world cup games can just end with a point each will be turned off by the sport completely.
 


This looks idiotic of Pakistan selection to play an injured player and even more idiotic of sending him to play when you may need your player to run.
 
Stopped play isn't the same as splitting points even between two teams, which is completely ridiculous.

They must have back days where you can play T10 or something: OR play "decider games" before the tournament sometime in the last 3-4 years. If rain interrupts play, the decider game of the previous year will decide. Or, just go with the ODI rankings

But India did split points as well in the washed out group stage. AND then because of the rain stoppage had to play on a different day in an overcast condition in an all-importantsemi final game. So your point that India have not been impacted by rain is incorrect. Every team has had to suffer.

I do agree they have to look for other alternatives as it defenitely is unfair on sides.
 
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I work a bit with sport event management and the answer to most questions is always the cost. A double header would probably cost half of what two games at different places would due to the advanced logistics and preparations (policing, security, bookings etc).

Also the same reason they can't have reserve days for every single game you'd actually have to assume every game goes into a reserve day and make contingency plans well in advance of the tournament. There would be a dramatic increase in cost even though 95 % of matches don't need a reserve day.

Most sport/cultural event organisers actually operate on a relatively tight budget and rely heavily on voluntary work. They simply can't afford the luxury of creating the perfect competition.

ICC make a shit load of profit on these tournaments so it only about increasing the profit margin and not about turning any kind of profit.
 
It’s kind of annoying that the whole conversation has become about the non cricketing stuff . After all this I think it’s going to be India Vs Australia and NZ Vs SA in the semis now . The quality of pitches & cricket when it has happened has been very good
 
Yes Namibia splitting a game with Australia 1-1 is more absurd then playing a decider game beforehand?

Even 5 overs a piece is fine. The "little that can be feasibly done" rhetoric is old and ICC needs to evolve. The sport has already suffered due to silly ICC rules but for any new observer who finds out world cup games can just end with a point each will be turned off by the sport completely.
Teams drawing has sure turned people off football, huh. What a nonsense point that is that you keep coming back to.
 
Stopped play isn't the same as splitting points even between two teams, which is completely ridiculous.

They must have back days where you can play T10 or something: OR play "decider games" before the tournament sometime in the last 3-4 years. If rain interrupts play, the decider game of the previous year will decide. Or, just go with the ODI rankings

Honestly it should just be decided by the boundary count from the previous tournament
 
It’s kind of annoying that the whole conversation has become about the non cricketing stuff . After all this I think it’s going to be India Vs Australia and NZ Vs SA in the semis now . The quality of pitches & cricket when it has happened has been very good

Yeah I reckon that’s what we’ll end up with. India look good value for the win
 
Yes Namibia splitting a game with Australia 1-1 is more absurd then playing a decider game beforehand?

Even 5 overs a piece is fine. The "little that can be feasibly done" rhetoric is old and ICC needs to evolve. The sport has already suffered due to silly ICC rules but for any new observer who finds out world cup games can just end with a point each will be turned off by the sport completely.
Having pre-tournament decider games is an absurd idea. So you’d have to play every fixture of the tournament beforehand as well to use as a decider in case it’s ever needed.
 
Having pre-tournament decider games is an absurd idea. So you’d have to play every fixture of the tournament beforehand as well to use as a decider in case it’s ever needed.

What happens if it rains at the decider game?
 
This is some terrible fielding and catching from SL.

I don’t understand how this still happens with so many professional leagues.
 
This is some terrible stuff from SL - no ball after no ball and terrible fielding.
 
But there’s literally no fairer way of doing things. Saying no result turns people off makes zero sense when lots of sports have ties.
I'm sure it does turn people off. The only way to do it is have spare days.

The idea of jumping to a result from a year ago is most absurd though, that I do agree with.
 
SL have been awful but Boult and Southee are such a brilliant partnership.
 
For every single game you’d need to pay for the entire running costs for two days instead of one. Twice the police, twice the stewards, twice the bar staff etc… with the exact same income. And still a decent chance of a washout.
Yeah I agree.

it would be cheaper to just get bloody roofs on their stadiums!

Unless there is a very valid reason, I can’t understand why Australia hasn’t already done this on all their major grounds. It’s not like they’ve just been suddenly relocated into that part of the earth. This unpredictable weather has been an issue for a long time with cricket down under.
 
Yeah I agree.

it would be cheaper to just get bloody roofs on their stadiums!

Unless there is a very valid reason, I can’t understand why Australia hasn’t already done this on all their major grounds. It’s not like they’ve just been suddenly relocated into that part of the earth. This unpredictable weather has been an issue for a long time with cricket down under.
I would imagine that the cost vs gain isn’t good, you’ll never get tests under a roof so it would only be one day tournaments like this where it’s actually an issue, which how often do they come around for them.

The one off expense of a massive roof will take years to pay off, add in the maintenance and it’s a tough choice to make
 
I would imagine that the cost vs gain isn’t good, you’ll never get tests under a roof so it would only be one day tournaments like this where it’s actually an issue, which how often do they come around for them.

The one off expense of a massive roof will take years to pay off, add in the maintenance and it’s a tough choice to make
Yes true, fair points. I guess Aussies don’t schedule test series at this time of the year in their own country anyway. So yeah I guess it’s just if there is a major tournament which isn’t going to be often.

It’s just a shame as it had the potential to be a great World Cup with something in it for bowlers and batters.
 
Low quality but another nail biter of a match.

Leaving aside the rain at the G, this has been a fantastic WC and great advert for the format.

If the ICC would be less stupid, choose venues where 170 is the par score and the toss doesn’t matter, and the sport will grow.
 
Christ missed that the last ball was called a no ball after the players had walked off. No shortage of drama in this tournament the few times matches actually are played :lol:
 
Very poor turnouts. I suspect India games will be chok-a-block, though. But yeah it's good to have a balance, flat decks produce boundaries for the fans but you can't beat a tense lower scoring game where the ball has a chance.
 
Good results for Pakistan so far today. Let's see if India can continue that for them
 
Will be interesting to see how the Indian batsmen do against the SA quicks on this pitch. Should be a good watch.