How ICC changed their minds after seeing Netherlands brilliance - ICC World Cup 2011
There was a lot of criticism when the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that there will be ten teams participating in the next edition of the World Cup in 2015. Some, heaved a sigh of relief after hearing the news since they were bored to tears seeing the one-sided affairs in the opening games between the minnows and Test playing nations, during the World Cup 2011.
While some raised great hue and cry arguing that since the ICC is not getting enough returns from investing in the associate teams, they should be exterminated for the greater common good. Not so gentle, I see.
The associate teams were angry; some even threatened to burn the effigies since they were in the Subcontinent. Some claimed there is no point of a World Cup when the world is not taking part in the tournament. Well, technically Graeme Swann remarked that “why would you want to take the World out of the World Cup.” Makes sense, doesn’t it.
This means there will be no http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760, and may be England if they fail to recover from their Ashes injuries, that is.
But the scribe got hands of a secret memo that indicated that the ICC has decided to re-think their decision. It was leaked that a certain event propelled them to make a radical change by reverting their earlier decision. The event that is indicated in the memo is the fifth match between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Netherlands-c753 and England. It is suggested that the exciting moments in the game propelled the ICC to take the decision of beginning the “consideration” process. However, it was highlighted that it had nothing to do with Kevin Pietersen opening for England.
It read that it was England’s bowling that was completely unacceptable and their shambolic fielding should not be even discussed. It was stated that Swann should have screamed, blasted on Twitter as James Anderson and Pietersen demonstrated a “dishcloth effort.”
The ICC even hinted that if Anderson and Pietersen were a part of the Pakistan team, their horrible fielding mix-up could have propelled the cricket’s governing body to investigate the matter. They even warned that the ICC will be looking for clues and if there is a slightest hint that the players are decedents of anyone related to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, a search warrant will be issued against field-corruption charges.
“The ICC cannot tolerate corruption at any level of the World Cup, and it should not be forgotten that this is our premier event ahead of the Indian Premier League,” it was quoted.
The secret document revealed that due to the many desperate attempts of England for claiming the World Cup title and the shinning trophy since 1992, the ICC have decided to freshly evaluate the situation.
At one point of the document it was denoted how the minnows denied the ICC of cashing on bundles of green notes, since they knocked some of the big teams earlier in the game in the last two World Cups.
But the ICC argues that seeing from a public point of view, the move was taken to enhance the quality of the beautiful game by the removal of teams that give birth to one-sided affairs in the tournament.
The revised format will now contain only four sides, namely, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 - while the Proteas will be taking up the role of minnows due to the choking tag.
The group stage will allow the four teams to play against each other three times and the team winning the most matches will directly be progressing to the final series.
However, at the end of the memo, it was stated the ICC is still unsure of the format and it will need an approval from Sharad Pawar, who will consult the BCCI first.
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