Guardians of the divine laws of cricket, the International Cricket Council have decided that for some time now certain aspects of the game have proven to be quite mundane and pointless. Among them is the Champions Trophy. Following
the approval from the board for the establishment of a Test and limited overs championship leagues, the maven’s have decided to meet in Dubai today to mull over the nitty gritty’s of the new One Day international and Test tournaments.
In the Chief Executives committee meeting in Dubai today, the main objective of the panel’s meeting will be to chalk out the rules for the league style tournaments along with considering a new Future Tours Programme Agreement for
a period of eight years beginning from 2012. Many members of the said committee including the Chief Executive of Cricket http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, James Sutherland, are expected to push for the abolishment of the 50 overs Champions Trophy to make room for the Test Championship.
Originally the Champions Trophy was scheduled for 2013 but it was expected to be scrapped to make way for the Test Championship semis and finals to be contested once every four years.
"The restructure of international cricket has been a significant and strategic piece of work which now requires a new FTP Agreement incorporating league rules and regulations to be discussed and approved. The present ICC Directors
and Chief Executives have recognized their essential role in shaping the future strategy of the ICC and the game,” stated the ICC Chief Executive http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Haroon-Lorgat-c61719.
The Champions Trophy was originally believed to be a tournament that would help generate greater revenues for cricket’s governing body however with the advent of the shorter format of the game, twenty20, the Champions Trophy was
somewhat sidelined. It was believed that the last Champions Trophy that was won by the Aussies was the last edition of the tournament however the ICC had left a place in the draft of the 2012-2020 Future Tours Program for eventually having another Champions
Trophy in 2013.
While the shorter, more commercial format of the game has been gaining popularity amongst the masses, many critics have gone on to argue that it is in fact against the best interests of the game itself, for the shorter format kills
the essence of the game with just short flashes of what it is supposed to be a well entrenched game. Another interesting aspect of this argument is the IPL and the fact that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 is a completely different market and while other countries might be looking
to emulate the Indian Premier League, the reasons for its success lie in other factors altogether.
Art and culture is an important part of Indian culture, which is why Bollywood and its movie stars are almost worshipped by the Indian fans. At the same time, the 1 billion strong population of the country are die hard cricket
fanatics and when we see an amalgamation of the two, the result is an almost sure shot winner which the IPL embodies. However in the rest of the world, the shorter format has proven not to be as successful as seen in the T20 Champions Trophy that took place
in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 earlier this year, which was not as winning as it was first thought to be.
According to the format of the Test tournament, the top four teams will qualify for a play-off which will be held once every four years and will determine the champion. Whilst on the other hand the One-day international league
will run separately from 2011 to 2014 that would eventually culminate into the crowning of one champion.
The Chief Executives will also reportedly be updated on the final plans of the World Cup to take place in the Subcontinent.
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