Cricket to have a place in the Olympics as a 32-team T20 tournament. With two grounds each for the men's and women's tournaments, you could get through that in a week if you really hustled, but easily within the timeframe of the Games.
Relaxed international eligibility rules that allow players to play more freely for nations in which they have heritage. Some teams (Portugal, France, Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Poland, Czech Rep.) would benefit more strongly than others, but hopefully seeing players representing their country at a higher level would raise awareness of the game in relatively non-cricketing countries.
Larger international tournaments to come more into line with rugby union. 20 teams in the ODI and T20 World Cups would give a healthy balance between competitive games and opportunities to new teams. Those tournaments would last 47 matches, with each team still guaranteed four. A 12-team World Test Championship could also work (15 total Tests, 2-4 per team). All of these tournaments would feature football-esque regional qualifying structures that would replace the FTP, and every team great or small would have to qualify.
Under-age tournaments to be changed from Under-19 to Under-23. Currently, underafe players are at a stage where they would learn more by playing domestic cricket, as Marcus Trescothick famously pointed out to the England U19 coach a full two decades ago. With this change, players would be able to dip their feet in the professional waters, perhaps take time out also to get a degree and set themselves up for life after cricket, and still not have fallen out of the system.
Have a trial separation with List A and ODI cricket. Just go for a year without playing it to overcome the status quo bias that currently exists, and then make an informed decision about whether this is a format cricket really still needs. It may transpire that people really miss it, but it may also clear valuable time in the calendar for cricketers to recover between games and tours, and better windows so that the chance exists for players to experience overseas leagues.
To use penalty runs more often for things like over-rate infractions and unsporting behaviour. Empowering the umpires to deal immediately with such decisions with direct action is a vital step to controlling on-field behaviour, and would be easier to enforce at lower levels than Mark Williams and the MCC's solution of red and yellow cards.
ICC funding that goes directly to the education of umpires and scorers to ensure that the recreational game runs smoothly. Please teach scorers the Bourne's box method, not linear or top & bottom, and not electronic because most clubs can't afford a £400 laptop and £50 scoring software. Also, encourage umpires to wear helmets.
Global tournaments must have seperate rights deals from the rest of the calendar so that they are available free-to-air.
Make cricket a cultural event where possible. The Boxing Day Test, BBL Derby Days in cricket, Magic Weekend in rugby league and the Superbowl in NFL are contrasting examples of the concept which have been remarkably successful. This is a model that can be replicated with a bit of effort.
Think that's all off the very tip-top of my head.
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