World Test Championship Finals - India vs Australia @ Oval

[pillowprocter]

The 2019 WC is just a glorified Champions Trophy with two extra teams, let’s be honest.

Ok, I understand when people don't consider any edition of the event (ie Champions Trophy and U19).

But when you're only nullifying one WC then I feel you're crossing the line. Picking and choosing certain editions makes the argument way too subjective. I'm pretty sure 1992 had 8 teams btw.

 

[Bevab]

There was a qualification pathway at least, it's not just a closed shop money-spinner (although they did their best to make it so).

The qualifiers were a farce that robbed Scotland as far as I remember.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

The qualifiers were a farce that robbed Scotland as far as I remember.

They had a very dodgy decision go against them and then lost by DLS to the West Indies. Those lost 2 points would have been enough to see them qualify.

Scotland have also missed out on the chance to qualify for the Super League after it was scrapped.

 

[Dhrumil.]

Team India never played as unit in ICC tournament. Always dependent on individual brilliance which happens in bilaterals only.

 

[Bevab]

Ok, I understand when people don't consider any edition of the event (ie Champions Trophy and U19).

But when you're only nullifying one WC then I feel you're crossing the line. Picking and choosing certain editions makes the argument way too subjective. I'm pretty sure 1992 had 8 teams btw.

Nah, ‘92 had nine teams, one more than every edition in the past (thanks South Africa!). You also had lesser teams that could have been competitive in the past, there wasn’t a Champions Trophy in that time period either (because the WC had only eight teams previously). It’s a disingenuous comparison all around.

And it would seem the ICC had agreed that having a single digit number of participants for a World Cup was silly as they raised it to twelve in the very next edition.

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They had a very dodgy decision go against them and then lost by DLS to the West Indies. Those lost 2 points would have been enough to see them qualify.

Scotland have also missed out on the chance to qualify for the Super League after it was scrapped.

Cricket shooting itself in it’s foot after claiming to globalise, what’s new?

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Team India never played as unit in ICC tournament. Always dependent on individual brilliance which happens in bilaterals only.

What on earth does playing as a unit mean in a sport like cricket?

 

[Umair7]

They count about as much as Champions Trophies

Let's go with your logic:

Most ICC Tournaments Winner: Aus - 20

Most in Men's Cricket: Aus: 7, Ind: 3

Most in Women's Cricket: Aus: 13, Eng: 5

Still 12 more than England :')

 

[icyman]

I am not sure if we can call this choking ?

Pretty sure we'd have lost had we been playing Namibia or Zambia on the WTC Final.

 

[icyman]

And it would seem the ICC had agreed that having a single digit number of participants for a World Cup was silly as they raised it to twelve in the very next edition.

Believe it was on account of SA being added in at the last minute in 1992. This drew a lot of criticism from the ICC trophy runners-up.

Additionally, by 1996, all the participants of the previous edition were Full Members. Meaning they had to accommodate the Winner+R-Up of the ICC trophy. With 11 teams it would have made it difficult to categorize into 2 groups,hence the additional 12th team there

 

[asprin]

No worries guys. We would be bashing a relatively weaker team in a bilateral series soon and all this will be forgotten.

To be fair though, we did get a chance to dream of a win after being 170+ runs behind. So that's something. The collapse was as predictable as the occurrence of day after night.

 

[pillowprocter]

Shubman Gill has been fined 15 percent of his match fee for criticising the TV umpire's decision in the World Test Championship final against Australia. India, meanwhile, have been fined their entire match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate while Australia have been docked 80% of fees for the same reason.

 

[Fenil]

So apparently not only the whole Indian not earn anything from the match quite literally, Gill will have to pay few bucks from his own pocket. Talk about rubbing salt on the wounds.

The fine serves right to both the teams though. The number of overs lost in the match due to poor over rate is appalling.

 

[Ed Smith]

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So apparently not only the whole Indian not earn anything from the match quite literally, Gill will have to pay few bucks from his own pocket. Talk about rubbing salt on the wounds.

The fine serves right to both the teams though. The number of overs lost in the match due to poor over rate is appalling.

Has to be like this for all teams across the board now. The over rates have been beyond a joke for enough time.

 

[Ahmad94]

Has to be like this for all teams across the board now. The over rates have been beyond a joke for enough time.

With the amount these teams make - fines are just a novelty and I doubt the players even care. Ideally should be a level of docking of points in the next iteration or for any team that has such a slow overrate.

 

[Ed Smith]

With the amount these teams make - fines are just a novelty and I doubt the players even care. Ideally should be a level of docking of points in the next iteration or for any team that has such a slow overrate.

I dunno. 100% fine, per match over a 3 or 5 match series will sharp add up

 

[wasteyouryouth]

I dunno. 100% fine, per match over a 3 or 5 match series will sharp add up

They should really be on the clock. Stop it when there's a legitimate reason - concussion checks. Any overs they are below incurs a run or points deduction.

One would assume they do something like that behind the scenes but paying fans deserve to know what's happening.