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The ICC has rejected the proposal to stage a best-of-three final series at the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies.
Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, said: "There were some who supported [a best-of-three final], including me, but the sense in the end was that the cricket World Cup is about one match, sudden-death, best team on the day wins the World Cup."
Speed confirmed that the organisers had agreed to use a new, expanded format in 2007 with the 16 teams split into four pools. The top two from each pool would proceed to a Super Eight phase from which the top four would advance to the semi-finals.
Speed said, "It gives us the best opportunity for the best four teams to come through to the semi-final stage. That's a major feature of this format that didn't exist in South Africa."
He added that matches in each of the four pools would be staged in different islands of the West Indies to reduce the amount of travelling in the region. Speed said the United States was also being considered to host a pool, but the ICC would make an announcement on the venues next year.
"There is no more difficult region to run a World Cup than this....we've taken on a big task," Speed pointed out. "There will be at least one group from the United States that will bid to host matches and it will be in a competitive bidding process with the West Indian islands."
? Wisden Cricinfo Ltd
Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, said: "There were some who supported [a best-of-three final], including me, but the sense in the end was that the cricket World Cup is about one match, sudden-death, best team on the day wins the World Cup."
Speed confirmed that the organisers had agreed to use a new, expanded format in 2007 with the 16 teams split into four pools. The top two from each pool would proceed to a Super Eight phase from which the top four would advance to the semi-finals.
Speed said, "It gives us the best opportunity for the best four teams to come through to the semi-final stage. That's a major feature of this format that didn't exist in South Africa."
He added that matches in each of the four pools would be staged in different islands of the West Indies to reduce the amount of travelling in the region. Speed said the United States was also being considered to host a pool, but the ICC would make an announcement on the venues next year.
"There is no more difficult region to run a World Cup than this....we've taken on a big task," Speed pointed out. "There will be at least one group from the United States that will bid to host matches and it will be in a competitive bidding process with the West Indian islands."
? Wisden Cricinfo Ltd
