Ok after hearing all the talks of 10 or 16 team WC here is my 2 cents.
There are 12 teams that have ODI status that is permanent that includes
- Afghanistan
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- England
- India
- Ireland
- New Zealand
- Pakistan
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- West Indies
- Zimbabwe
These 12 teams should be eyes closed be part of the ODI world cup as they have permanent status and what is the use of the status when you cannot participate in the WC. Along with these 12 teams, temporary status is given to following teams
- Scotland - status expires in 2022
- United Arab Emirates - status expires in 2022
Since these two have temporary status valid until 2022 they should have automatically qualified for the WC as well. If we count now we have 14 teams and either have WC with these 14 teams since they have Permanent or Temporary ODI status. Add in two more teams and have them play the world cup qualifiers. If you are not going to give chance to teams past number 8 on rankings do not give them ODI status. It is not fair on them to give status only to still struggle to qualify for WC.