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Test play-off mooted
Recent talk has been how to save tests from the threat of Twenty20 and it seems that at some point in the future we'll get a true test championship.
Although the ICC favours the championship being played out over four or 5 years others have talked about having a yearly play off final against the teams ranked first and second.
It would work in various ways, Martin Crowe seems to favour a knock out championship whilst the ECB want a straight dog fight at the end of the ranking year.
The knockout championship is intriguing as they are proposed holding quarter finals in 4 countries (which will be rotated to ensure equal share of the pie), with the semi and final to be held in one country (England). It would only be open to the top eight but there would be a relegation and promotion system of sorts.
The straight dog fight is as it sounds, top two play off against each other. Will probably take place at a neutral venue.
I like the sound of both even though they both have obvious flaws, not least in how to fit them into the FTP. Then again, they have to make every game mean something, something which is tangible.
Thoughts?
Recent talk has been how to save tests from the threat of Twenty20 and it seems that at some point in the future we'll get a true test championship.
Although the ICC favours the championship being played out over four or 5 years others have talked about having a yearly play off final against the teams ranked first and second.
It would work in various ways, Martin Crowe seems to favour a knock out championship whilst the ECB want a straight dog fight at the end of the ranking year.
The knockout championship is intriguing as they are proposed holding quarter finals in 4 countries (which will be rotated to ensure equal share of the pie), with the semi and final to be held in one country (England). It would only be open to the top eight but there would be a relegation and promotion system of sorts.
The straight dog fight is as it sounds, top two play off against each other. Will probably take place at a neutral venue.
I like the sound of both even though they both have obvious flaws, not least in how to fit them into the FTP. Then again, they have to make every game mean something, something which is tangible.
Thoughts?