Quote from: JSRAW on Today at 12:29:16 PM

Quote from: Sithara007 on January 14, 2025, 03:11:15 PM

Quote from: JSRAW on January 14, 2025, 01:41:50 PM

In the context of WTC, both are irrelevant series because 2 finalists are locked for good and booked their flights.

Irrelevant for the 2023–2025 ICC World Test Championship, but not for the next edition. For the next cycle, it is learnt that the ICC is planning an overhaul of the test structure. There will be more countries in the second division (currently there are three - Ireland, Zimbabwe and Afghanistan), and somewhere around 6-7 teams in the first division (at the moment there are nine). If they perform well, then it maybe possible for Pakistan to avoid relegation to the second division of test cricket.

This relegation and 2 group project is a decade old. Yes, ICC is openly talking about it now but it won't be easy to implement. Only 1 vote is enough to take this project down in one go, unless boards like PCB, WICB, BCB and SLC are offered extra padding of financial benefits.

Big guns like ICC and BIG-3 are still silent on what if one of the BIG-3 drops in the lower group? What will happen to a marquee and cash rich series like Ashes, BGT and EngvsInd? It's not so easy and IMO not happening in the 2025-2027 cycle.

Given how the global administration works, I don't think it will be that difficult for Jay Shah to push the reforms down the throat of ICC member nations. Who are going to oppose this measure? The 2-3 countries such as Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh? Do they need 3/4th majority out of the 15 members to pass this measure? Because everyone else are going to support this. The three associate representatives will support it, if Jay Shah can give them some breadcrumbs. The existing tier-2 members (Afghanistan, Zimbabwe and Ireland) are going to support it. And then add the 6-7 teams who will remain in tier-1, and you have a super-majority to pass the reforms.