Quote from: Tipstar on Today at 07:20:25 AM

Quote from: JSRAW on Today at 06:53:27 AM

^^ no issues on having a different opinion but problem comes when one takes a moral high ground with bizarre "spirit of game" argument. Ngl many fans just go with the popular argument because of feel good factor and in some case they skip the nuances.

To become full member they have to setup first class cricket ( it's a must) including women's ecosystem ( not sure if they have any atm).

So I'd be very surprise if ICC grant them membership without ticking these boxes.

ICC hasn't been as conservative as people like to believe. They have and are changing rules in order to accommodate more teams and making Cricket a global sports. They have increased the number of ODI teams from 10 to 20 with 8 spots for grabs by any associate teams with a long league with promotions and relegations. T20 are more generous with International status provided to all teams. So, T20 and ODI are already a merit based format. Test is a more traditional format that still needs change. The less interest in changing the test status might also be due to it being the least popular among the three formats and it takes days for a match to complete. Yet, they might extend the Test world championship to a top level league and crate a lower league that accommodates all ODI teams in the future.

Limited overs cricket is different from 5 days cricket and full member status depends on the later, it directly related to ICC funding. As of now it goes like this.

Full test nations (12) gets a bigger slice of a pie, atm 85%-90% goes to full nation (test playing countries).

Then comes the associate nations (90+), they gets around 10-ish%. No strict restriction here, like domestic setup (age group , women cricket) etc.