EXPLAINED - Why ICC is thinking about a two-tier system in Tests | Sports Today
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ม.ค. 2025
- Cricket News: Australia, England, India and the International Cricket Council’s new chair Jay Shah are in talks to split Test cricket into two divisions so the big three nations can play each other more often in series like the just-completed Border-Gavaskar blockbuster. Should Australia, England and India be freed from having to play as many nations, they would be able to rejig their cycles to play each other twice every three years, rather than twice every four years as is currently the case.
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As an aussie, i wouldn't approve of this. We need more teams/countries in the wtc rather than segregation.
It's not up to us, Mate. BCCI holds all the power
Only 12 teams play test cricket and 9 teams participated in wtc
@@kevinroark5815 Aus and Eng also proposed same method... not only BCCI. I mean in 2016 BCCI was opposed to this idea
A win against Sri Lanka. West Indies, and Bangladesh aren’t the same against a win against AUS/ENG/IND.
In haaraamzaado ko har event mein india ki team final chahaye bcoz views ziada honge laanat hain in bhooke nanage baniyo pe abi ct k semi final mein bhi india ki team hogi viewership k chakkar mein maa behan krdi cricket ki
Because of WTC now people watch every series with same passion
If there was no WTC FINAL at stake do you think people would have cared for BGT so much it would have been just another series
This system will be a nightmare for Test cricket
Yes WTC is the best because of which Test tours became important. There should be no relegation system cause there aren't any huge no. of test playing teams.
No i thought WTC is not the reason for ppl watching tests as far as I can thought every guy will watch test because he love it no matter whether it's T20 or ODI he loves cricket he had watched it in past times for its country team so let it be test no issue he watch for his team so ppl will watch either WTC is there or not if it's WTC ppl are watching other country series also it's only addition to it now for new proposal i didn't understand shit of it as of now😂
Wtc is like a byproduct. You watch BGT because it Aus vs Ind TEST series. Biggest event in Indian cricket after maybe one day world cup. T20 is not cricket. Just a money minting machine destroying cricket.
This WTC spoiled test cricket..
Quality of test cricket seriously dropped..
Everyone is playing test cricket in ODI or T20 style now..
Test matches are ending within 2 or 3 days..
@@stijojoseph8178 chup kar dimak nhi hai kya WTC ne competition bdhaya hai or ppl dekh rhe hai abhi test matches with interest
Stadiums were sold out because India tours AUS every 3 years if it happens every year you can't see sold-out
Absolutely
We need more test cricket than T20s.
T20 worldcups needs to every 3 years not 2. And I don't know why some has bilateral t20 series right after the T20 WC.
It's no surprise that this development has suddenly emerged after India failed to qualify for the WTC Final and England have NEVER qualified for the WTC Final 🤣😂
Nah this has been proposed since 10 years. Everything is not about India.
Atleast read some news buddy!
It would still be just as hard to qualify for the WTC final. Under the status quo only NZ, RSA, Aus and India have come close to qualifying. All these teams would be in Div 1.
You could argue it would actually be harder. South Africa have qualified by playing mostly weaker teams. This path to the final would no longer be available.
@@jacobcarter3546 SA played some good cricket.. and it's not their fault that ICC made such a schedule and India got blanked 3-0 vs NZ at home
@@Ibrahim_Irfan1995 no body is saying they didn't play well but they came in final beating weaker teams but the two tier system will change that and will make difficult for top teams to qualify for finals which is against the implication of your og comment
When I listen to these explanations one gets the sense that the top teams are about revenue for their country and nothing else. The lesser nations will never reach the levels of the big teams because they do not have the population size, resources at present. The top teams are forgetting that at one time they were the lesser teams and needed to play with everyone to gain status. Ever other global sport is trying to develop smaller nations but cricket and a isolating and creating classism
I don't like the proposal. Cricket will die if the poor teams are starved of funding and don't get the big games. Think of what is best for the sport rather than just your country.
True
Thats a very biased comment devoid of facts.
Don't think WTC is going anywhere, it's been a success, interest levels are quite high as other teams series could affect your team chances
Add another 4 teams to Test Nation list.
1. Scotland
2. Netherlands
3. Namibia
4. Nepal
Soon to be .USA
@@Yk3d05bm yes.
3 and 4 numbers are flexible, i guess.
Namibia/Nepal/USA/UAE
But for rightnow they can only play btw them... Not with top 8 nation... Raise their game and then play with top 8...see afghan rise in test cricket. 11 test with 4 win, currently they win serz against zimbabwe
@award_anshuman29 I hope they will make a tier system.
Top 6
Middle 5
Last 5
Why is this format of the WTC being questioned when its been in its 3rd cycle already
This should had been discussed before the WTC came into play .
Because India hasn't made the final for the WTC everyone is blowing its horn including the ICC. Come on India, you got to play the game and dont have players in your team who think they bigger then the game.
Just keep the format as it is and play the game.
In haaraamzaado ko har event mein india ki team final chahaye bcoz views ziada honge laanat hain in bhooke nanage baniyo pe abi ct k semi final mein bhi india ki team hogi viewership k chakkar mein maa behan krdi cricket ki
India opposed the system
Bro, the points system across sports and tournaments are a result of regular updates
Yes it will be much better for quality of test cricket to be maintained
How England comes in top ३.. third team can be New Zealand or south africa as per WTC record so far
There is no money in cricket in South Africa as it's always been stolen lost or given away to friends of the totally corrupt government.😱😭😭👍
This will kill the sport. What about smaller nations, if they don't play often, they cannot get any revenue, cricket as a sport will be reduced to just a handful of countries rather than expanding like Football
Australia will not support ANY changes which revoke the WTC.
CA, or the ACB as it used to be, have been looking at something like this on and off for at least four decades. Even before that, when Bradman ran the show.
This is why the individual series trophies matter so much for us.
We want a trophy associated with every series, the Ashes, the BGT, the Frank Warrell etc. This gives context and meaning to Test cricket.
This current batch of Aussie Cricketers, and the people currently running CA too, LOVE this new WTC thing.... ....the current team has stated that retention of the WTC is their primary aim this year. Pat Cummins has said they've spoken about it a lot, and they love it, and they want to defend and retain it, it is a 'big one'.... a big one, even in a home Ashes year.
There SHOULD be a tier system, on a FOUR YEAR cycle, the first two years, everyone plays everyone at least once, in one off Tests or full series, depending.... to determine the tiers, this should include Afghanistan and Ireland too.
The top six after two years, go in to tier one, and are playing the next two years for a place in the WTC final. The bottom six, are playing to finish top of the league in Tier Two... because, if they DO, they should get promoted, room being made by the WORST of the Tier One teams, being RELEGATED to Tier Two, for the NEXT four year cycle.
Hell, if you wanted to keep players from burnout, and leave enough room for T20i, T20 pro leagues, and ODI cricket, you could do it on a SIX year cycle. All the teams playing each other at least once, in the first three years, but over three years, leaving enough time for off seasons, T20i and ODI, and pro leagues, then the next three years, the tiers once decided, play off for either promotion if tier two, or the WTC if tier one.
Scrapping the WTC would be the WORST idea the ICC has had in a LONG time.
I agree ❤
Agreed totally.
So hear me out
There should be relegation n promotion system
Where bottom 2 teams from top 6(tier 1) gets relegated to bottom 6
N top 2 teams from bottom 6 (tier 2) gets promoted in tier 1
Every cycle
So this gives rest of 4 team from tier 1.. a motive to finish in top 4
N teams in bottom 6 , a motive to finish top 2 in tier2
So that they can quality for WTC next cycle.
It brings competition in both tiers
Even in bottom 6
There wont be many one sided test matches...since all will be on same level, like we saw zim v afg, ban v pak etc
N theres 90% chance big 3 will remain in top 4 anyways
So that doesnt harms them either way
They ll get to play each other more often
For accomodating smaller countries
Just play t20is , it will give them more than enough financial stability
Cool
what a dick move. cricket would die if this rule is implemented.
I don't understand one think every team has so many good players that many of them doesn't get enough opportunity to perform on international stage....
Why every team doesn't have 2 teams...?
The problem for some players is they are playing so much cricket while others are not even getting single chance....
Like Australia doesn't have played against Zimbabwe, Bangladesh for over a decade bcoz Australia have an excuse that they doesn't have enough time to play against these countries so if Australia have 2 teams one will play against elite teams and other will play against bottom tier teams....
My plan which I think is fair. 12 teams 2 divisions, with promotion and relegation. 4 series vs your division (2 home and away) and 2 cross divisional series (1 home, 1 away). Each division gets a final with the winner of division 2 getting promoted. Any plan that removes position by merit shouldn't even get a chance to be voted on.
Need to do something about 2 match series v 5 match series but idk how to resolve the two very conflicting positions.
If no action is taken against the non performing players then all the fans will desert all cricket matches in the coming.
Wow. Can’t win matches so ICC (read BCCI) is changing the rules ?
India will start 1st innings at 400/0 ?
They'll still lose against mighty Australia 😅
Taking it out of context mate, I disagree yes, it’s a proposal a bad one. But it should be voted down. Dont bash India for all your problems
@ bcci is the problem, your choklism is a problem and your denial is the biggest problem
In haaraamzaado ko har event mein india ki team final chahaye bcoz views ziada honge laanat hain in bhooke nanage baniyo pe abi ct k semi final mein bhi india ki team hogi viewership k chakkar mein maa behan krdi cricket ki
This will kill test cricket instead of test surviving
Big three - India? They are never in big three now. Just because you have money, you can't buy performance.
I assume you are either English or Aussie. If English then how many series have you won in AUS or IND??. How many WTC finals did you played??? If Aussie then how many series AUS won in Eng since 2000 and in IND??? Better build an understanding before commenting.
Nice joke bro... India qualified 2 times for wtc finals... What about England😂
@@ksheersagar7852seriously ?
He is neither australian nor english, he is pakistani 😂
@@abhaysinghsengar189 then that team hasn't even near Wtc mace they far far far away
Based on performance, India is not in top three at the moment
We finished top 3 in the table lol
@priyanshuverma2749 ok. I stand corrected. But i meant based recent performance, getting clean swept at home by NZ and losing to Australia .
@@Dua1512 lol due to recent performances we are at no 3 otherwise we were no 1
As an Aussie of Indian origin I disapprove of this proposal. This takes away the advantages not enforce it.
It should be top 5 instead of top 3 and if India Australia or england are not in the top rankings they shall not walk in to play in it there should be an opportunity for everyone to get to the top plus there should be different awards points for home and away matches there should be a separate competition for the rivals as ashes and border gavasker trophy is already there there should be an india pakistan 3 or 5 test match series on a neutral venue
India India India.
Two tier system would be great... However, I believe NZ and SA should be included. NZ won the first WTC. And SA is the finalist of 2025. How can you exclude them from the first tier system?
They are there
Excellent!
Much needed change.
Tier 1 : Australia, India, New Zealand, England, South Africa.
Tier 2 : Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, West Indies, Pakistan, Ireland, Sri Lanka
Soon afg.can beat ijnfia
Sri Lanka deserve tier 1 @@turkpa8186
I didn't understand shit in this apart from India will play again every country
It's all about money now, not the game or the promotion of the game. Shame on you ICC.
If something happens in world cricket, everyone starts blaming India. It's not our fault for being powerful. If you want to reduce India's influence, work on growing your own strength like India has.
Imagine...
What if each series was a MINIMUM of 3 tests (and if it was longer, only the last 3 count to the WTC) and each team MUST play each of the other 8 teams once in a cycle...
with 3-match series, the results would be
3-0-0, 2-0-1, 2-1-0, 1-0-2, 1-1-1, 1-2-0, 0-0-3, 0-1-2, 0-2-1, or 0-3-0 [w-l-d for the home side, ties are very rare and would attract 4 points at home, 5 away]...
so points could awarded as follows
5 points for a home win, 2 points for a home draw, 3 points for an away draw, 6 points for an away win. Also 2 points for the series win (1 each for a series draw)
This would mean in each of the scenarios above the following would be awarded (home team first):
17-0, 14-3, 12-6, 11-6, 8-9, 5-14, 7-10, 4-14, 2-17, or 0-20...
At the end of the cycle a one off match could be played between the 2nd & 3rd placed teams... the winner (or 2nd place if it's drawn) goes to play the top placed team for the championship.
Why will World Test Championship end? In fact 2-tier system will provide more opportunities to smaller nations to play test. Relegation and promotion rules can be implemented. This means that bottom 2 teams in Tier-1 gets relegated to Tier-2 and top 2 teams in Tier-2 gets promoted. Or maybe, the bottom 2 Tier-1 teams fight with top 2 Tier-2 teams to protect their position. Same as it happens in football. WTC will still be valid for the Tier-1 teams.
Tier-1 can accommodate 8 countries while Tier-2 can have 6 countries. In this way, more teams will get opportunity to play international cricket.
They wanted to implement the same thing for the uefa champions league with only having eight club teams only. That idea fell apart very quickly.😂
Big 3 .. Newzealand the rightful fourth one ❤
As this video shows india opposed this idea in 2016 now all of sudden they're coming up with this. hypocrites
We r the mai baap of international cricket . We didn't oppose but delayed it
Porkies will play in C level with Zambia, Argentina and Papua New Guinea.
Baap how aus has more trophies@@dhimankalita1690
Bad idea that needs to be nipped in the bud. NZ and SA are equally good teams. SL and Windies are turning it around as well.
Why do you think 😂😂😂?
2 tier System Bakwas
I enjoyed when India travel in South Africa/Westindies/Srilanka/Bangladesh.
Current WTC format is the best format for sustainability of test cricket. If we want the relevance of test cricket so don't need to be shrinked.
It just need to add 2 knockout's semi final 1 and semi final 2. That become more interesting.
At the end of the 2 year a teams those qualifying at position1 to 4 according to the percentile that teams qualifying for the semis.
A team those who finished at position 1 they will play against, a team those who finished at position 3 in semi final 1.
A team those who finish at the position 2 they will compete against position 4th team at semi final 2.
And if India continuously travel Australia and England and frequently playing against them, so these serie's also turn into a boring and irrelevant.
NO, when India is lost ,we do not discrimination.....
Great decision 👌👌😊
I guess ye system nai honi chahiye... Jo abhi hai wahi sahi hai
Very interesting points and true. I don’t want to see Australia win 3-0 against Zimbabwe or Bangladesh. It’s not a contest. No disrespect to those countries. I understand everyone needs to make money.
Nowadays even if a top team play against the lesser teams big names in the team dont play that is the problem as well and its not fair for the players of lesser teams and the fans..
This change is long overdue. ICC and BCCI are very slow to implement new changes that are needed. Welcome change at last.
This should be done. Anyway, most foreign sports spectators talk about 5 day game as some crazy game. Top 3 can have this privilege.
Don't think about test cricket life...its remain forever as long as England, australia, india playing.... Think about odi life....ys other teams need to raise their game like Africa, nz and create more interest in people for test
Bangladesh beat Australia, England,New Zealand, pakistan,windis In test.
Strength vs Strength...
Why should other countries (200-12 test countries) care about test cricket? Let it remain with 3 countries as you three use 80% of total ICC revenues. And the game will slowly die. Otherwise we need to promote more teams as test nations. We have to grow the games. Don’t only focus on revenue.
2 Tier with New Teams in 2027.
Tier 1 -
Australia
South Africa
England
New Zealand
India
Pakistan
Srilanka
West indies
Tier 2
Bangladesh
Afghanistan
Ireland
Zimbabwe
Netherlands
Scotland
Namibia
Nepal
Look at football moore than 100 fully membere of fifa not 11 unlike cricket agar 2 tier system creat krna hia to icc ko hi khatam kr do
AUS, IND, ENG & SA should be playing.
England lost to Pak/Australia & India ,Pak lost to Bangladesh, Bangladesh lost to South Africa/India , South Africa lost toNew Zealand & England,New Zealand lost to Srilanka ,Sri Lanka lost to WI ,WI lost to India ,India lost to Australia & New Zealand ....So Australia is the best team...
by that logic Australia lost to WI
i mean what monkey logic is this
SA never played England this cycle
Because of Bangladesh political situation which is now pro Pakistan and anti India, India might not fight for their interests
it is NOT the best playing against the best. India has showed across two series now that they are no where close to the best in the world. This is a joke
I like the WTC and believe it has rejigged alot of interest in test match series, I for one watched Aus V India, followed by S Africa Vs Pakistan and there was quality, i'm in zombie mode having gone over 14 hrs watching these games. A 2 tier system is interesting, but would create a massive divide due to various political stances.
If there was a relegation and promotion element that would defo get me interested, but again there are logistical issues, i.e. test series for some teams being 2 match series, others 3, other 5... this just creates an element of complexity. So unless we say there will only be a 3 match test series, a point system that is simple like Football with relegation and promotion in line and every country willing to play each other if they are in the same tier then I am all for it.
But I feel Cricket at the moment is overall in a bad state, so until the issues are fixed i'd prefer to stick with the WTC
Watching tests in Aus or Eng is amazing purely because of their broadcasters Fox/ Sky sports. On the other hand Indian television viewing experience is the worst with Star sports. Commentators in star sports wouldn’t speak for a minute about any technicalities rather just hero worship .
Dude the disrespect against South Africa this past week is not good. People are blaming Cricket SA for our easy road to the final but it's the big 3 and ICC's fault. SA have been asking for more test series against the big 3 for the last 4 years. They have been ignored and giving the middle finger by all 3 of them. Fans say that SA doesn't have a great legacy in test cricket. Who was the first team to beat Australia at home during their golden age? What nation has India never won a test series in even when they had a way better team? Indians love Ab de Villiers yet they disrespect the nation that he loves and yes AB cares more about SA than RCB he even said that in an interview. I have nothing but respect for the big 3 and I love watching the Ashes and BGT but it looks like the big 3 don't respect the other nations and they will forever remain the bullies of international cricket. Sorry for the rant but this is a real emotional topic for all South African cricket fans.
Welcome move !
Lmao Nope, Ashes should be every 2 years, others I don’t care
what is a two tier system?
Big 3 i dont consider england as in top 3
this is not good for cricket . how small teams will improve without olaying with elite teams . New zealnd and sa are very good tets teams .
Minimum 15 matches should be played to qualify for WTC finals. SA doesn’t deserve in the final as they played very few.
How can they not deserve when wtc made the schedule.. They played what was given to them
What's why,football become more popular day by day...... Because Fifa doesn't follow that stupid, nonsense idea
Test matches must be played between top 6 teams
I love how BCCI is getting under the skin of Aussies and English 😂😂😂😂😂
First learn to win test series and score 200+ runs
Ind vs pak in test
This is a monopoly plan being woven by the three largest and richest boards.
After kohli and sharma along with jadeja indian cricket will be going to see huge down in trp and viewership, new players are not star they looks spoiled brat
Sounds good as these three are the only teams worth watching. 🥰🥰💯👍👍
India is mutilating Cricket.
Indians wants caste system for cricket
Big 3??...
Sounds good.
Pakistan beat england in home so deserve in top 6 test team in the world
No 2 Tier System.
This host bla bla too much. Not enough insight just word salad
Champions Trophy 2025 Squad
1. Rohit Sharma (C)
2. Yashaswi Jaiswal
3. Virat Kohali
4. Shreyas Iyer
5. Rishabh Pant (wk)
6. Hardik Pandya
7. Nitish Reddy
8. Ravindra Jadeja
9. Kuldeep Yadav
10. Jasprit Bumrah (VC)
11. Mohmmad Shami*
12. Shubhaman Gill
13. KL Rahul
14. Washington Sundar
15. Mohmmad Siraj
*If Mohmmad Shami unfit then Arshdeep Singh In the Squad
Patel over Sundar
What is big 3? Stupid, stupid, stupid these big 3 😂 sao this system will benefit richer and poor will poorer😂
Disaster.
Jay shah two tier system is shit policy Is it economically or ln prove talente and skill will it be recognised by cricket board for stastically recognised will it be officially played un officially it can be played upon invitation of the country No other countries will object It is matter of national interest we have groups 1 india Australian and English
2 W I Ceylon’s PAK. Newzeland Bangla and South Africa 3 Budding nations Afgans Norway and Duch Canada America
All countries can play unofficial tests for their national interest or moneymaking test not recognised stastic purpose Official ly Two tiers systems should not played and derecogniZed
This sucks
Pig3
saar
Yes i endorce this ....Test cricket is boring.Let these three teams play each other just.No need to play or interfere in their cycle. I nfact other countries should play T 20 between each other.This way test cricket and t 20 cricket will survive.
As a South African, we still want to be active in test cricket
BCCI is in panic mode after losing 0-3 to NZ ! They are afraid that they can lose to teams like WI and SL because they are improving massively ! So its ok to lose to Aus or Eng and save skin ! Poor Indian cricket 😂