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Chief Executives Committee bats for more context to bilateral series
International cricket inched closer towards providing more context to all One-Day International matches and Test Cricket after the administrators proposed a two-year Test league and a 13-team ODI league to be implemented from 2019. There will also be a regional qualification process for the T20 WC as per the proposal.
According to ESPNCricinfo , the Chief Executives Committee (CEC), during the two-day meeting in Dubai, arrived at this conclusion which will now be tabled at the ICC meeting in April for approval. Once it is approved, there will be a significant change to the cricket calendar from 2019, with 13 teams playing over a period of three years in an ODI league, with final positions having a bearing on qualification to the 50-over World Cup.
Each team will have to play a home and away series against each other within that period. A minimum of 12 matches will have to be played by every team in a year as well. The 13 teams are likely to comprise of the ten full members, Afghanistan, Ireland and the winner of the World Cricket League. At the end of the three-year period, the top seven sides in the league along with the hosts will qualify for the World Cup whereas the remaining five will get involved in a qualifying tournament along with some associate teams, out of which two will proceed for the ten-team mega event.
In the Test format, Ireland and Afghanistan are likely to get Test status and be paired with Zimbabwe in a 9-3 format as the bottom three sides. The top nine teams will play each other and against the bottom three teams as well over a two-year period. The two teams involved in the bilateral series will determine the length of the series. This will also follow a home and away format similar to the ODI league. The team that tours a particular country in the first two-year cycle will be hosting them in return in the next cycle.
If a team declines to tour/host a particular country, then they will have to forfeit points. The full member teams can also play among themselves outside the mandatory home and away series. At the end of the four-year period, the performances of the bottom three sides will likely come up for review to determine their Test status going forward.
Chief Executives Committee bats for more context to bilateral series - Cricbuzz
International cricket inched closer towards providing more context to all One-Day International matches and Test Cricket after the administrators proposed a two-year Test league and a 13-team ODI league to be implemented from 2019. There will also be a regional qualification process for the T20 WC as per the proposal.
According to ESPNCricinfo , the Chief Executives Committee (CEC), during the two-day meeting in Dubai, arrived at this conclusion which will now be tabled at the ICC meeting in April for approval. Once it is approved, there will be a significant change to the cricket calendar from 2019, with 13 teams playing over a period of three years in an ODI league, with final positions having a bearing on qualification to the 50-over World Cup.
Each team will have to play a home and away series against each other within that period. A minimum of 12 matches will have to be played by every team in a year as well. The 13 teams are likely to comprise of the ten full members, Afghanistan, Ireland and the winner of the World Cricket League. At the end of the three-year period, the top seven sides in the league along with the hosts will qualify for the World Cup whereas the remaining five will get involved in a qualifying tournament along with some associate teams, out of which two will proceed for the ten-team mega event.
In the Test format, Ireland and Afghanistan are likely to get Test status and be paired with Zimbabwe in a 9-3 format as the bottom three sides. The top nine teams will play each other and against the bottom three teams as well over a two-year period. The two teams involved in the bilateral series will determine the length of the series. This will also follow a home and away format similar to the ODI league. The team that tours a particular country in the first two-year cycle will be hosting them in return in the next cycle.
If a team declines to tour/host a particular country, then they will have to forfeit points. The full member teams can also play among themselves outside the mandatory home and away series. At the end of the four-year period, the performances of the bottom three sides will likely come up for review to determine their Test status going forward.
Chief Executives Committee bats for more context to bilateral series - Cricbuzz
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Afghanistan rope in Phil Simmons as consultant
Former West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has been roped in by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) to serve as a consultant to the senior national team. He is set to assist Lalchand Rajput, the present head coach of Afghanistan, on technical aspects of the game.
Afghanistan will tour Zimbabwe for a five-match One-Day International series, commencing on February 16. They are also scheduled to play a five-match ODI series against Ireland in Greater Noida in March and then embark on a tour to West Indies in June.
The former West Indies all-rounder had a successful stint with Ireland as the head coach for six years from 2007 to 2013. Under his tutelage, Ireland qualified for the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, registering victories over England, West Indies and Zimbabwe. However, he relinquished that post in 2013 and later went on to serve as the coach of West Indies for nearly two years before he was sacked by the board in September 2016, with Joel Garner taking temporary charge.
After Simmons was removed from his position by WICB, he was appointed as the coach of St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots for the 2017 edition of the Caribbean Premier League.
Simmons played 26 Tests for West Indies, notching up 1002 runs. He also partook in 143 ODIs, scoring 3,675 runs and picking up 83 scalps.
Afghanistan rope in Phil Simmons as consultant - Cricbuzz
Former West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has been roped in by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) to serve as a consultant to the senior national team. He is set to assist Lalchand Rajput, the present head coach of Afghanistan, on technical aspects of the game.
Afghanistan will tour Zimbabwe for a five-match One-Day International series, commencing on February 16. They are also scheduled to play a five-match ODI series against Ireland in Greater Noida in March and then embark on a tour to West Indies in June.
The former West Indies all-rounder had a successful stint with Ireland as the head coach for six years from 2007 to 2013. Under his tutelage, Ireland qualified for the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, registering victories over England, West Indies and Zimbabwe. However, he relinquished that post in 2013 and later went on to serve as the coach of West Indies for nearly two years before he was sacked by the board in September 2016, with Joel Garner taking temporary charge.
After Simmons was removed from his position by WICB, he was appointed as the coach of St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots for the 2017 edition of the Caribbean Premier League.
Simmons played 26 Tests for West Indies, notching up 1002 runs. He also partook in 143 ODIs, scoring 3,675 runs and picking up 83 scalps.
Afghanistan rope in Phil Simmons as consultant - Cricbuzz
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Virat Kohli unveiled as cover star for Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2017
Virat Kohli has been unveiled as the latest cover star of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, following his leading role in India's clean sweep of trophies in all three formats of their recent series against England.
Kohli, who made two centuries in India's 4-0 Test series win before Christmas, including a career-best 235 in the fourth Test at Mumbai, is pictured playing a reverse sweep - a reflection, according to Wisden's editor, Lawrence Booth, of the manner in which he has helped to revolutionise the sport in recent years.
"It underlines the fact that he is a very modern cricketer," Booth told ESPNcricinfo. "It felt like the right time to get some unorthodoxy onto the cover. People often think of Wisden as a bastion of orthodoxy, but cricket is changing so rapidly that it felt like the right time to reflect that, and Kohli was the right man for the job."
Kohli is the third cricketer of Asian extraction to feature on the front cover in the past four editions. His former India team-mate Sachin Tendulkar was honoured in 2014 following his retirement from international cricket, while England's Moeen Ali was the cover star for 2015.
Kohli is the stand-out contender to be named as Wisden's Leading Player of the Year, an accolade that dates back to 2004, when Ricky Ponting was the original recipient.
"Kohli will be fresh in the mind of all cricket fans after his performances against England," Booth said. "He has pulled clear of the likes of Steve Smith, Joe Root, Kane Williamson and AB de Villiers, and is clearly the most exciting all-format batsman in world cricket."
However, Kohli has not yet been named as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year, the book's oldest honour that can only be bestowed once in a player's career and tends to reflect a player's impact on the preceding English season.
Kohli's record in England does not yet match his overall impact on the sport - his only previous Test appearances in the country came in 2014, when he made 134 runs in five Tests at 13.40 in England's 3-1 series win.
However, he seems intent on making amends when India next tour England in 2018, and admitted last year that he would consider a stint in county cricket to acclimatise himself properly for the challenge.
The 2017 edition of Wisden will be published in April, to coincide with the start of the English season.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack : Virat Kohli unveiled as cover star for Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2017 | Cricket News | Global | ESPN Cric...
Virat Kohli has been unveiled as the latest cover star of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, following his leading role in India's clean sweep of trophies in all three formats of their recent series against England.
Kohli, who made two centuries in India's 4-0 Test series win before Christmas, including a career-best 235 in the fourth Test at Mumbai, is pictured playing a reverse sweep - a reflection, according to Wisden's editor, Lawrence Booth, of the manner in which he has helped to revolutionise the sport in recent years.
"It underlines the fact that he is a very modern cricketer," Booth told ESPNcricinfo. "It felt like the right time to get some unorthodoxy onto the cover. People often think of Wisden as a bastion of orthodoxy, but cricket is changing so rapidly that it felt like the right time to reflect that, and Kohli was the right man for the job."
Kohli is the third cricketer of Asian extraction to feature on the front cover in the past four editions. His former India team-mate Sachin Tendulkar was honoured in 2014 following his retirement from international cricket, while England's Moeen Ali was the cover star for 2015.
Kohli is the stand-out contender to be named as Wisden's Leading Player of the Year, an accolade that dates back to 2004, when Ricky Ponting was the original recipient.
"Kohli will be fresh in the mind of all cricket fans after his performances against England," Booth said. "He has pulled clear of the likes of Steve Smith, Joe Root, Kane Williamson and AB de Villiers, and is clearly the most exciting all-format batsman in world cricket."
However, Kohli has not yet been named as one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year, the book's oldest honour that can only be bestowed once in a player's career and tends to reflect a player's impact on the preceding English season.
Kohli's record in England does not yet match his overall impact on the sport - his only previous Test appearances in the country came in 2014, when he made 134 runs in five Tests at 13.40 in England's 3-1 series win.
However, he seems intent on making amends when India next tour England in 2018, and admitted last year that he would consider a stint in county cricket to acclimatise himself properly for the challenge.
The 2017 edition of Wisden will be published in April, to coincide with the start of the English season.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack : Virat Kohli unveiled as cover star for Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2017 | Cricket News | Global | ESPN Cric...
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