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Still want to go it alone?

imusic 2/3/25, 9:26:17 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
79,682 runs

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When the ICC first approved the idea of a World Test Championship in 2010, Zimbabwe were supposed to be among the ten participating teams in the league when it kicked off three years later. However, it was postponed and only actually approved in 2017.

When the WTC was finally launched in 2019, only nine Full Members were included. Zimbabwe, as well as the latest Full Members, Afghanistan and Ireland (who were awarded that status in 2017) missed out. No specific reasons were given for their exclusion, but it was thought to be because both the latter two members were newly inducted and Zimbabwe had lost their way because of the political interference in their cricket in the 2000s.


"For you to be a Full Member, you need to play all three formats. That's an eligibility criteria," Tavengwa Mukuhlani, Zimbabwe Cricket's chair, says, "So every member must have an equal and fair opportunity to play the three formats, without discrimination. The current set-up defeats the purpose of being a Test-playing Full Member."


Three cycles into the WTC, there still is no pathway for a new team to enter the championship. There is no system of promotion and relegation, or any other meritocratic provision to challenge the positions of the existing teams.
natty_forever 2/3/25, 10:14:56 PM
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debut: 4/28/03
60,165 runs

So what the IOC saying?
imusic 2/3/25, 10:40:22 PM
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debut: 11/13/02
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In reply to natty_forever

Outside of the Olympics, what IOC have to do with cricket bro?
camos 2/3/25, 10:40:36 PM
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debut: 5/6/03
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In reply to imusic

Do you think test cricket is what one would be chasing?
SnoopDog 2/3/25, 10:47:30 PM
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debut: 1/24/04
15,959 runs

In reply to camos

I could have sworn that it was Tits who were crying forever about going it alone?
natty_forever 2/4/25, 12:06:13 AM
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debut: 4/28/03
60,165 runs

In reply to imusic

Well I see once invited to the Olympics, that format will rule the world.