Pakistan needs those involved in its World Cup cricket team selection to keep the national interest before personal likes and dislikes. But then this is Pakistan where merit is a disqualifier both in sports and politics.
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The Cricket World Cup is just a few days away, but the lopsided and drawn-out format of the tournament will make it a frustrating few weeks before the quarter-finals.
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The ICC have announced that the 2019 World Cup would be reduced to ten teams, with the door for associate teams gaining qualification all but shut. Cricket cannot call itself a world sport, and on this basis it cannot even pretend that it is hosting a World Cup.
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The ICC have signed a big, new broadcasting deal. It’s reportedly worth a lot of money, but the deal has simply reiterated that the ICC only views things in the short term and has no plans for making itself sustainable. Instead, it continues to hand power over to a select few.
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