After deciding to have the top 6 associate members the capacity to play official one day internationals among themselves, which will also have financial rewards which is more important and can boost the development of these regions, the ICC has made another major announcement of merit.

The change in format of the Champions Trophy means lesser weaker versus stronger team matches. Also, the ICC one day rating mean much more because of this. A flaw is that they have not made a provision for the previous champions to qualify automatically for the next Champions Trophy. After the Liverpool drama in football, the ICC should have thought of this but it is some thing they can easily rectify.

Will the World Cup of cricket have lesser importance because of this move? Not really. There is anology from other sports which supports the claim. The Confederations Cup can never be more important than the FIFA World Cup. Neither can the season ending Masters featuring the top 8 ranking players ever match the prestige of Wimbledon.

Kudos ICC

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