ICC Champions Trophy 2025 - and Pakistan's lack of counterpropaganda

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India has consistently provided reasons for Pakistan not hosting an ICC event on its soil. While this may seem like standard procedure, it highlights a lack of long-term planning that should have been addressed much earlier. I find myself partially agreeing with some Indian broadcasters who attribute this situation to the ICC’s mismanagement. As one broadcaster pointed out, should any damage occur, it would fall under the ICC's responsibility. They question if Pakistan, even if it manages to navigate these challenges, will be able to develop its cricket facilities on time.

In today's world, the state of cricket stadiums is crucial for showcasing a country’s cricket infrastructure. It's disheartening that in 2024, we are still debating the viewing experiences within our cricket stadiums. Meanwhile, in South Africa, fans thoroughly enjoy their time at the cricketing venues, reflecting a more advanced and fan-friendly infrastructure.

Promoting their cricket 

Iqbal stadium, in Faisalabad

Cricket stadiums are crucial for showcasing a nation's cricketing capabilities on the global stage. The
recently concluded ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in India is a testament to this, as India successfully demonstrated its cricketing prowess through its world-class stadiums. It is noteworthy that India's infrastructure is so advanced that if the BCCI were to host CWC games at every international-standard stadium, each venue might only get a single game due to the sheer number of high-quality options available.

In stark contrast, Pakistan's situation highlights significant infrastructural shortcomings. We have only a handful of international-standard stadiums in Lahore, Karachi, Rawalpindi, Multan, and Faisalabad. This limited number underscores the urgent need for Pakistan to invest in and expand its cricketing infrastructure to meet international standards and improve its standing on the global cricket stage.

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Should WTC games be rerun in 2021?

Currently, the pandemic going on in today's time, it is highly unlikely that cricket games would not gain confidence of the international fraternity to stage international games at home and away (home of away team), therefore I personally feel it is highly unlikely that even ICC World T20 Event 2020 in Australia is not going to occur, where a single game ends within 3 hours, unlike a test match game where there are 3 sessions a day; A standard day of Test cricket consists of three sessions of two hours each, the breaks between sessions being 40 minutes for lunch and 20 minutes for tea. Means if there are 2 test matches in a series, therefore a single test match would contain 15 hours of playing sessions, which means a 2 test match series would have 30 hours of playing sessions, which in today's scenario is not the case that even a non-test match playing nation would risk playing on home nor foreign soil for such long span of time.

The World Test Championship should be played next year

Why I am advocating for its postponement?

Keeping in mind the today's scenario, where every single individual is and have been skeptical of each and every single thing like washing hands, touching staircases nor handshaking with our fellow colleagues etc. and hence under such circumstances if we opt for staging a single bilateral series between two teams is a dream of a dreamer these days, let alone a test match series which at least have a 2 test match series and like I mentioned above, there are 3 session a day, and there are 5 days a test match, therefore there are 15 hours of playing test match duration, and for that purpose, it is a potential risk of getting contaminated with the said contagion.

This is the main reason;

Because the game of cricket especially the test match cricket, is the game of sheer concentration, where it is like one is sewing a proper dress, which can either be a 3 piece suit, a shalwar suit, a casual tee shirt, or an un-stitched shorts, and for the purpose concentration is the main thing, and in current scenario, it is even harder for a player like the great Inzamam ul Haq to concentrate on the game amid the ongoing pandemic.

World Test Championship

Current Scenarios

The current remaining game of WTC

World Test Championship Calendar

Current remaining games of WTC excluding the postponed Pakistan v Bangladesh 2nd game at Karachi

Current World Test Championship Standings

This is the current WTC standings till April 20th, 2020

In case, if none of the WTC games being played in 2020, than under the current scenarios, those games are deemed to be called as a drawn game, and in such scenario where the game is not able to be completed under the current playing conditions where there is a global pandemic situation, and hence any single individual couldn't ignore this fact for sure, such game is going to be called a No result, where a "no result" is recorded if a limited over match which has been started cannot be completed, which usually occurs if weather or light interrupts play. The result is effectively the same as a draw.

In case, if all remaining games of WTC couldn't occur, such scenarios are expected

What I personally feel if we do not rerun these games at a later time?

It'd be unjust for some teams especially England and South Africa because in case of England, England is having all two games in their own backyard against the West Indies and Pakistan, where in their own den, England is definitely power to watch for and under current circumstances, they are deemed favourites for beating both and that too comprehensively, therefore England is surely going to show its displeasure in sharing those points with their opponents which England is surely going to oppose, considering their current lot of cricketers, and reconsider the fact that they are current ODI cricket champions, therefore being an unbiased cricket fan, I personally feel it is going to be unjust for some countries for sure.

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Ongoing rift between ICC and the BCCI?

It is the high time when the richest cricket board of the world and the governing body requires to be on the same page to help cricket flourish

The ICC's sponsorship money

The ICC earns its major money off media rights and same is the case for not only India but all over the world Internationally where every cricketing board earns by selling its sponsorship rights on grand/international scales, where Fox Sports is for Australia, Sky Sports NZ for NZ, British Sky is for England and the UK, Supersport is for South Africa and the Afrikaans, Gazi TV for Bangladesh and Star TV for India and not only India but also for the ICC events, whereas Pakistan's cricketing rights are associated with Tensports which is a subpart of Sony Pictures, which also holds rights for games played under SLC and CWI.

Where and Why is the problem between the two?

Where?

The problem is between some of the major aspects;

1- IPL and the ICC events

ICC usually allocates its media rights for time span of 8 years, for which ends 2023 which also includes the finale of ICC World Test Championship, but afterwards it plans to start two cups' tournaments, one is world T20 Cup and second one is world ODI cup which is alternative for ICC champions trophy which according to some bloggers and officials sounded more like a football/soccer event therefore according to them, they would like to brand or should I rephrase, re-brand their tournaments so that it could be differentiated especially in the European countries where countries are also mad for field football/soccer, so this is ICC perspective.

Why

The answer of the 'why' aspect lies because there are many cricketing leagues around the world including IPL, PSL, BPL, CPL, BBL and English's T20 blast, which accumulated days count around 330 days in a year, therefore the riot also errupted when it didn't give IPL it's complete window unlike today where there's no international cricket especially during when IPL is being staged, therefore contradiction starts over here between the two parties.

2- The ICC's plan

As per the ICC's plan, it plans to stage their one event every year including the 50 over CWC which has always being the prime of it events. But prior to this, I also mentioned that accumulated dates of all domestic cricket leagues around the world now counts around 330 days out of 365 days, so it is in the interest of ICC to have large audiences watching their events instead of domestic leagues and hence BCCI doesn't want to compromise on their IPL. Furthermore, currently ICC is on the verge of taking the ownership of 2023 fifty over cricket world cup off India because according to ICC, BCCI is not exempting taxes off ICC as ICC is staging it CWC in India and ownership unlike 2011 event where India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were the hosts, 2023 is solely hosted by India, therefore the BCCI is unable to convince the government of giving exemptions and hence ICC is on the verge of taking ownership of the event away from India, which being a neutral audience, I personally feel is not a good thing for the whole South Asia.

No Pakistan... =O

ICC announced its plans till 2015- with sans Pakistan organizing its home game at "home"

Yesterday [1st July 2010] at ICC's board meeting in Singapore, many decisions were made including ICC's Future Tour program, but Malcolm Speed's exaggeration over shadowed all matters, which included appointment of new ICC President Mr. Sharad Powar from India and most importantly ICC's future tour program till 2015.

Disappointing for Pakistani point of view that no Pakistani home staged matches is in between of this span, and the most significant aspect of this future tour program was that there would be ICC organized tournaments every year, like this year it was ICC world T20, Next year it would be ICC Cricket World Cup 2010 which would be staged in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh minus Pakistan, as Pakistan will enter into this tournament as a visitor team as current Pakistani Cricket Board Admin withdraw its rights to be the 4th partner of the organizing committee, and I personally think although Pakistan wont able to stage its games at home but it shouldn't had withdrawn its right to be the 4th partner. Well whatever happened, not for the good, but we should admit this fact that yeah, now since the current government has arrived, suicide bombings and other menace have deteriorated the security conditions in Pakistan.

As far as the FTP concern, I am still confused how they're gonna stage the Champions Trophy in 2011, as the last one was staged in South Africa 2009, so how two ICC tournaments can be held in a year, with two 50 over ICC tournaments would be held the same year? it would be the waste! If Champions trophy from the Pakistan wouldn't be shifted than the telly was right as follows;

2008 – Champions Trophy – Pakistan
2009 – ICC World T20 – England
2010 – ICC Champions Trophy – West Indies
2011 – ICC Cricket World Cup – the Subcontinent

but as CT 2008 rights were taken from Pakistan and were granted to South Africa who staged it in 2009, a very congested looking start to the new FTP I am seeing;

2009 – ICC World T20 – England
2009 – ICC Champions Trophy – South Africa
2010 – ICC World T20 – West Indies
2011 – ICC Cricket World Cup – the Subcontinent
2012 – ICC World T20 – Sri Lanka
2013 – Champions Trophy - England
2014 – ICC World T20 – Bangladesh
and
2015 – ICC Cricket World Cup – the Australasia

Where in the world can a CT be staged bi-annually in between except in 2013, when it isn't recommended to stage two similar format tournaments in a same year? (although different category) as I personally feel ODIs still have life in it and one of the important aspect of International Cricket

P.S. I can be wrong here and so you can help me rectify this information as this is what reached me.