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Originally Posted by ashley12
The answer is simply to have multiple choke points of success.
At the moment its 1-4 good, 5-10 bad.
They could keep top 4 with an IPL style format, and top 6 auto-qualify for the next one to create 3 choke points for example.
Not having the IPL format is a big mistake imo. I did have this thing a while ago about the higher ranking team (in the group) having the option of batting or bowling, but I guess that could be abused if the home team were involved.
Re Duckworth-Lewis, Eng played a match in the Windies a few years ago and were 75% on Betfair when a quick shower hit the ground. The revised target meant Eng were 25% in the market. All commentators etc agreed that DL had failed, but one of the creators (Mr Duckworth I think) reckoned that everyone in the cricket world was wrong and DL was correct. I pinned him down as an arrogant dick at that stage.