The seven-week long World Cup in the West Indies courted sharp criticism
from the Marylebone Cricket Club, which said that the quadrennial event
should be played within a month's time.
Offering several recommendations for better conduct of the show-piece event, MCC
World Cricket Committee, the framer and copyright holder of laws of the game,
said the length of the prestigious tournament must be curtailed.
"The committee recommends that the Cricket World Cup
should last no longer than one month. The format of the tournament, which finished
in the Caribbean last month after almost seven weeks, should be urgently reviewed
with the intention of reducing the length of the next tournament, due to take
place in 2011," it said in a statement issued yesterday.
In order to limit the number of one-sided matches, the panel advocated participation
of fewer teams in the event.
"The number of participating nations should be reduced and the competition
restructured to ensure fewer one-sided matches," it said.
Taking note of the farcical final match of the tournament played
in the Caribbean, the MCC body said: "Every effort should be made to ensure
that the World Cup final be played over 50 overs, even if this means going into
a second or third day."
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