T20I 2022 Mens T20 World Cup (in Australia, postponed from 2020)

What T20 World Cup games will you attend?

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I would presume so for a "postponed" tournament, but don't know.
And the planned 2021 version could go in place of the Asian Cup in 2022 (or reality could hit, and too many world cups of one format might be considered too many).
I’ll be honest, I don’t mind T20 World Cups every two years. Mainly because it really is the only opportunity for Associates to get on the world stage right now, and if they don’t squeeze it into 2022, then it can’t be again until 2024. That might be the best solution in the end, just not my personal preference
 

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CA don't want to host the WT20, they should give up the rights and let us host.

We have one case in the entire country and provided there is no outbreak we may be virus free for months by September.

Moving it to a country like NZ may be their best bet without it messing up the entire schedule. However I doubt the power brokers in the sport will allow this to happen. What CA needs to realize is their is no postponement, by postponing it they will be effectively cancelling the tournament. For the good of the sport either give up the rights or host. Their are countries who were counting on revenues from this tournament, stop messing around and make a decision.
 
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CA don't want to host the WT20, they should give up the rights and let us host.

We have one case in the entire country and provided there is no outbreak we may be virus free for months by September.

Moving it to a country like NZ may be their best bet without it messing up the entire schedule. However I doubt the power brokers in sport will allow this to happen. What CA needs to realize is their is no postponement, by postponing it they will be effectively cancelling the tournament. For the good of the sport either give up the rights or host. Their are countries who were counting on revenues from this tournament, stop messing around and make a decision.

It’s not CA’s call though, it’s the ICC’s call.

Also, New Zealand immediately opted out of hosting the tournament when it was announced that Australia/New Zealand won the rights to the tournament.
 

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CA don't want to host the WT20, they should give up the rights and let us host.

We have one case in the entire country and provided there is no outbreak we may be virus free for months by September.


Moving it to a country like NZ may be their best bet without it messing up the entire schedule. However I doubt the power brokers in sport will allow this to happen. What CA needs to realize is their is no postponement, by postponing it they will be effectively cancelling the tournament. For the good of the sport either give up the rights or host. Their are countries who were counting on revenues from this tournament, stop messing around and make a decision.
Do you think the New Zealand Government wants to bring in hundreds of people from countries that currently have hundreds of thousands of active cases, including three or four of the worst effected countries? That's why it won't happen this year, in any country.
 

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Do you think the New Zealand Government wants to bring in hundreds of people from countries that currently have hundreds of thousands of active cases, including three or four of the worst effected countries? That's why it won't happen this year, in any country.
NZ will likely be back to normal (level 1) in a months time, I think we could host with a 2 week quarantine, regular checks and reducing the contact the players and staff have with the public. As long as the risks to the public are reduced, I don't see why a tournament can't be hosted here.

Also, I read a month or so back NZC were considering allowing England to play their games here...

It’s not CA’s call though, it’s the ICC’s call.

Also, New Zealand immediately opted out of hosting the tournament when it was announced that Australia/New Zealand won the rights to the tournament.
Well, Australia can't host now.

We could be sole hosts and have the games played at a handful of venues.
 

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NZ will likely be back to normal (level 1) in a months time, I think we could host with a 2 week quarantine, regular checks and reducing the contact the players and staff have with the public. As long as the risks to the public are reduced, I don't see why a tournament can't be hosted here.

Also, I read a month or so back NZC were considering allowing England to play their games here...

Well, Australia can't host now.

We could be sole hosts and have the games played at a handful of venues.

New Zealand don't want the T20 World Cup, it's not going to happen.
 

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If a government doesn't want to let people into the country and/or state, CA/NZC/ICC have it taken out of their hands.
How long are people going to be kept in cotton wool? You do realize that this could be permanent with a vaccine never being discovered?

NZ come September could be 4 months free from coronavirus.

Part of things going back to normal includes bringing back sports, that's why you've seen a lot of the major sports returning in far worse affected countries.

If NZ can't host it in a few months, how on earth are Aus going to host it in February/March? Bottom line is postponement is cancellation. Something a lot of boards cannot afford with no cricket being played and a congested international schedule.

With how things are in India, there's a good chance they wont be ready to host it next year. They simply don't have the infrastructure or leadership to handle a pandemic like this. NZ are certainly better prepared for it than either country.

If they ICC weren't so useless they would be looking at alternatives fgs Dana White is working on a Fight Island while the NBA looks to be resuming @ Disney World... ICC could easily find somewhere to play the tournament, the truth is the BCCI want it to be cancelled so they can play IPL in its place as it's a lot more lucrative. CA are using the WT20 as a carrot for the BCCI to ensure they will tour in November/December, neither of the two most powerful boards in the sport want it to go ahead. Problem for CA is if they "postpone" now you know for sure India are not going to give up their WT20.
 
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How long are people going to be kept in cotton wool? You do realize that this could be permanent with a vaccine never being discovered?

NZ come September could be 4 months free from coronavirus.

Part of things going back to normal includes bringing back sports, that's why you've seen a lot of the major sports returning in far worse affected countries.

If NZ can't host it in a few months, how on earth are Aus going to host it in February/March? Bottom line is postponement is cancellation. Something a lot of boards cannot afford with no cricket being played and a congested international schedule.

With how things are in India, there's a good chance they wont be ready to host it next year. They simply don't have the infrastructure or leadership to handle a pandemic like this. NZ are certainly better prepared for it than either country.

If they ICC weren't so useless they would be looking at alternatives fgs Dana White is working on a Fight Island while the NBA looks to be resuming @ Disney World... ICC could easily find somewhere to play the tournament, the truth is the BCCI want it to be cancelled so they can play IPL in its place as it's a lot more lucrative. CA are using the WT20 as a carrot for the BCCI to ensure they will tour in November/December, neither of the two most powerful boards in the sport want it to go ahead. Problem for CA is if they "postpone" now you know for sure India are not going to give up their WT20.
Countries where sports are resuming don't require people to cross borders, that's the difference. And as for the T20WC, the argument will be "we're not stopping all sports, just this one tournament which brings people in from a lot of countries that have a lot of infections."

I agree with you, by the way - we've gone from flattening the curve to trying to prevent another outbreak entirely. But put yourself in the shoes of a politician facing an election in the next 12 months: keeping people safe from a virus that's killed 375,000 people around the world is very popular, and if restrictions are eased and it leads to an increase in cases, well, you'd be looking for a new job. So until most countries have very few cases, the easiest thing to do for a government is to keep borders closed.
 

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Countries where sports are resuming don't require people to cross borders, that's the difference. And as for the T20WC, the argument will be "we're not stopping all sports, just this one tournament which brings people in from a lot of countries that have a lot of infections."

I agree with you, by the way - we've gone from flattening the curve to trying to prevent another outbreak entirely. But put yourself in the shoes of a politician facing an election in the next 12 months: keeping people safe from a virus that's killed 375,000 people around the world is very popular, and if restrictions are eased and it leads to an increase in cases, well, you'd be looking for a new job. So until most countries have very few cases, the easiest thing to do for a government is to keep borders closed.
How long are we going to shut down things completely? The NZ PM just said we could be in level 1 by next week...

Sports resuming is next, Super Rugby is going to resume soon. An international tournament with zero interaction with the public and played in a confined space is definitely possible with the risks minimized with regular checks and players in quarantine between games until the tournament is over. Kiwis would be a lot more open to this by September with level 1 or life being normal for over 4 months especially if they're given guarantees that there will be regular checks and zero contact with the public.

It doesn't need to be NZ either, ICC could find their own fight island or disney world to host the tournament but they're too incompetent to do that and are sitting back and letting CA and BCCI run this shitshow.
 
ICC could find their own fight island or disney world to host the tournament but they're too incompetent to do that and are sitting back and letting CA and BCCI run this shitshow.

...that's how the ICC works. It would be generous to describe them as a paper tiger. That have little to no power on their own, as their internal structures are entirely driven by full member boards.
 

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...that's how the ICC works. It would be generous to describe them as a paper tiger. That have little to no power on their own, as their internal structures are entirely driven by full member boards.
Yep and that's why we get crap like this where an international tournament is being used as a bargaining chip between two of the three puppeteers in front of the entire world. The governing body of the sport is a complete joke and is controlled by 2-3 countries who dictate what happens in the sport. Ridiculous.

I'm not a big fan of T20 but I'm someone who looks forward to watching international tournaments especially during this pandemic where there's a scarcity of live sport. This should be seen as an opportunity to get eyes onto cricket but we have the two buffoons fighting over their self interests. I have zero interest in watching the IPL or Aus/India. They could be both scrapped for the WT20 for all I care, the WT20 is bigger than both. No one outside India or Aus cares about either of those and us minnow cricket nations were counting on the ICC money from participating in the WT20.
 
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To be honest, I think many of the general public won't be that interested in Australia vs India AGAIN either. Much like we had (and to be honest, still have) Ashes overload. They don't seem special.
Dude, we did a number on them a month after you smacked us around like some U15 C team. Aus will eat this Indian team alive with Smith and Warner back.

This series is not going to be competitive. Pujara and your all time bad batting line up were the reasons you lost last time around, with your batting 1000x better and Pujara not as good you should be able to walk it.
 
Dude, we did a number on them a month after you smacked us around like some U15 C team. Aus will eat this Indian team alive with Smith and Warner back.

This series is not going to be competitive. Pujara and your all time bad batting line up were the reasons you lost last time around, with your batting 1000x better and Pujara not as good you should be able to walk it.

Perfect time for CA to do what they did the previous time India came over and prepare the four flattest pitches the world has ever seen. All about that dollar. :sick:
 

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Perfect time for CA to do what they did the previous time India came over and prepare the four flattest pitches the world has ever seen. All about that dollar. :sick:
Yeah, if you make roads you will be only playing into India's hands and they will be able to maybe draw or steal a game.

When there was some movement around, the Indian batsmen fell over like a pack of cards. Showed zero skill or spine against the moving ball. Can only picture what Hazlewood, Cummins and Starc would be able to do them in bowler friendly conditions.
 

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How long are we going to shut down things completely? The NZ PM just said we could be in level 1 by next week...

Sports resuming is next, Super Rugby is going to resume soon. An international tournament with zero interaction with the public and played in a confined space is definitely possible with the risks minimized with regular checks and players in quarantine between games until the tournament is over. Kiwis would be a lot more open to this by September with level 1 or life being normal for over 4 months especially if they're given guarantees that there will be regular checks and zero contact with the public.

It doesn't need to be NZ either, ICC could find their own fight island or disney world to host the tournament but they're too incompetent to do that and are sitting back and letting CA and BCCI run this shitshow.
Jacinda Ardern, last week: "We will not have open borders for the rest of the world for a long time to come."

Super Rugby is within the country only - five teams staying in NZ, five teams staying in Australia, and can't be arsed finding about the others.

Get used to it.
 

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If the IPL happens be interesting to see how many Westerners go play in it given the circumstances.
 

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Jacinda Ardern, last week: "We will not have open borders for the rest of the world for a long time to come."

Super Rugby is within the country only - five teams staying in NZ, five teams staying in Australia, and can't be arsed finding about the others.

Get used to it.
There is such a thing as exemptions.. hell the Warriors were able to travel over for the NRL.

By the same token, can NZ not host cricket for a long time? Nope, we'll probably have our normal summer of cricket with teams having to quarantine before the series begins.
 
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Steve Smith has already said he’ll play. Although timing will be interesting as they’ll have to be back in the country 2 weeks before they can even train.
Just come back on the most infested cruise ship they can find. Border Force and NSW Health will let them in no questions asked and no quarantine required.
 
Steve Smith has already said he’ll play. Although timing will be interesting as they’ll have to be back in the country 2 weeks before they can even train.
Or they get quarantined at the Adelaide Oval hotel?
 
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Just come back on the most infested cruise ship they can find. Border Force and NSW Health will let them in no questions asked and no quarantine required.

Lol, but that’s why we have hotel quarantine now because I’m pretty sure they were supposed to go home and quarantine.

Or they get quarantined at the Adelaide Oval hotel?

But they can’t mix with those who do t feel the need to risk their health to chase the Indian money
 
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