The ICC is yet to take a decision on the World Cup Super League. Following the pursuits of the Netherlands to qualify for the ICC World Cup, it has come to light that the ODI Super League is not dead yet. The inaugural season saw associate nations like Netherlands and Scotland play against top opponents and that has helped these sides over the long run.
The results can be clearly seen in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers. The Netherlands made it to the grand tournament after a span of 12 years while Scotland surprised everyone with their fine performances and nearly made it to the big stage.
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“I don’t think there is any doubt that the Super League was hugely helpful in terms of a pathway to Associate countries,” Greg Barclay, the ICC chairman, said at a press conference in Harare on Friday. “The fact that you are seeing some of the performances from the Associate members over here, in large part, was due to the fact that they have had the experience of playing teams ranked above where they are.
“It’s a work on. It’s no secret that T20 is in a pretty good place, Test cricket has had a shot in the arm [with the World Test Championship] but maybe we’ve lost our way a little bit in the 50-over format. We need to address both context and relevance and the experience around that. Is that a re-creation of the Super League or something equivalent? I don’t know but I suspect that the answer to that will be yes. We need to do something.”
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Though the ODI Super Cup won’t be in existence for the 2023-27 ODI cycle, it is understood that the tournament is not deemed to be dead. For the 2027 World Cup, the final teams will be selected based on their ODI rankings.
“We need to make sure one-day cricket continues to have a following,” Barclay said. “It’s running the risk at the moment of having a lot of irrelevancy in terms of the bilateral arrangements that are made.”
“If we accept that we are keeping all three forms of the game then we have got to give the next tier of countries, mainly those high-performing Associates, the opportunity to make sure that they then perform at the top table when they are performing at world events,” he said. “We’ve got 14 teams [qualifying for the World Cup] in the next cycle, so we’ve got to make sure they are competitive and prepared when they get to those events.”
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