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ICC Future Tours Programme
No home-and-away for new FTP
Alex Brown
December 9, 2009
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New details of the proposed post-2012 Future Tours Programme have emerged, with David Morgan, the ICC president, stating the home-and-away component of the current model could be scrapped. All teams at present must play each other twice in Test and one-day series over a six-year cycle, but Morgan said the new FTP could reduce the mandatory requirement to one series.
Such a move would allow national boards greater flexibility in arranging bilateral "icon" series, and could lead to an over all reduction in scheduling depending on their manoeuvrings. Morgan was hopeful the relaxation of the home-and-away requirement would appease player unions, who have been outspoken in their criticism of the demands currently placed on elite cricketers.
"The process is similar but the results will be different," Morgan told Cricinfo of the draft FTP. "I can't elaborate, but at the moment it's a requirement that in any six-year cycle each full member has to play the other home and away in a minimum of two Tests and three one-day internationals. I believe there will be a relaxation of that. Perhaps not in the number of games, but there's the possibility of instead having to play everybody home and away in a fixed cycle, you may either play them away or home.
"The FTP essentially is a basket of bilateral agreements between the ten full members with some consideration given to the more proficient associate countries like Ireland and the Netherlands. That set of bilateral arrangements is continuing. I firmly believe that it is very important to consult with the players. Where FICA [Federation of International Cricketers' Associations] is recognised, which is in the majority of countries, we are very happy to liaise and discuss things with Tim May and his team. I find them a responsible body."
FICA last month called on the ICC to scrap the FTP in its current format and enlist the services of independent consultants to devise a new scheduling system. In a letter addressed to the chief executives of cricket's ten full-voting countries, which has been obtained by Cricinfo, May, the union's chief executive, proposed an annual Test and one-day championship he believed would add context and attract renewed interest in the game.
The notion of a Test championship model has been supported by a number of cricketing bodies, Cricket Australia and the Marylebone Cricket Club among them. FICA's proposal would see the top eight nations split into two four-team conferences, with semi-finals and finals to be played every three years. The fourth and final year of the proposed cycle would be referred to as an "icon year", and include the World Cup as well as high-profile bilateral series such as India-Pakistan and the Ashes.
"We believe that the model of bi lateral ad hoc series that have been cricket's structure for the past century (and again from 2012-2020) is fast becoming an outdated model, and will be unable to cater for the changing cricket landscape," May wrote. "It is unusual for FICA to request the ICC and its member boards to review a decision of the ICC board, however, we are of the firm opinion that there are serious flaws in the proposed 2012-2020 FTP that will severely threaten the primacy of international cricket in future years."
The likelihood of such a model being adopted appears remote, however, with chief executives gravitating toward an FTP similar to that currently in operation, with the exception of the home-and-away requirement. Following a two-day board meeting in Johannesburg in October, the ICC issued a release stating an in principle agreement had been reached on the draft FTP.
Alex Brown is deputy editor of Cricinfo
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Test Championship ( A Proposal ) ----- Rank the test playing countries from 1-8 ( C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8 ) This may need 2 months in a year for the championship. The 2 months period can be chosen by mutual understanding between the 2 participating countries. Year1 - Quarters C1* v C8 ( 3+2 matches, 3 - Home*, 2 - Away ) C2 v C7 C3 v C6 C4 v C5 Year2 - Semis C1 v C4 C2 v C3 The losers in the qf's play relegation matches C5 v C8 C6 v C7 Year3 - Finals C1* v C2 ( 4+3 matches, 3 - Home*, 3 - Away ) For 3rd place C3 v C4 For 5th place C5 v C6 Relegation play offs C7 v C9 C8 v C10 C9 and C10 may represent 2 new countries who can qualify to play the next championship. Year4 - other icon series, ODI World Cup, etc. if the winner of a series cannot be decided directly, then no. of matches won abroad shud be first taken into account. Next in the consideration can be number of matches drawn abroad ( this may force the home team to produce result oriented pitch)
Posted by phoenix_29 on (December 13 2009, 05:23 AM GMT)I need someone to confirm me that the FTP is from 2012 onwards...or from 2013 onwards.....as far as the crazy Indian fan following is concerned well u r getting 2 tests v RSA,2 tests v BAN, 3 tests v NZL,& I believe India is touring Springboks by the year end so that would mean an addition of another 3 Tests v RSA...so 10 tests in a year ...not bad....is it...agreed that from now to next sep they play 4,from sep 2010 to dec 2010 they play 6
Posted by borisinc on (December 10 2009, 22:25 PM GMT)@CricketCommentator: So what your are trying to say that india only playing test cricket with aus, sa, eng is good for cricket, now thats ridiculous how can lower teams get more test experience if they dont get to play against top oppositions, the way i see it aus, sa and eng are doing the right thing by playing weaker oppositions, obviously they get points for winning the series but not as much points as they would get for playing each other, so what they are doing is good for the game of test cricket, given your point of view why have other teams play test cricket lets just confine it to aus, sa, eng, ind that will get more revenue, better yet lets just kill test cricket. i agree with PienkZuit its bcci thats killing test cricket.
Posted by HundredPercentBarcelonista on (December 10 2009, 22:00 PM GMT)It is ridiculous that cricket doesn't have a system which provides a definitive answer to the best team in the world over a period of time. And now the ICC has gone one step further to widen the gap between the haves and the haves-not. FICA seems to have had a major role to play in this, most of the time freed up by the big teams playing the small ones only once in 6 years will be used up playing in the IPL or its cousins which are likely to crop up in other countries. Can you imagine the Premiership season featuring United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal playing each other 4 times a season and playing the rest only once? I've never understood why the FTP runs for 6 years instead of 4 or 8. It makes no sense when the World Cup is held every four years. It's the perfect tournament to cap off a four-year spell in which all teams play each other home and away, with the top four making up the Final Four of the World Test Championship, which would be followed by the ODI World Cup.
Posted by CricketPissek on (December 10 2009, 13:22 PM GMT)say bye bye to low income generating test series then. teams like sri lanka, the west indies, and new zealand will be marginalised badly for sure. india v australia will be an annual event probably. terrible and greedy.
Posted by Chalachala on (December 10 2009, 07:25 AM GMT)I feel this proposall is the best at the moment where everybody will have their share of matches. 5 each in three tears and 15 nations to play test cricket for a term of three years. all the team in each tear should play each other 3 test series away and home 1 tear to have 1-5, 2nd tear to have 6-10 rankers at present. 3rd tear can be even three days games and to have first five associate members. last two of the tear 1 will fall to tear two at the end of one round and the 1st two of the 2nd tear will go to 1st tear also. Last one of 2nd tear should go to 3rd tear (even to play 3day games) and the No.01 of the 3rd tear will go up to the second tear. This will provide proper base to acheive temporary test status for those teams in tear three. If a team from 03rd tear manage to stay in the 2nd tear or above for three consecutive terms will get test status and also a team drops to 3rd tear and stays for 2 consecutive terms in tear 3 will lose test status. This will maintain the quality
Posted by PienkZuit on (December 10 2009, 07:00 AM GMT)There's an elephant in the room that no-one is mentioning : India's BCCI is killing test cricket because of their greed. If it wasn't for the BCCI objecting, we would have had a test championship by now. If it wasn't for the BCCI's greed, India would have played more tests in the next 12 months (they cancelled the test series against South Africa because they rather wanted them to play shorter games to make more money). It is time the rest of the world stood up to the BCCI, they will kill cricket, and then all this appeasing them won't make any difference. Someone has to stand up to Modi, and soon.
Posted by Mcroos on (December 10 2009, 04:57 AM GMT)Hope ICC will find a very good way to increase test matches than 20/20 or ODI 'S. Test cricket is best in game of cricket nothing can match.
Posted by NY-NY on (December 10 2009, 04:42 AM GMT)I would like to add further that ICC is taking steps so that teams at the top of the food chain will be able to milk as much money as possible. I guess Aus playing SL in SL will be a thing of past. Why travel to SL if they can come to your home once in 6 years. Why would India play WI if they dont draw enough TV ratings, hence making it harder to sell the ads at premium rate. The current FTP was in way of IPL window. Teams visiting Eng werent happy and Eng players were complaining that they are being left out while playing cricket for their country during IPL. Teams will finally play eachother on the basis of how much revenue they can generate for broadcasing companies. Nice job ICC on making way for Ind, Aus, Eng and SA to milk the system while creating room for IPL at the same time. I am sure ICC knows how to run cricket, after all, they are the ones giving millions of dollars to cricket board of Zimbabwe. Cricket couldnt be in much better shape.
Posted by NY-NY on (December 10 2009, 04:17 AM GMT)"Morgan was hopeful the relaxation of the home-and-away requirement would appease player unions, who have been outspoken in their criticism of the demands currently placed on elite cricketers." That means elite cricketers can play more meaningless games in IPL or TPL or PPL or whatever-PL and make some mooolaah on the way...for themselves. Yet they will still complain that they are always on the road while staying at the most luxurious five star hotels in the world. Good job ICC. Keep it up.