NEIL MANTHORP: Nurture cricket’s runt, because it is all there is
There is a strong argument to suggest that the World Test Championship is the most structurally flawed competition between nations in any sport, ever. Two of the teams in it will never play against each other and all of the teams only play six of the other eight. Randomly.
Except for the “big three”. India, England and Australia will always play against each other, a lot. The rest are drawn out of a hat, but under supervision. The “small seven” nations are free to make requests. So are the big three. England and Australia would prefer not to play Bangladesh at home, thank you. They’ve got tickets to sell. So that doesn’t happen...
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