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Originally Posted by Navo
My question is, if say, a team like New Zealand slips to no. 9 or no. 10 in the T20i rankings before the next world t20, would they be required to play associates to qualify? Or would that requirement be mysteriously scrapped if any team other than Bangladesh and Zimbabwe occupied the lower rungs of the rankings table?
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And what if NZ is hosting that particular WC? IRE vs ZIM had more crowds in Sylhet than NZ gets in their own home matches. They had to promote catch the sixes and win tons of money to attract crowds. I am bringing this because the OP mentioned something about the fans and business end. Even on the basis of hosting alone, we should have been automatically in.
That being said, these games provided us much needed practice under high intensity.