A joke of a qualifier, governed by a joke of a governing body, releasing this info at the latest possible information to screw the home boards over as much as possible
(
http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABA...9/002936.shtml)
for a joke of a world cup with the qualifiers rewarded with another qualifier where 1 game defines everything all the while the governing body harps on about expansion ignoring the fact that Nepal are bowling to Pakistan G in UAE kit behind a televised warm up game between India and Sri Lanka.
Ya eff the ICC, this crap annoys me probably more than the ODI WC, least then the twats are honest about their BS.
Even worse is they've won, the average guy is totally unaware that this is essentially the ten team WC the ICC has always wanted, and they're being applauded for this format as its "expansive" hahaha.
To give you an idea as to the stupidity involved.
Ireland beat USA
Ireland beat Italy
Ireland beat Canada
Ireland beat Namibia
Ireland beat Hong Kong
Ireland beat UAE (3 times)
Ireland hammered Afghanistan
Ireland beat Zimbabwe
Ireland lost one game, the last one, vs a SA/Aus select, who
lost to Scotland
lost to UAE
lost to Zimbabwe
lost to PNG
during the same qualifying process and got to reach the next stage and played very well, but robbed 2 more deserving sides.
And rather than do the common sense thing and have
3 groups of 5
or 4 groups of 4
they proceed anyway.
Screw this BS tournament, the hell does it mean? We won the whole freaking thing last time for nothing, may as well field a under 14 side