http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2015-07-26/windies-out-champions-trophyWindies out Champions Trophy
Vinode Mamchan
Published:
Sunday, July 26, 2015
West Indies cricket has now struck an all time low, as they will miss the next Champions Trophy carded for England in 2017. The West Indies is currently ranked ninth in the Reliance ICC ODI ratings and with the Zimbabwe tour not on, they would now have no ODI cricket before the September 30th cut off date, which means they are out of the Champions Trophy, which caters for the top eight teams in the world.
The West Indies, since the ICC World Cup in Australia and New Zealand earlier this year, has been leapfrogged by both Bangladesh and Pakistan and is now on 88 points and ninth place. Their performance at the World Cup where they failed to make the semis hurt the West Indies badly, besides their loss to minnows Ireland in their first match at Nelson.
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) entered into discussions with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) with the hope of including them in their home series to play a tri-nation against the hosts and Pakistan. However, T&T Guardian understands that the Pakistanis are not interested in going to Zimbabwe for that series as they don’t want to risk the chance of not qualifying for the Champions Trophy if they lose matches.
This has now put the WICB in a spin and they can no longer get their team into the Champions Trophy. In addition to the team not playing, the WICB will also suffer a financial loss since these world events are lucrative for respective cricket boards. What may now happen is that the WICB may still send a team to Zimbabwe to play T20 matches, however there is also a cap on how many international T20s you can play per year and this may also pose a problem.
RELIANCE ODI RANKINGS
Pos Team Pts Rating
1 Australia 4889 129
2 India 5875 115
3 New Zealand 4710 112
4 South Africa 5360 109
5 Sri Lanka 6064 103
6 England 4592 98
7 Bangladesh 3253 96
8 Pakistan 4430 90
9 West Indies 3094 88
10 Ireland 549 50
Wi AT CHAMPIONS TROPHY
Year Performance
1998 Runners-up
2000 First round
2002 First round
2004 Champions
2006 Runners-up
2009 First round
2013 First round
