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Porterfield attacks ICC mentality
Ireland's captain William Porterfield has not yet signed the petition for the retention of a 14-team World Cup, but based on his rhetoric at the Gabba on Tuesday, that can only be a matter of time.
In a stinging assessment of prevailing attitudes at the ICC's executive board table, Porterfield argued passionately against plans to shrink the tournament to 10 teams in 2019, calling out the game's bigger nations in an apparent reduction of opportunities for Associate nations to grow and improve on the global stage.
Porterfield went as far as to say the 10-team model would merely be a rehash of the Champions Trophy already played among the top eight teams in the ICC's rankings. He wondered at the logic of reducing chances for Associate nations who struggle as it is to get games against Full Member nations - Ireland have only played nine such matches since the 2011 tournament despite their obvious development.
Porterfield attacks ICC mentality | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo