The cricket boards of Scotland and the Netherlands have criticised the Worldwide Cricket Council for structural adjustments made to the lads’s 50-over World Cup.
Final month the ICC introduced the primary a part of the match for 2027 could be 12 groups in two teams of six, moderately than 14 as initially deliberate.
The three lowest-ranked qualifiers will as an alternative be positioned in a preliminary three-team Tremendous Sequence, from which solely the winner will progress.
It successfully means the likes of Scotland and the Netherlands face three qualifying tournaments to achieve the primary group stage of the World Cup.
A joint assertion from Cricket Scotland and Royal Dutch Affiliation (KNCB) mentioned that they had “vital issues” concerning the “impression of those adjustments” together with the “course of by means of which they’ve been launched”.
“The adjustments danger weakening the integrity and credibility of worldwide cricket, and solely highlights the significance of robust governance, clear decision-making and efficient engagement with members,” the assertion mentioned.
“Altering these buildings at brief discover creates vital uncertainty, disrupts planning, and locations further operational and monetary stress on organisations which can be already working with restricted assets.”
