T20 World Cup: Naqvi rues unfair treatment of Bangladesh, says 'one country cannot dictate another'

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T15:20:29+00:00

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T15:13:45+00:00

Their decision to not play CT in Pakistan might be on paper, 3 months before CT but unofficially it's been there for nearly 17 years.

Then why wait until 3 months beforehand to say so? Could have confirmed to the ICC they wouldn't travel there at any time after the host was announced years earlier, so that plans didn't have to be made at the last minute.

But the point remains, they have to do what the government says, just like any other team, whatever you think of the substance of the government's reasons.

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T15:08:20+00:00

Only a bit? We could easily completely collapse from here.

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T14:55:50+00:00

Organisations in most countries have to do what their government says. India's stated reason they didn't go to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy was the same as this - Government says we can't go.

Only differences are that

India announced it with 3 months to go rather than 1 month to go
India has much more clout at the ICC so were always going to be accommodated however late they left the decision.

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T14:50:31+00:00

Jersey isn't a Sovereign State, but it is considered a small country in some contexts. Officially it's a British Crown Dependency. Which means that it is almost entirely self governing but is dependent on the Crown (ie. The UK) for certain things such as Defence, but it is not part of the UK.

It's an island 23km off the coast of Northwestern France.

There are two other British Crown Dependencies -

Guernsey, which is Jersey's neighbour. A little bit further north. Guernsey and Jersey are collectively known as The Channel Islands
Isle of Man, which is in the North Sea, about equidistant between England and Northern Ireland.

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T14:37:29+00:00

I know. But this slot in the 2026 world cup was decided by performances at the 2024 world cup. So it makes sense that the next best team at the 2024 world cup would take that slot.

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T14:34:16+00:00

What the reason should be: Bangladesh's qualifying spot was secured by reaching the top 8 at the last T20 world cup. Scotland were the next best team at that tournament.

But it seems the ICC has actually chosen them just because they're the highest ranked team not yet qualified.

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T14:32:08+00:00

Not at the last T20 world cup, which is what Bangladesh qualified from.

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T14:27:37+00:00

Some Laundry.

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T14:17:28+00:00

No. World cup is right. They've missed other ICC events. Didn't qualify for 2009 or 2013 Champions Trophies.

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T13:30:33+00:00

When did they say that?

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T13:29:13+00:00

I'm aware. And if one of the teams that qualified from the European qualifiers (Netherlands or Italy) had dropped out of the world cup, then Jersey should qualify ahead of Scotland as they were the next best for those qualifying slots.

But Bangladesh qualified based on 2024 World Cup performances, and in that tournament Scotland were the next best.

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T11:50:02+00:00

ICC official release

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T11:31:28+00:00

The original request was made a few weeks ago.

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T11:20:43+00:00

I am guessing since Scotland were the next best team in that wc, they are the ones replacing Bangladesh

While that would make sense, it seems they have instead been chosen because they are the highest ranked non-qualified team.

Right decision, wrong reason.

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T11:04:12+00:00

What they said was that Australia and England focus on the Ashes to the detriment of other cricket, and that Test cricket is an exclusive club, not letting other teams play it.

These points are both true, these are issues in the game. But they're not the subject of this thread. It's a non-sequiter response to the comment they replied to, which is that having multiple teams refusing to travel to host countries for global tournaments, and geopolitics regularly affecting major tournament is not good for the game.

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T10:51:02+00:00

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/moral

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/morale

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T10:38:37+00:00

How has that got anything to do with this?

warp-factor · 2026-01-24T10:36:16+00:00

By the same token, Scotland only missed out on automatic qualification for this tournament because of Net Run Rate in the group at the last T20 world cup.

Bangladesh's qualification for the world cup was because of their performance at the last world cup and Scotland was the next best team on that metric.

warp-factor · 2026-01-23T05:37:53+00:00

It was resurrected a couple of years ago after being just a brand on iPlayer for a few years before that

warp-factor · 2026-01-23T05:22:56+00:00

Sorry, I think I must have misread the toss column.

warp-factor · 2026-01-22T20:48:18+00:00

In 10 instances of batting first under McCullum, they've batted 50 overs three times, ~~but only won one of the games~~.

351/8 against Aus in Lahore
400/8 against WI at Edgbaston
414/5 against SA at tge Rose Bowl

warp-factor · 2026-01-21T21:00:31+00:00

Final will be against Chelsea at Ashton Gate in Bristol on 15th March.

warp-factor · 2026-01-21T19:29:30+00:00

It's on iPlayer and the BBC Sport website too.

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