ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 discussion

[Pat_Bee]

Old lanzone smashed Ireland tapeball paying dividends

[Kriterion_BD]

Old lanzone smashed Ireland tapeball paying dividends

T20 anyone can win on the day. That being said, IDK how I feel about a 20 team world cup. Way too many teams unless the entire thing is a knockout. 14-16 teams would probably be best and then keep the ODI world cup to top 10 + 4 qualifiers.

[ZIMDOGGY]

Lanzone was right all along with the tape and the ball together

[Andy31]

Old lanzone smashed Ireland tapeball paying dividends

T20 anyone can win on the day. That being said, IDK how I feel about a 20 team world cup. Way too many teams unless the entire thing is a knockout. 14-16 teams would probably be best and then keep the ODI world cup to top 10 + 4 qualifiers.

I think 20 for T20i is the right amount. It turns of growing the game its needed.
ODI i think 16 is the right amount. 4 groups of 4, top 2 make it out of the group. Then go knockout from there.

[Irwin Goodman]

Old lanzone smashed Ireland tapeball paying dividends

T20 anyone can win on the day. That being said, IDK how I feel about a 20 team world cup. Way too many teams unless the entire thing is a knockout. 14-16 teams would probably be best and then keep the ODI world cup to top 10 + 4 qualifiers.

Having more than a 20 isn’t bad idea, it actually gives you more "World Cup vibes".
I think the full members should be in ODI World Cup and the rest 4 or 6 could play the qualifiers.
I don't see ICC and the cricket fans are really keen to see cricket grow apart from the associate members and they're fans.

[secretzimbo]

16 for the ODI WC, 32 for T20.

And every single country should have to go through proper qualifying every time apart from the host.

[Andy31]

16 for the ODI WC, 32 for T20.

And every single country should have to go through proper qualifying every time apart from the host.

I don't mind this also. I would say maybe top 4 from the past tournament, automatically qualify.
How the zone each region and how many teams can qualify from that region will be the big debate.