Has Cricket World Cup 2019 lost some of its magic with the new format?

Boosted by the onset of an economic boom in India, the game's multiplying financial rewards laid the path towards a 10-team ICC World Cup

In the lead up to the ICC World Cup 2019 that starts Thursday, a noted cricket writer was asked what he looked forward to the most. “The bit where people moan about how it's only a 10-team World Cup before going on to just watch the tournament,” he said.

The statement captures an uneasy compromise that is the 2019 World Cup. Those who devote their time to the sport are incontrovertibly hooked. But many of them are dismayed, feeling a sense of powerlessness even as they enjoy some of the best cricket. For the first time in 23 years, the