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Mohammad Rizwan followed in the footsteps of Alex Carey when Pakistan took on South Africa in the Cricket World Cup, with a throw at the stumps after the batter had left the crease, but unlike for the wicket of Jonny Bairstow, he did not appeal slots
The Bairstow dismissal on the fifth day of the second Ashes Test match at Lord’s become one of the talking points of the summer, both Australian and British Prime Ministers added their opinions on the matter as debate raged concerning the ‘spirit of cricket’ slots
There were other more questionable actions that day from the MCC members towards the Australians, and the Ashes was set alight slots
England did not lose another Test and it sparked a flurry of sixes from Ben Stokes that briefly threatened the state of the game at the Home of Cricket slots
A few months later, Rizwan did the same as Carey had slots
The ball from Haris Rauf flew over the off stump, Aiden Markram had a wild swish to the leg side slots
The batter – just as Bairstow had done – tapped his foot in his crease before leaving it, and Rizwan lobbed the ball into the stumps slots
Rizwan was left grinning and holding his arms out but decided not to appeal slots
Carlos Brathwaite on Test Match Special, said: “The difference for me slots between that and the Bairstow one, is the length of time that Rizwan had the ball in his hands for slots
He had the ball in his gloves for a few seconds, put his head down, and then threw the ball slots
“Alex Carey threw the ball instantaneously slots
It is close enough to draw parallels but as we say, he wasn’t going for a run out in the end slots
Rizwan was smiling with Markram afterwards slots
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“It is really, truly, a historic day,” smiled Alan Gilpin, CEO of World Rugby slots
He would go on to use the word ‘historic’ another three or four times in the following few minutes of his press conference slots
After years of wrangling – 16 years, according to Gilpin, since discussions about how to sort out rugby’s messy global calendar first took place in the salubrious surroundings of Woking, Surrey (don’t worry, the location wasn’t the reason it took more than a decade and a half to reach an agreement, a chuckling Gilpin assured everyone) – World Rugby had finally come up with a solution that will transform rugby “for the many, not the few” ushering in a “new era of opportunity, certainty and growth for the game slots
”It’s fair to say they were pretty pleased with the outcome of the seemingly endless negotiations slots
Compromises had been made and it wasn’t perfect, stressed Gilpin and World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont, but rugby would be “more relevant and more accessible to more people around the world slots
”The big announcement earlier in the day saw the sport’s governing body unveil a new global calendar that includes the creation of a two-tier men’s competition called the Nations Championship to be played biennially from 2026 slots
The top tier will be the Six Nations (England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales), the four Rugby Championship teams (Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa) and two additional teams, likely to be Japan and Fiji slots
The second tier will feature 12 further countries with promotion and relegation on the table from 2030, meaning 2032 is the earliest one of those teams could feature in the top tier slots
World Rugby have acknowledged, publicly at least, a desire to grow rugby globally slots
At the moment, the sport is almost untouchably huge in a couple of countries (think New Zealand and South Africa), holds its own in a few more (UK, Ireland, Japan), is fighting a losing battle for oxygen in a crowded sporting marketplace in others (Australia, Italy) and seen as a largely niche oddity in plenty (USA, Canada) slots
But this Rugby World Cup has also highlighted plenty of countries where there’s a huge opportunity for growth slots
From South America, Uruguay and debutants Chile have impressed on the pitch, the passion for rugby in Georgia shows no sign of abating and Portugal have lit up the tournament with their dynamic play while also pulling off the huge upset of beating Fiji slots
With growing interest in places like Netherlands and Belgium, Europe is surely an area World Rugby are targeting growth slots
Portugal celebrated a historic win over Fiji (Getty Images)Instead, these new plans appear to lock out a lot of the smaller rugby nations from improving slots
Even the new Pacific Nations Cup also announced today, featuring Canada, Fiji, Japan, Samoa, Tonga and USA, bizarrely excludes Uruguay and Chile (who qualified ahead of USA and Canada for the World Cup, remember) slots
But what all these “tier two” nations really need, as shown by the World Cup, is a more regular opportunity to face the big boys slots
Since stunning Fiji at the 2019 World Cup, Uruguay played exactly one fixture against a “tier one” team before this tournament, yet still impressed against France and Italy in the pool stage slots
Imagine what they could do with more regular access to the top teams slots
However, World Rugby have come up with an answer to the wrong question slots
They have essentially provided the solution to the problem men’s international slots football had slots
Before 2018, the space slots between World Cups and European Championships was filled by a combination of largely one-sided qualifiers and meaningless friendlies slots
San Marino would get thumped 8-0 by Germany in a Euros qualifier that helped neither side, then the Germans would play a no-stakes friendly that held little interest for the wider public slots
The big teams weren’t playing each other enough and the smaller nations were rarely in winnable games against similarly-sized teams slots
For example, England and Italy – two slots football powerhouses – didn’t play each other at all slots between 2002 and 2012 slots
Thus, Uefa created the Nations League slots
Although not perfect – it was derided for the complexity of its league structure and provided a slightly unnecessary additional security blanket for the big European nations trying to qualify for major tournaments – it eliminated the meaningless friendly and gave countries both big and small the opportunity to play competitive games against nations of a similar rank slots
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Uruguay showed their quality during the Rugby World Cup (AP)But rugby has the opposite problem to slots football slots
The big teams already play each other too often not too rarely slots
The history of the Six Nations and Rugby Championship as annual traditions give those events special status but, for example, England and Australia played each other 11 times in the two cycles slots between the 2015 and 2023 World Cups slots
Familiarity breeds contempt and at some point, a fixture begins to lose its lustre slots
Would a couple of those fixtures being against Samoa, Georgia or Portugal not have been more beneficial and interesting for all parties?With the unions desperate to balance the books, their desire to have the ‘bigger draw’ of facing a name brand might be understandable but this is where World Rugby need to show some teeth and live up to their duty to grow the game slots
Instead, the Nations Championship appears to guarantee another decade of regular England vs Australia matches before any of the tier-two teams may get a shot, if they can earn promotion that is slots
World Rugby’s announcement does include a line promising more “crossover” fixtures slots between the tiers in the years where there isn’t a Nations Championship but they could provide no clarity on what these fixtures would be and confirmed no agreements have been signed slots
They have insisted that there will be a 50 per cent aggregate increase, which would mean a rise from 18 to 27 games for second-tier teams against the top 12, although it is unclear how these fixtures will be allocated or arranged slots
The expansion of the men’s Rugby World Cup from 20 to 24 teams is a step in the right direction and the governing body should be commended for making that move but, sadly, the four years slots between tournaments appear to have the smaller nations getting a door slammed in their face slots
World Rugby are right that the sport should be for the many not the few but this new competition seems to be sending it in the opposite direction slots
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