A general sentiment is that reserve days would have helped the matches reach a result. ICC CEO Richardson, in a media release on Tuesday night, cited that factoring in a reserve day for every match at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup would significantly increase the length of the tournament and practically would be extremely complex to deliver. There is also no guarantee that the reserve day would be free from rain either,” said the former South African cricketer. We have reserve days factored in for the knock-out stages knowing that over the course of 45 group games, we should play the large majority,” Richardson added. Bangladesh having won just one game in four matches, now require four wins in the remaining five games to survive in the World Cup.

Source: Dhaka Tribune June 12, 2019 11:37 UTC