Private World of Cricket

For much of the twentieth century a private club called MCC managed the England cricket team.The matches other than tests that the team played was for the MCC. The tours up to 1976-77 were of the Marylebone Cricket Club. Indian Cricket is run by a private society called the BCCI. Similar private bodies run cricket in several places.It is because of this that international Cricket had been organised on International basis but were actually like two or at times three clubs   competing with each other.The World Cup in 1975 started a trend for an International tournament but the same teams which played bi laterally started  playing in a multi team event.Cricket actually found its equivalent of the FA Cup and not the Football World Cup.For this to happen, cricket will have to welcome teams and organisations not wishing to be affiliated or not affiliated to these private National bodies.