Strauss wants shorter event

Andrew Strauss has entered the debate over the World Cup's length, arguing that the tournament should be shorter.

The 14-team event started on Saturday and finishes on 2 April and the England captain told BBC's Sportsweek: "Ideally it wouldn't be six weeks long."

The 2015 edition will be reduced to 10 teams, although Strauss admitted it was key for smaller nations to be given the chance to "showcase their skills".

"You don't want it to be just the top eight sides all the time," he said.

The International Cricket Council's plan to revamp the 50-over World Cup by cutting it down to 10 teams, while increasing the World Twenty20 to 16 teams instead of 12, has drawn criticism from Kenya, Ireland and Canada and the Netherlands.

Their concern is that such a change would have a negative impact on the development of cricket in their countries.

There was huge criticism of the protracted 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean where group stages were followed by a round-robin Super Eight phase before the two semi-finals, and the tournament comprised 51 matches in total.

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i wouldnt mind including more teams then making it groups of 4, 2 go through then quarters from there. You would have the 13 in this then the next best 3 teams, Bermuda maybe, Scotland and USA?

straight 16 teams in the tournament and probably shorter too