Very humbly want to point out Col. Suri that typing in caps is considered akin to shouting in cyber world.
Other than that, I agree with your ideas but I feel that somehow these reverses to the so called 'big teams' is the main thing which is keeping this game interesting dur to the unpredictability attached to it. If the consistent team is allowed to win by getting more chances to play, team like Australia wil maintain its monotony and then I doubt whether the level f public interest will remain that high.
