I think these Warm ups are important for the minnows. Take a look at yesterdays match of NZ vs Bang, Bangladesh won a closely contested match. Bangladesh have been on the fringes of ODI cricket for a couple of years now and this was a major boost for them. It also gives the major teams a chance to test all their different bowlers out to determine which to use in the proper games. So being unofficial is a boost in itself... all teams can really experiment and go for it rather than having to stick to specific formats to maintain records.

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