Ireland captain Will Porterfield accused the International Cricket Council of 'shutting doors in the face ' of associate nations with their plans to reduce the 2019 World Cup to 10 teams . The 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand featured 14 teams but the ICC are pressing ahead with plans to streamline the tournament in four years time , a move that Porterfield condemned . The Ireland captain suggested there was no point in associate nations continuing if the ICC decide to run a 'members only ' club and make more money for the elite nations . The 30-year-old told BBC Radio 5 Live : 'It 's frustrating when we keep doing everything that 's asked of us by the ICC , and then they keep slapping you in the face with decisions like this . Ireland captain Will Porterfield blasted the ICC 's decision to reduce the next World Cup to 10 teams . Ireland came close to reaching the quarter-finals of the World Cup and beat West Indies in the group stage . 'Cutting teams is not the way forward . It 's only full members , pretty much , they 're giving the opportunities to - it may as well be a members ' cup , as opposed to a World Cup . 'It 's a decision that not only I but a lot of other people completely disagree with . If you look at any other sport around the world , they 're looking to expand and develop . The way the ICC are going , they do n't seem to be doing that really . ' I think how we 've done , and what we 've shown over the last few years , merits a place at the World Cup . But the ICC just seem to be shutting doors in your face really . 'It 's almost getting to the stage of `` What 's the point ? '' for a lot of the teams . If you keep closing the door , they ca n't get on to the world stage . Kevin O'Brien 's century helped Ireland stun England at the 2011 World Cup in Bangalore , India . ' I 'd like to know what Dave Richardson 's ( ICC chief executive ) vision for the game is . It 's not just Ireland here - we 're talking about a global game . 'This is the International Cricket Council . If his vision for the game is to shrink it and make as much money for the top few nations as possible , then come out and say that . ' Ireland narrowly missed out on a place in the quarter-finals of this World Cup when they were beaten by Pakistan in their decisive group game in Adelaide . Porterfield 's side won three of their first four matches in the tournament including victories over the West Indies and Zimbabwe before falling short against India and Pakistan . Ireland advanced to the super-eight stage of the 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean after beating Pakistan . Their impressive performances at this tournament follow their win over Pakistan in Jamaica in 2007 and against England in Bangalore in 2011 . Before the current World Cup , their last ODI against an elite nation was against Sri Lanka in Dublin in May 2014 . Ireland are also due to play England and Australia in one-off matches this summer . Porterfield added : 'The last four years between World Cups , we 've played nine games against top-10 teams . Even if we 'd won every single game we played , we still ca n't break in - so that 's what we 're up against . '
ICC plan to reduce 2011 World Cup to 10 teams down from 14 . Move would make it harder for associate sides to qualify . Ireland have produced a number of shocks at last few World Cups . Will Porterfield thinks ICC 's plan to reduce teams is about making money for the elite nations and not growing the game of cricket . Ireland captain says the ICC keeps on 'slapping you in the face '