Ireland captain William Porterfield is furious with the ICC's plans to reduce the number of teams at the Cricket World Cup.
The governing body looks set to reduce the tournament to 10 teams in 2019, down from the 14-side event this year.
It is expected to feature the eight top-ranked nations – almost certain to be full members – and two qualifiers.
That decision has angered many of the association nations, and Porterfield is staggered by the ICC's plans.
"I think it's frustrating whenever you come to tournaments and the governing body wants to keep cutting teams," Porterfield told a media conference on Tuesday.
"I think it's the only sport in the world that does that when it comes to world events. You have your Champions Trophy every couple years and that's with the top eight teams.
"And it wouldn't be a World Cup if you just keep reducing teams and having only the top few teams that are ranked.
"So it's very disappointing and frustrating from our point of view that that's the way ICC is viewing things or that's the way they want things to be. Hopefully we can keep improving performances."
Ireland upset West Indies in their opening game, while Afghanistan pushed Sri Lanka, Scotland have been solid and UAE tested Zimbabwe.
Porterfield said the lesser nations had to keep performing at the tournament.
"We've got to keep that going, not only ourselves, but everyone else. It's great to see so many people that have gotten behind that," he said.
"It is a global event, and it's a sport we want to grow and you're only going to grow that if you have more teams participating around the world."
Having beaten West Indies, Ireland are a good chance of making the quarter-finals out of Pool B.
Porterfield said a last-eight spot had been his team's target from the outset as they prepare to face UAE in Brisbane on Wednesday.
"We've spoken openly about wanting to make the quarter-final. At least, that's our first goal. We've come here and expecting to get through the group," he said.
"Internally as a squad, it's something we've spoken about and something we want to do."