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Top ICC official moots two-tier Test structure
CricketViewer.com —
... India and England have already signed one such agreement. Any move towards a tier structure would, however, cause concern among the weaker nations, whose revenues stand to be affected most by it. On Wednesday, the ICC board agreed to a series of measures suggested by its cricket committee to boost Test cricket, including rolling out the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) from October and actively exploring the possibility of holding day/night matches from next year. Source: Cricket News ...
Crunch time for the future of cricket
Good Cricket Wicket —
... As a result of this Dave Richardson, general manager of ICC, has retorted that he would like to see a two-tiered system to ensure that the strongest teams are playing against each other. ...
Bryan Davis: A refreshing West Indian perspective
The Cricket Watcher's Journal —
... now it follows an old beaten path. So test cricket needed some "joy" so to speak even back then to sustain it. West Indans provided it back then with their flair...later ODIs with their colour and now T20 is. Those in denial should wake up and accept the fact that test cricket is a niche product which needs plenty help from all sides to stay afloat. Some "joy" has to be invented into it or created elsewhere (in the case of LOIs and T20) and borrowed from there. Recently, Dave Richardson and Adam Gilchrist spoke of making test cricket more exciting along the ...
