"It was a sound reminder to the ICC that the best should play the best for Test cricket to survive. There's too much of a clutter otherwise." There is also the argument that lesser-ranked nations ...
A proposal to split Test cricket into two divisions, enabling more frequent matches between India, Australia, and England, is ...
Top teams play against each other more ... reducing chances for second-tier teams can quickly harm Test cricket in less wealthy nations. Former BCCI chief Anurag Thakur spoke out against similar ...
The long-standing issue was taken up recently by ICC with the Aussie and English cricket boards, an Australian media report said ...
World Cup-winning captain and cricket icon Arjuna Ranatunga has expressed deep concerns about a proposal from cricket’s "Big Three" - India, England, and Australia – to restructure the Test cricket ...
Reports that the ICC is investigating a two-tiered Test league alarms some of the game's stakeholders but others say there is little other choice.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) wanted to develop the game in the non-Test playing nations. As a result, the ICC came up with the idea of organising a tournament, which would be known as ...
World Cup-winning captain and cricket icon Arjuna Ranatunga has expressed deep concerns about a proposal from cricket’s ‘Big Three’ ...
England and India will be from having to play Test cricket against many nations, and the three nations would be able to play against each other twice every three years instead of every four years, ...
Australia didn’t play many of the second-tier sides, and when we do they’re often limited series with the priority being the ...
With a two-tier system in Test cricket reportedly up for discussion, big names in the game have spoken; Michael Atherton insists promotion and relegation is a must to avoid entrenched elite, while ex- ...
The ICC Champions Trophy, originally the ICC Knockout Trophy, aimed to popularise cricket in non-Test playing nations. From its inception in 1998 to the last edition in 2017, the tournament ...