CA, ECB, ICC chiefs to discuss two-tier Test structure soon
The HinduThe chairs of Cricket Australia, England and Wales Cricket Board and the International Cricket Council are reportedly set to meet later in January to discuss where each of them stand on the matter of the introduction of a two-tier structure in Test cricket. According to a report in The Sydney Morning Herald, record attendance in the stadiums and encouraging broadcast numbers during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy—the recently concluded Australia vs India series was the fourth-best attended ever in the country and reportedly the most-watched Test series ever played—have encouraged Mike Baird, Richard Thompson and Jay Shah to hold advanced talks. READ: BBL: Sydney Thunder assistant coach Dan Christian plays brisk cameo, picks wicket as replacement player As it stands, India, Australia and England play each other twice every four years. But a number of bodies protested against the call, including the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Sri Lanka Cricket, the Bangladesh Cricket Board and Zimbabwe Cricket.