Nathan Lyon, Justin Langer speak out against ICC's proposal to play four-day matches as part of World Test Championship
5 years, 2 months ago

Nathan Lyon, Justin Langer speak out against ICC's proposal to play four-day matches as part of World Test Championship

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Lyon’s statement comes just days after Australia CEO Kevin Roberts said that their board is interested in four-day Tests and they could play one against Afghanistan later this year. Sydney: ICC’s proposal to introduce four-day Tests has met with stiff opposition from leading Australia spinner Nathan Lyon, who termed it “ridiculous” while chief coach Justin Langer is also not in favour of tinkering with the traditional format. Lyon’s sharp statement comes just days after Australia CEO Kevin Roberts said that their board is interested in four-day Tests and they could play one against Afghanistan later this year. I’m all against four-day Test matches.” Test skipper Tim Paine and vice-captain Travis Head also support five-day Tests.

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Ravi Shastri bats for promotion-relegation Test system after Boxing Day blockbuster in Melbourne
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ravi Shastri bats for promotion-relegation Test system after Boxing Day blockbuster in Melbourne

The Hindu  

Former India coach Ravi Shastri advocated a two-tier structure in Tests with relegation and promotion to ensure the survival of the longest format of the game. His comments follow the blockbuster fourth Test between India and Australia that drew a record 373,691 spectators to the Melbourne Cricket Ground over five enthralling days. Shastri said that he could not remember “a …

Michael Vaughan asks for radical change in Test cricket: 'Let’s be honest, the way that the players go out...'
3 months, 1 week ago

Michael Vaughan asks for radical change in Test cricket: 'Let’s be honest, the way that the players go out...'

Hindustan Times  

Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes that the time has come to make Test cricket a four-day affair instead of five. In the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy between Australia and India, the first Test finished on Day 4 while the pink-ball Adelaide game finished within three days. It'd be easy for everyone to understand that Test match, cricket starts every Thursday …

Five Tests and the search for a first since 1971
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Five Tests and the search for a first since 1971

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi : At the best of times a five-Test series is cricket’s marathon. On the 1977-78 visit of Australia – the hosts hit by players migrating to Kerry Packer’s World Series – India fought back from 0-2 by winning the next two Tests but lost the decider. In a T20-influenced world of increasingly fewer Tests, India have warmed up …

With less time to prepare, adjusting mindset key in Tests: Buchanan
6 months, 2 weeks ago

With less time to prepare, adjusting mindset key in Tests: Buchanan

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Only India, England and Australia get to plan, plot and hype their 5-Test duels. The travelling teams don’t play two or three games prior to playing the first Test match to adjust to a country because nobody wants to tour for that long,” John Buchanan, former Australia head coach, told select media on sidelines of a CP Goenka school …

India to play two-day day-night tour match in Australia
7 months, 1 week ago

India to play two-day day-night tour match in Australia

The Hindu  

The visiting Indian cricket team will play a two-day day-night tour match against Australia's Prime Minister’s XI between the first two Tests of the five-match Border-Gavaskar Trophy later this year. The Indian team will play a tour-day day-night tour match against the Prime Minister XI at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on November 30 and December 1, Cricket Australia said …

Test affair: In 2024, draws have gone out of fashion
1 year ago

Test affair: In 2024, draws have gone out of fashion

Hindustan Times  

This has been a rare year where each of the 15 Tests played so far have yielded results, 11 of them in four days, three within three days and the New Year’s Test involving India at Cape Town producing the shortest completed match ever—lasting 656 balls across just two days. That the average duration of Tests didn’t fluctuate much through …

A five-match series to celebrate Test cricket
1 year, 1 month ago

A five-match series to celebrate Test cricket

Hindustan Times  

One of the big sore points many fans had during the Test series between South Africa and India was that it was only two Tests long. Time is important also because Test cricket badly needs contests. They believe Test cricket should be spread far and wide and there should be no discrimination when it comes to allocating matches. Only time …

Clive Lloyd calls for more Test cricket, prefers at least three-match series
1 year, 2 months ago

Clive Lloyd calls for more Test cricket, prefers at least three-match series

The Hindu  

India and South Africa played out the shortest-ever Test cricket in just 107 overs at Cape Town, forcing the ICC to rate the pitch as “unsatisfactory”, however, Lloyd didn’t find anything wrong with the wicket. And if you’re playing Test cricket, I’d prefer three Test matches or five,” said the former West Indies skipper during an award function here. “Sure, …

DC Edit | Australians swept away
2 years ago

DC Edit | Australians swept away

Deccan Chronicle  

The Australian batters collapsed to give away even the slender chance they may have had to stretch India in the cricket series. Their defeat in the second Test, which extends India’s safekeeping of the Border-Gavaskar trophy, was their own creation as it came about because of injudicious choice of a low success percentage stroke in the sweep shot, of various …

England Women to play five-day Test against Australia as part of Ashes 2023
2 years, 5 months ago

England Women to play five-day Test against Australia as part of Ashes 2023

The Hindu  

The first women’s cricket Test match played over five days will take place next year when England and Australia meet in the Ashes. Only six women’s Tests have taken place worldwide since 2017, all of them finishing in draws after time ran out. The decision by the England and Wales Cricket Board and Cricket Australia to break the longstanding convention …

International Cricket Council (ICC) chair Greg Barclay said women's Test matches should be played over five days, but raised doubts over the place of the longer format in the future of women's cricket
2 years, 9 months ago

International Cricket Council (ICC) chair Greg Barclay said women's Test matches should be played over five days, but raised doubts over the place of the longer format in the future of women's cricket

The Hindu  

International Cricket Council chair Greg Barclay said women's Test matches should be played over five days, but raised doubts over the place of the longer format in the future of women's cricket. Women's Test matches are played over four days as opposed to five in the men's game, and the five Test matches that have been played since 2017 have …

Diana Edulji, Shantha Rangaswamy prefer 'four-day' Tests but want BCCI to restart first-class cricket
3 years, 5 months ago

Diana Edulji, Shantha Rangaswamy prefer 'four-day' Tests but want BCCI to restart first-class cricket

India TV News  

Australia head coach Matthew Mott has reiterated his call for five-day Test in women's cricket but former India captains Diana Edulji and Shantha Rangaswamy are among the ones who prefer status quo and instead want resumption of red-ball cricket in domestic cricket. Mott and England captain Heather Knight suggested the need for making women's Test matches a five-day affair from …

Edulji, Rangaswamy prefer 'four-day' Tests, want BCCI to restart red ball games
3 years, 5 months ago

Edulji, Rangaswamy prefer 'four-day' Tests, want BCCI to restart red ball games

Hindustan Times  

Australia head coach Matthew Mott has reiterated his call for five-day Test in women's cricket but former India captains Diana Edulji and Shantha Rangaswamy are among the ones who prefer status quo and instead want resumption of red-ball cricket in domestic cricket. Edulji, Rangaswamy prefer 'four-day' Tests, want BCCI to restart red ball games Mott and England captain Heather Knight …

Diana Edulji, Shanta Rangaswamy prefer four-day Tests but want BCCI to restart red ball cricket
3 years, 5 months ago

Diana Edulji, Shanta Rangaswamy prefer four-day Tests but want BCCI to restart red ball cricket

Firstpost  

India, who played their first long format game against Australia in 15 years, had also drawn their last Test against England in June. New Delhi: Australia head coach Matthew Mott has reiterated his call for five-day Test in women’s cricket but former India captains Diana Edulji and Shantha Rangaswamy are among the ones who prefer status quo and instead want …

Edulji, Rangaswamy prefer 'four-day' Tests but want BCCI to restart red ball cricket
3 years, 5 months ago

Edulji, Rangaswamy prefer 'four-day' Tests but want BCCI to restart red ball cricket

The Hindu  

Australia head coach Matthew Mott reiterated his call for five-day Test in women's cricket but former India captains Diana Edulji and Shantha Rangaswamy are among the ones who prefer status quo and instead want resumption of red-ball cricket in domestic cricket. Anyway, you are allowed 100 overs in a day which makes 400 overs for the game, only 50 less …

Women's Tests should be five-day contests: Meg Lanning
3 years, 8 months ago

Women's Tests should be five-day contests: Meg Lanning

India TV News  

Australia captain Meg Lanning wants women's Tests to be made five-day contests, like it is for their male counterparts, to get more results and cited the recent rain-affected drawn game between India and England to call for the change. "I think it probably makes sense to take it out to five days, we saw in the last two, the Test …

We have right to play more Test cricket, says WTC winner Tim Southee
3 years, 8 months ago

We have right to play more Test cricket, says WTC winner Tim Southee

India TV News  

We have right to play more Test cricket, says WTC winner Tim Southee Unlike the Kiwis, who mostly played two-match rubbers during WTC, Team India featured in a number of four and five-Test series during the same duration. New Zealand has been a consistent side over the years and deserves to play more Test cricket following its title-winning run at …

Mithali Raj praises Sneh Rana, Shafali Verma after Bristol show - England Women vs India Women one-off Test
3 years, 8 months ago

Mithali Raj praises Sneh Rana, Shafali Verma after Bristol show - England Women vs India Women one-off Test

The Hindu  

Shafali Verma's spectacular debut has caught the imagination of the Indian women's team Test skipper Mithali Raj, who feels the teenager would be a key member of the side in all the formats of the game in future. She beautifully adapted to this format," Mithali said in a virtual media interaction after India, following on, salvaged a draw in the …

Inzamam-ul-Haq: ‘ICC should do away with two-match Test series’
3 years, 9 months ago

Inzamam-ul-Haq: ‘ICC should do away with two-match Test series’

The Hindu  

Franchise cricket was still at a nascent stage when Inzamam-ul-Haq hung up his boots. In a wide-ranging interview with Sportstar, Inzamam talks about T20 cricket, the importance of India-Pakistan bilateral series and why the International Cricket Council should do away with two-match Test series in the future. There should at least be three Test matches in a series and that …

I want to play many Test matches in my life, says Harmanpreet Kaur
3 years, 9 months ago

I want to play many Test matches in my life, says Harmanpreet Kaur

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Indian women’s team T20 captain Harmanpreet Kaur wants to play as many Test matches as possible because games in traditional format have been a rarity in the past few years. I want to play many Test matches in my life and I hope we will continue this,” Harmanpreet told teammate Jemimah Rodrigues in a video posted on BCCI’s …

Matthew Hoggard: Tests lasting two-three days not good advertisement for the game
4 years ago

Matthew Hoggard: Tests lasting two-three days not good advertisement for the game

The Hindu  

One of the lethal pacers during his time, Matthew Hoggard has fond memories of India. When England toured India in the summer of 2006, Hoggard's six-wicket haul in the first innings, earned him the Man of the Match award and helped the touring side draw the first Test in Nagpur. While he is getting used to life inside the bio-bubble, …

Test cricket and its myriad life lessons: Takeaways from India's historic series win in Australia
4 years, 1 month ago

Test cricket and its myriad life lessons: Takeaways from India's historic series win in Australia

India Today  

Through Team India, the world was able to witness Test cricket in all its glory. Test cricket, the biggest teacher of all, has channelled through Team India its biggest teachings- life lessons and more. Here are the biggest takeaways from the breathtakingly intense Test series between India and Australia: Why Test cricket should never be reduced to a 4-day affair …

IND vs AUS: 27,000 spectators per day allowed for D/N Test in Adelaide
4 years, 4 months ago

IND vs AUS: 27,000 spectators per day allowed for D/N Test in Adelaide

India TV News  

IND vs AUS: 27,000 spectators per day allowed for D/N Test in Adelaide This will also be the only Test which Virat Kohli will feature in after which he will return to India for the birth of his first child with wife Anushka Sharma. A total of 27,000 spectators, which is 50 per cent of the total capacity at the …

International players reemphasise opposition to four-day Tests
4 years, 7 months ago

International players reemphasise opposition to four-day Tests

The Telegraph  

International players have reemphasised their opposition to four-day Tests, with 76 per cent declaring their opposition to making all Test matches four days. Cricketers also emphasised their support for ways of introducing greater context to Test matches, with 82 per cent of payers supporting promotion and relegation in the World Test Championship, which launched last year. These countries flirt with …

Glenn McGrath voices against four-day Tests, says day-night matches the way to go to keep longest format alive
5 years ago

Glenn McGrath voices against four-day Tests, says day-night matches the way to go to keep longest format alive

Firstpost  

Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath is not in favour of tinkering with the five-day format, saying to bring in more fans to the game, day-night Test matches is the way forward. Mumbai: Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath is not in favour of tinkering with the five-day format, saying to bring in more fans to the game, day-night Test matches is …

Virat Kohli is a quality captain, says Glenn McGrath
5 years ago

Virat Kohli is a quality captain, says Glenn McGrath

The Hindu  

For Glenn McGrath, Test cricket is the ultimate format of the game. “Obviously, there will be other challenges that the Indian team hasn't come up against in day-night Test cricket. We need to filter that in Test cricket and keep it alive,” McGrath said on the sidelines of an event organised by Tourism Australia. If we can bring something new …

Steve Waugh lauds India for agreeing to play day-night Test in Australia
5 years, 1 month ago

Steve Waugh lauds India for agreeing to play day-night Test in Australia

The Hindu  

Australian legend Steve Waugh has exhorted the modern-day greats to embrace day-night Tests and lauded India for accepting the “challenge” of playing pink-ball cricket during its tour Down Under later this year. India played its maiden day-night Test against Bangladesh at Kolkata's Eden Gardens in November last year, and BCCI chief Sourav Ganguly has finalised a series of measures to …

Five-Test series against Australia provides mouthwatering television prospects, but poses tricky questions to India
5 years, 2 months ago

Five-Test series against Australia provides mouthwatering television prospects, but poses tricky questions to India

Firstpost  

India need to be wary of not just the Australia series but the one following that, against England in January-February 2021 which is a five-Test one. In fact, India have not engaged in five-Test series in Australia for nearly two decades, with the last time being in 1991-92 when the Mohammed Azharuddin-led team was drubbed 4-0. The India series this …

Everybody will want to play Test cricket for a long time, says Anil Kumble
5 years, 2 months ago

Everybody will want to play Test cricket for a long time, says Anil Kumble

India TV News  

Former India captain Anil Kumble feels most players still want to excel in Tests despite the increasing lure of T20 cricket. "I think everybody wants to play Test cricket, that's very clear. "There is some challenge in keeping everyone focused and pushed towards playing domestic competition specially Ranji Trophy," he said at the launch of former India opener and current …

Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra not in favour of four-day Tests
5 years, 2 months ago

Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra not in favour of four-day Tests

The Hindu  

Former India internationals Yuvraj Singh and Ashish Nehra threw their weight behind five-day Test cricket, when they attended the Sportstar Aces Awards at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai on Monday. When it comes to Test cricket, you know some things you shouldn't change or touch too much, because you see, so many times the result comes on day number five. …

Marylebone Cricket Club wants Test cricket to remain five-day affairs
5 years, 2 months ago

Marylebone Cricket Club wants Test cricket to remain five-day affairs

Firstpost  

The International Cricket Council is set to discuss in the coming months the idea of mandatory four-day Tests. Marylebone Cricket Club, the custodians of the cricket’s laws, says it wants Tests to continue being played over five days amid calls for matches to be reduced to four days to ease a crammed international calendar and reduce player workload. “MCC has …

MCC backs five-day Tests despite benefits in four-day games
5 years, 2 months ago

MCC backs five-day Tests despite benefits in four-day games

The Hindu  

Custodians of cricket laws, the MCC, on Tuesday said Tests should continue to be a five-day affair though it sees “some benefits” in the ICC’s proposal to trim the longest format to four days. The International Cricket Council is all set to discuss the four-day Test proposal during its cricket committee meeting in March. “Cricket committee and MCC World Cricket …

Marylebone Cricket Club says Test cricket should continue to be five-day affair despite 'some benefits' in four-day matches
5 years, 2 months ago

Marylebone Cricket Club says Test cricket should continue to be five-day affair despite 'some benefits' in four-day matches

Firstpost  

Custodians of cricket laws, the Marylebone Cricket Club, on Tuesday said Tests should continue to be a five-day affair though it sees some benefits of International Cricket Council’s proposal to trim the longest format to four days. London: Custodians of cricket laws, the Marylebone Cricket Club, on Tuesday said Tests should continue to be a five-day affair though it sees …

Sehwag takes a dig at ICC's four-day Test idea
5 years, 2 months ago

Sehwag takes a dig at ICC's four-day Test idea

The Hindu  

Virender Sehwag described the ICC’s plan to revamp Test cricket by shortening it to four days as a “A fish out of water is a dead fish”, asserting that innovation should not mean tinkering with the soul of the format. “Chaar din ki chandni hoti hai, Test match nahi.Jal ki machli jal main hi acchi hai, bahar nikaloge toh mar …

Australia, New Zealand seek India’s okay for Day/Night Tests
5 years, 2 months ago

Australia, New Zealand seek India’s okay for Day/Night Tests

Hindustan Times  

Positive discussions between the Indian cricket board and Cricket Australia on Monday on pink-ball matches could open a new chapter for Test cricket involving India in the Trans-Tasman region. A general view of the sunset during the first day night test match in Perth day one of the First Test match between Australia and New Zealand at Optus Stadium on …

Virender Sehwag joins Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri in backing 5-day Tests
5 years, 2 months ago

Virender Sehwag joins Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri in backing 5-day Tests

India TV News  

Former India opener Virender Sehwag on Sunday joined skipper Virat Kohli and head coach Ravi Shastri in backing five-day Tests over ICC's proposal to curtail it to four days to draw more eyeballs. But five-day Test cricket is romance," Sehwag said while delivering the seventh Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi Lecture at the BCCI Awards here. The ICC Cricket Committee is …

Pujara: Hope Test cricket continues for as long as possible
5 years, 2 months ago

Pujara: Hope Test cricket continues for as long as possible

The Hindu  

Acknowledging T20 cricket’s growing popularity, Cheteshwar Pujara is hoping that the traditional Test format, in which he thrives with his workmanlike approach, will continue to exist. The ICC recently contemplated making Test cricket a four-day affair from 2023 but the idea has been met with vehement opposition from some of the game’s greats such as Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting. …

Four-day Tests will increase injury risk for fast bowlers, says Misbah
5 years, 2 months ago

Four-day Tests will increase injury risk for fast bowlers, says Misbah

The Hindu  

The risk of injury to fast bowlers will increase if Tests are reduced to four days, warns Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq, joining cricket greats who have voiced their opposition to ICC’s proposal to tweak the traditional format. That puts him at a greater injury risk and more importantly bowling more overs means it will take the zip …

Increased risks for fast bowlers, result ratio worsens: Reasons why Misbah-ul Haq is not in favour of four-day Tests
5 years, 2 months ago

Increased risks for fast bowlers, result ratio worsens: Reasons why Misbah-ul Haq is not in favour of four-day Tests

Firstpost  

India skipper Virat Kohli, legendary Sachin Tendulakar and Australian greats Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh have all advised against tinkering with the traditional format. Karachi: The risk of injury to fast bowlers will increase if Tests are reduced to four days, warns Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq, joining cricket greats who have voiced their opposition to ICC’s proposal …

Waugh urges Kohli's men to play day-night Test in Australia
5 years, 2 months ago

Waugh urges Kohli's men to play day-night Test in Australia

The Hindu  

India’s tour of Australia towards the end of 2020 has already evoked a lot of interest. The great Steve Waugh says the Test series between the “two best sides” will be remembered for a long time and hopes India play a day-night game Down Under. It will be a series that people will remember for a long time,” Waugh told …

Andrew Strauss: Five-day format shouldn’t be tampered with
5 years, 2 months ago

Andrew Strauss: Five-day format shouldn’t be tampered with

The Hindu  

Former England captain Andrew Strauss believes the traditional Test format shouldn’t be tampered with unless there were enough takers for four-day Test cricket. “We shouldn’t assume Test cricket is healthy just because it is popular in England. Strauss also wanted the Ashes to remain as it is and admitted it wouldn’t be easy to curtail the duration of Test cricket …

If it's 4 days, it is not a Test match: Rohit Sharma joins Virat Kohli against ICC proposal
5 years, 2 months ago

If it's 4 days, it is not a Test match: Rohit Sharma joins Virat Kohli against ICC proposal

India Today  

Indian opener Rohit Sharma has thrown his weight behind 5-day Tests to continue in their present format after ICC's recent proposal to trim the oldest format by a day have polarised the cricket community all over the world. Indian captain Virat Kohli, South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis and England's Joe Root also agree that they are not a fan …

Cricket Australia, BCCI to discuss four-day Tests
5 years, 2 months ago

Cricket Australia, BCCI to discuss four-day Tests

The Hindu  

The cricketers’ fraternity may have opposed the concept of converting Test matches into four-day affairs starting with the World Test Championship in 2023. CA chief executive Kevin Roberts is set to meet BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and his team of new office-bearers ahead of Tuesday’s first ODI between India and Australia. While it is public knowledge the two Boards are …

Four day Test is nonsense: Ravi Shastri slams ICC's idea to 'tamper' with Test cricket
5 years, 2 months ago

Four day Test is nonsense: Ravi Shastri slams ICC's idea to 'tamper' with Test cricket

India TV News  

Team India coach Ravi Shastri joined the list of detractors who are strictly against ICC's idea of experimenting with Test cricket by introducing four-day Tests. "I don't think that's fair to the purest format of the game - how cricket started initially and five-day Test matches was the highest of tests you can have at the international level. According to …

Kuldeep Yadav voices against the idea of four-day Tests; Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur says fabric of Tests should not be messed up
5 years, 2 months ago

Kuldeep Yadav voices against the idea of four-day Tests; Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur says fabric of Tests should not be messed up

Firstpost  

Arthur, who has also coached South Africa, Australia and most recently Pakistan, joined his ICC Cricket Committee colleague Mahela Jayawardene in supporting five-day Tests. Pune: India spinner Kuldeep Yadav and Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur on Thursday voiced their support to keep Test matches a five-day affair, saying reducing it to four will amount to “messing up” with the fabric …

Mickey Arthur, Kuldeep Yadav bat for five-day Tests
5 years, 2 months ago

Mickey Arthur, Kuldeep Yadav bat for five-day Tests

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka head coach Mickey Arthur has urged that the fabric of Test cricket should not be messed up with. “Five-day Test cricket is the way to go. I definitely think five-day Test cricket is the way to go, without doubt.” India spinner Kuldeep Yadav reiterated captain Kohli’s stand. “To be very honest, I will prefer five-day Test cricket.

Kuldeep Yadav, Mickey Arthur bat for five-day Tests
5 years, 2 months ago

Kuldeep Yadav, Mickey Arthur bat for five-day Tests

India TV News  

India spinner Kuldeep Yadav and Sri Lanka coach Mickey Arthur on Thursday voiced their support to keep Test matches a five-day affair, saying reducing it to four will amount to "messing up" with the fabric of the longest format. Arthur, who has also coached South Africa, Australia and most recently Pakistan, joined his ICC Cricket Committee colleague Mahela Jayawardene in …

BCCI players’ body, FICA say no to 4-day Tests
5 years, 2 months ago

BCCI players’ body, FICA say no to 4-day Tests

Hindustan Times  

The president of the Indian Cricketers’ Association, the newly formed players’ body of the BCCI, Ashok Malhotra, urged board president Sourav Ganguly to vote against ICC’s proposed four-day Tests and protect the format in its current form. A view of logo of the Board of Control for Cricket in India He echoed the view of the Federation of International Cricketers’ …

Four-day Tests: A boon or a curse for red-ball cricket?
5 years, 2 months ago

Four-day Tests: A boon or a curse for red-ball cricket?

India TV News  

Change is the only constant but some things are best when left untouched. However, International Cricket Council, the cricket's governing body, is insistent on reducing a day of Test cricket following the calendar year 2023 and is set to discuss the proposal in March? DIVIDED OPINIONS As the debate rages on about reducing a day, India and South Africa captains …

England's Ashley Giles says five-day games are 'precious'
5 years, 2 months ago

England's Ashley Giles says five-day games are 'precious'

The Hindu  

England director of cricket Ashley Giles has declared five-day Tests a "precious" part of the game, as the global players' union warned dropping a day could lead to "significant resistance". RELATED| ICC to discuss four-day Tests in March despite growing criticism Giles may have a greater passion for Test cricket than many of the sport's administrators, having been a Test …

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