Totally against 4-day Tests, hope ICC is not even considering it: Nathan Lyon
5 years ago

Totally against 4-day Tests, hope ICC is not even considering it: Nathan Lyon

India Today  

While the proposal for 4-day Test matches in World Test Championship cycle from 2023 has left the cricket fraternity divided, Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon has said he is "totally against" the idea. While 4-day Tests got International Cricket Council approval as early as 2017, it has been reported that the ICC Cricket Committee is planning to recommend mandatory 4-day Tests during the 2023-2031 World Test Championship cycle. While England and Wales Cricket Board said it would "cautiously consider" the idea of mandatory 4-day Tests, Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts said it needs to be looked at with facts and not emotions. Nonetheless, Nathan Lyon said some of the best Test matches in the last decade have gone into the 5th day and that 4-day Tests will see a lot more draws.

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India's full schedule for World Test Championship 2025-27: 14 Tests against SENA, including chance to avenge Australia
4 days, 8 hours ago

India's full schedule for World Test Championship 2025-27: 14 Tests against SENA, including chance to avenge Australia

Hindustan Times  

Heading into the final few matches of the 2023-25 World Test Championship cycle, it seemed like almost a formality that India would confirm a spot at Lord’s for their third consecutive WTC final appearance. India's Jasprit Bumrah reacts with teammates during the trophy ceremony after the fifth cricket Test match between Australia and India at The SCG in Sydney on …

AUS vs IND, 4th Test review: Kohli and Rohit stutter, Bumrah’s magic in vain as hope awaits India in Sydney
1 week, 3 days ago

AUS vs IND, 4th Test review: Kohli and Rohit stutter, Bumrah’s magic in vain as hope awaits India in Sydney

The Hindu  

Late on Monday, the light dimmed on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Seagulls descended on the turf, cleaning staff were busy removing the waste that a massive sporting contest tends to generate, and Australian cricketers lingered around, savouring their 184-run triumph against India in the fourth Test. Nathan Lyon celebrates India’s final wicket in the second innings which secured a win …

Historic 2024: Test cricket achieves special 50 first time in 148 years
1 week, 3 days ago

Historic 2024: Test cricket achieves special 50 first time in 148 years

India Today  

As 2024 draws to a close, it marks an unprecedented milestone in the history of Test cricket. The year has seen 50 outright results in 53 Test matches, making it the first calendar year in the sport's history to achieve such a remarkable feat. This achievement is a testament to the evolving nature of the longest format of the game, …

IND vs AUS 4th Test Highlights: Australia snatch momentum, Lyon-Boland stay unbeaten to frustrate India
1 week, 5 days ago

IND vs AUS 4th Test Highlights: Australia snatch momentum, Lyon-Boland stay unbeaten to frustrate India

India TV News  

IND vs AUS 4th Test, Day 4 Highlights: Australia snatch momentum, Lyon-Boland stay unbeaten to frustrate India India vs Australia Live Updates: 194/4 in 70 overs and managing to bat the day out? India will take that anyday, especially after that 10-minute madness at the close of play on the second day of the ongoing Boxing Day Test against Australia. …

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

Indian Test Squad Takes Aim at Down Under, A-Series Marks a Pivotal Moment
2 months, 1 week ago

Indian Test Squad Takes Aim at Down Under, A-Series Marks a Pivotal Moment

New Indian Express  

India will be looking to make a statement in Australia with their first Test match against Australia A starting Thursday. Despite the recent defeat to New Zealand, the team has a new-found hope with several players returning to the senior side. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are both in good form and have the potential to make a significant impact …

World Test Championship: What India and other teams need to reach WTC Final 2023-25
9 months, 4 weeks ago

World Test Championship: What India and other teams need to reach WTC Final 2023-25

Firstpost  

India are currently sitting at the top of WTC Points Table for 2023-25 cycle but all teams are still alive in the race for the final. Bangladesh PCT: 50 Remaining matches: Two home Tests vs Sri Lanka, two home Test vs South Africa, two away Test vs India, two away Test vs Pakistan and two away Tests vs West Indies …

Test affair: In 2024, draws have gone out of fashion
9 months, 4 weeks 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 …

'Our last Test was six months back': Angelo Mathews makes massive statement amid race against India for WTC Final spot
1 year, 10 months ago

'Our last Test was six months back': Angelo Mathews makes massive statement amid race against India for WTC Final spot

Hindustan Times  

Sri Lanka are taking on New Zealand in a two-Test series, which is their first appearance in the longest format of the game since July last year. Rohit Sharma with Virat Kohli; Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka's star all-rounder Angelo Mathews has now spoken about the lack of Test cricket action for Sri Lanka; in 2023, the island nation will play …

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

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

Oval Test | If England stay patient, there will be a cluster of wickets: Michael Vaughan
3 years, 4 months ago

Oval Test | If England stay patient, there will be a cluster of wickets: Michael Vaughan

India TV News  

Former England captain Michael Vaughan believes that if England bowlers can stay patient, they can get a cluster of Indian wickets on day three of the fourth Test at The Oval. I do think that if England stays patient, I do think there will be a cluster of wickets somewhere," said Vaughan on the Test Match Special podcast on BBC. …

Best Test team should be decided over at least three games: Kohli after losing WTC final
3 years, 6 months ago

Best Test team should be decided over at least three games: Kohli after losing WTC final

The Hindu  

Echoing the views of head coach Ravi Shastri, India skipper Virat Kohli has said that the best Test team in the world should be decided by a best-of-three final and not a one-off game like it was in the inaugural edition. India were able to bounce back to win the series against Australia and England but couldn't do so with …

World Test Championship final: Rain plays spoilsport yet again as Day 4 gets washed out without a ball bowled
3 years, 6 months ago

World Test Championship final: Rain plays spoilsport yet again as Day 4 gets washed out without a ball bowled

Firstpost  

Play was finally abandoned for the day at 3:00 pm, with Friday’s first day having suffered a similar fate. Southampton: Rain meant there was no play at all in Monday’s fourth day of the World Test Championship final between India and New Zealand at Southampton — the second time in the match a day’s play had been washed out without …

Inzamam-ul-Haq: ‘ICC should do away with two-match Test series’
3 years, 7 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 …

World Test Championship Final: Indian players to get three-week break between match and England Tests
3 years, 7 months ago

World Test Championship Final: Indian players to get three-week break between match and England Tests

Firstpost  

The WTC final against New Zealand will be held from 18-22 June at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton and the members of the Indian squad will disperse for close to three weeks before regrouping on 14 July. London: The Indian team management has decided to give a three-week break to its players after the World Test Championship final in a …

ICC confirm that World Test Championship will continue
3 years, 7 months ago

ICC confirm that World Test Championship will continue

Daily Mail  

A senior member of the ICC’s Cricket Committee has confirmed that the World Test Championship is set to continue, despite previous concerns that this month’s final between India and New Zealand might be the only time the tournament is played. Sportsmail understands that a desire to ensure that all full member nations have no grounds for dropping Test cricket from …

Matthew Hoggard: Tests lasting two-three days not good advertisement for the game
3 years, 10 months 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, …

We play on seaming wickets around the world and get bowled out for 47, 60, nobody ever says a thing: Nathan Lyon
3 years, 10 months ago

We play on seaming wickets around the world and get bowled out for 47, 60, nobody ever says a thing: Nathan Lyon

Hindustan Times  

As Indian spinner Ravichandran Ashwin perfectly put it, ‘the talk about the surface is getting out of hand’. Australia's Nathan Lyon shows the ball as he leaves the field following his 6 wicket haul on day four of the first test match between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, Australia, December 9, 2018. But India decisively won …

Test cricket and its myriad life lessons: Takeaways from India's historic series win in Australia
3 years, 11 months 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 …

India in Australia: Virat Kohli's absence after 1st Test will not affect CA financially, says Nick Hockley
4 years, 1 month ago

India in Australia: Virat Kohli's absence after 1st Test will not affect CA financially, says Nick Hockley

India Today  

Cricket Australia interim chief executive officer Nick Hockley believes India skipper Virat Kohli's absence after the first Test of the Border Gavaskar series will not affect the home board financially. Virat Kohli will be leading India in the opening Test -- the day-night encounter in Adelaide, starting December 17 but will be heading back to India to be with his …

World Test Championship set to resume amid uncertain outlook - Cricket News - Sportstar
4 years, 2 months ago

World Test Championship set to resume amid uncertain outlook - Cricket News - Sportstar

The Hindu  

The World Test Championship was supposed to usher in a brave new world for cricket’s longest format but a fixture backlog caused by the COVID-19 pandemic means organisers have tough choices to make if the final is to go ahead as planned at Lord’s next June. 'NOTHING NEW' The ICC said last month it was consulting with member nations on …

ICC forging ahead with World Test Championship despite virus
4 years, 3 months ago

ICC forging ahead with World Test Championship despite virus

The Hindu  

Cricket’s global governing body is forging ahead with plans to stage an inaugural World Test Championship final in 2021, despite the disruption caused to the international game by the coronavirus outbreak. "Now they are working out what to do with the points from the series that haven’t been played,” Tom Harrison, CEO, England and Wales Cricket Board, said on Monday. …

Cricket Australia postpones Afghanistan Test, NZ ODIs - Cricket News - Sportstar
4 years, 3 months ago

Cricket Australia postpones Afghanistan Test, NZ ODIs - Cricket News - Sportstar

The Hindu  

Cricket Australia has postponed a Test match against Afghanistan and a One-Day International series against New Zealand, scheduled to be held in Australia in the 2020-21 season, for 2021-22. The board announced via a communique that the decision had been taken - in consultation with the Afghanistan Cricket Board and New Zealand Cricket - due to “the complexity of scheduling …

International players reemphasise opposition to four-day Tests
4 years, 5 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 …

No way to play postponed Test series in time unless ICC extends WTC cyle: BCB
4 years, 6 months ago

No way to play postponed Test series in time unless ICC extends WTC cyle: BCB

India TV News  

The Bangladesh Cricket Board wants the ICC to extend the World Test Championship cycle as it does not foresee the side playing its eight recently-cancelled matches because of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Unless the current ICC Test Championship cycle is extended there is no way we can play those eight Test matches in the stipulated time frame of the first cycle," …

Duration of World Test Championship should be extended, suggests Misbah-ul-Haq
4 years, 9 months ago

Duration of World Test Championship should be extended, suggests Misbah-ul-Haq

India TV News  

Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has suggested extending the time span of the ICC World Test Championship with the COVID-19 pandemic bringing all cricketing activities to a halt and potentially throwing the international schedule haywire. "I just think that all teams must get equal opportunities in the championship even if matches are rescheduled," he said during a video …

Aus Cricketers May Have to Take Pay Cuts, Reveals Tim Paine
4 years, 9 months ago

Aus Cricketers May Have to Take Pay Cuts, Reveals Tim Paine

The Quint  

Australia could have overtaken India in the World Test Championship ahead of the Border-Gavaskar series if Paine's side would have managed a 2-0 series win over Bangladesh in June but with the coronavirus outbreak forcing a cricket shutdown, the tour is now unlikely to go ahead. There is a lot of uncertainty over the rescheduling of the international calender, especially …

Glenn McGrath voices against four-day Tests, says day-night matches the way to go to keep longest format alive
4 years, 10 months 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
4 years, 10 months 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 …

Pakistan proposes the idea of day-night Test against Bangladesh
4 years, 11 months ago

Pakistan proposes the idea of day-night Test against Bangladesh

The Hindu  

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Sunday put forward a proposal to its Bangladesh counterpart — of playing a day-night Test under lights at the National Stadium here in April. “With Test cricket returning to Pakistan now and many countries also going towards day and night Tests, we want to give our players maximum exposure and also want to host pink …

MCC backs five-day Tests despite benefits in four-day games
4 years, 11 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
4 years, 11 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 …

Open to play Day-Night Test in Australia, be it Perth or Gabba: Virat Kohli
4 years, 11 months ago

Open to play Day-Night Test in Australia, be it Perth or Gabba: Virat Kohli

India TV News  

The Indian cricket team has been on a dominating run in the Test cricket and are currently the table-toppers of the World Test Championships with 360 points. With the Pink Ball Test against Bangladesh last year, Team India has also gained some experience in playing the longest format Day-Night conditions. From quite a few time, the speculations around India and …

Sehwag takes a dig at ICC's four-day Test idea
4 years, 11 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 …

Virender Sehwag joins Virat Kohli and Ravi Shastri in backing 5-day Tests
4 years, 11 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
4 years, 11 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
4 years, 11 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
4 years, 11 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
4 years, 11 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 …

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