• ‘It should be an easy sell or we shouldn’t be doing it’
Andrew Strauss has insisted there must be an overwhelming case for the proposed switch to four-day Test cricket or it should not occur.
The former England captain sits on the International Cricket Council’s cricket committee, which is due to meet at the end of March to continue a debate over whether fixtures in the World Test Championship should be crunched down to four 98-over days across the board from 2023 onwards. The panel, chaired by Anil Kumble, will offer its recommendation to the world governing body’s executive committee, with such a significant change likely to also require sign-off from the full ICC board before being implemented.
Written by Exclusive by Ali Martin
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jan/09/andrew-strauss-five-day-tests-icc-four-day under the title “Andrew Strauss believes five-day Tests should stay unless case compels”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
