ICC ready for four-day Tests in 27–29 WTC cycle
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is ready to sanction four-day Tests for smaller nations in the 2027–29 World Test Championship cycle, but India, Australia and England can still play the traditional five-day matches, according to a report here.
The move to reduce matches by one day would be a significant change and can help smaller nations to play more Tests and longer series.
'During discussions last week at the WTC final at Lord's, the ICC chair, Jay Shah, is understood to have expressed his support for four-day Tests, with a view to sanctioning them in time for the 2027–29 WTC cycle,' a report in 'The Guardian' newspaper said.
'England, Australia and India would still be permitted to schedule five-Test series of five-day matches for the Ashes, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy and the newly named Anderson–Tendulkar Trophy, the first iteration of which begins with the first Test between England and India at Headingley on Friday.'
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