ICC Considering Making Four-Day Tests Compulsory From 2023
In a staggering start, more than 60 per cent of matches played since the beginning of 2018 ended in four days or less
Mumbai: The ICC is considering making the four-day Test compulsory from 2023 as part of the World Test Championship, primarily to free up the crowded calendar.
Hosting four-day Tests will allow ICC to stage more global events. If four-day Tests were held during the 2015-2023 cycle, it would have freed up 335 days of scheduled cricket.
ESPN Cricinfo reported that there has been widespread discussion at the Cricket Board about reducing pressure points in the global cricket calendar in the future.
If the four-day Test were played during the 2015–2023 cycle, it could free up 335 days of scheduled cricket.
Earlier this year, England and Ireland competed in the four-day Test at Lord’s Cricket Ground, and the former emerged as victorious. If the change does indeed happen, it will allow more Test series to be played in three or five matches.
The number of overs taken by the team in the four-day Test will also increase. In the traditional five-day Test, 90 overs are bowled, but in a four-day match, bowling is the most in 98 overs. In a staggering start, more than 60 per cent of matches played since the beginning of 2018 ended in four days or less.
Australia will most likely be playing its first four-day Test against Afghanistan at home next year.
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