ICC announced the World Test series that would be played from next year onwards.This blog is about this series and how it is going to affect the game.
ICC announced the first World Test Championship.The tournament will start in year 2019 after the ICC cricket World Cup to be held in England.This is a very good move by ICC to make the oldest form of the game popular.The innaugral season will be played by top 9 teams.What this means is that the teams will also start focussing on test cricket as much as One-Day cricket.More test series are expected to be played next year and in the coming period.This will surely improve the game on the whole as Test Cricket is still the toughest form for both bowlers and batsman.
Coming to the format.
ICC announced the first World Test Championship.The tournament will start in year 2019 after the ICC cricket World Cup to be held in England.This is a very good move by ICC to make the oldest form of the game popular.The innaugral season will be played by top 9 teams.What this means is that the teams will also start focussing on test cricket as much as One-Day cricket.More test series are expected to be played next year and in the coming period.This will surely improve the game on the whole as Test Cricket is still the toughest form for both bowlers and batsman.
Coming to the format.
- The tournament will last for two years ending in April 2021 where top two teams will play the final
- The tournament will start after the 2019 World and will consist of 9 teams
- Teams will play six series,three at home and three away from home
- The series should have atleast two test matches but it can be as long as five test matches
- Zimbabwe,Ireland,Afganistan will not be included in the first edition
Also ICC has given a nod to the ODI league which will start in 2020.This is also a great move.The more the number of ICC tournaments the more will be the competiton and more will its excitement.In fact ICC should start thinking about conducting at least one ICC event every year
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