Mr. Barclay, who was appointed as ICC chair in November 2020, mentioned the world physique will face a severe problem in deciding the following Future Tours Program beginning subsequent 12 months.
Mr. Barclay, who was appointed as ICC chair in November 2020, mentioned the world physique will face a severe problem in deciding the following Future Tours Program beginning subsequent 12 months.
The ever-increasing home T20 leagues are squeezing bilateral ties and Test cricket runs the chance of witnessing a discount in its quantity in a decade’s time, warns ICC chair Greg Barclay.
Mr. Barclay, who was appointed as ICC chair in November 2020, mentioned the world physique will face a severe problem in deciding the following Future Tours Program beginning subsequent 12 months.
“There is a men’s and women’s event every year and the growth of domestic leagues are forcing things from the bottom and…what is getting squeezed is bilateral cricket and so we are trying to fit everything in,” Mr. Barclay instructed BBC’s Test Match Special throughout the ongoing first sport of the three-match collection between England and New Zealand at Lord’s.
“There will be some unfortunate consequences from a playing experience and a revenue point of view for some of those countries who won’t get the amount of cricket they might hope to have and they won’t get exposure, particularly against India and to a lesser extent Australia and England. So we will see a squeeze.
“In 10-15 years time I nonetheless see Test cricket being an integral half (of the sport), it might be that there’s much less of it,” he added.
Mr. Barclay hinted that the “large three” of world cricket – India, Australia and England – will be largely unaffected by the adjustments in Test cricket.
“Some nations could need to make room and play much less Test cricket. Some of the smaller full members should settle for that they cannot play the quantity of Test cricket that they needed to, so we may even see a lessening of that – 4 or 5 a 12 months – whereas England, Australia and India, I feel, might be taking part in Test cricket as they’re now.” The ICC chair, however, doesn’t see the longer format evolving in women’s cricket at a significant pace.
“To play Test cricket, you have to have buildings domestically that can help you play long-form cricket they usually do not actually exist in any of the nations in the mean time, so I can not actually see girls’s Test cricket or long-form cricket evolving at any explicit velocity in any respect,” he said.
“That’s to not say that these nations that select to play Test cricket – Australia and England – who present that to the ladies cannot achieve this, however I do not see it as a part of the panorama shifting ahead to any actual extent in any respect.” The Kiwi feels white-ball cricket is the future due to its popularity among fans and broadcasters.
“If you take a look at strategically the best way that cricket goes, there is no doubt that white-ball cricket, short-form cricket, is the best way of the long run.
“That’s the game that’s sought after by fans, that’s where the broadcasters are putting their resource, it’s what’s driving the money,” Mr. Barclay concluded.
Source: www.thehindu.com
