ICC mulls mandatory four-day Tests as part of WTC

DUBAI. The International Cricket Council is likely to consider four-day Test matches as being part of the World Test Championship from 2023. According to an ESPNcricinfo report, the parent body’s increasing demand for event windows, the proliferation of domestic T20 leagues, the BCCI’s demands for its own sizeable share of bilateral calendar space, and the costs of staging Test series are all factors contributing to the move. “It is something that we have got to seriously consider,” Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts said. “It is something that can’t be driven by emotion, but it needs to be driven by fact. We need to look at what’s the average length of Tests over the past fiveten years in terms of time and overs.”