The ever-increasing domestic T20 leagues are squeezing bilateral ties and Test cricket runs the risk of witnessing a reduction in its volume in a decade's time, warns ICC chair Greg Barclay. Barclay, who was appointed as ICC chair in November 2020, said the world body will face a serious challenge in deciding the next Future Tours Program starting next year. (More Cricket News)
바카라There 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,바카라 Barclay told BBC's Test Match Special during the ongoing first Test between England and New Zealand at Lord's.
바카라There 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.
바카라In 10-15 years time I still see Test cricket being an integral part (of the game), it may be that there is less of it,바카라 he added. Barclay hinted that the 바카라big three바카라 of world cricket 바카라 India, Australia and England -- will be largely unaffected by the adjustments in Test cricket.
바카라Some countries may have to make room and play less Test cricket. Some of the smaller full members will have to accept that they can't play the amount of Test cricket that they wanted to, so we may see a lessening of that - four or five a year - whereas England, Australia and India, I think, will be playing Test cricket as they are now.바카라
The ICC chair, however, doesn't see the longer format evolving in women's cricket at a significant pace. 바카라To play Test cricket, you've got to have structures domestically that allow you to play long-form cricket and they don't really exist in any of the countries at the moment, so I can't really see women's Test cricket or long-form cricket evolving at any particular speed at all,바카라 he said.
바카라That's not to say that those countries that choose to play Test cricket - Australia and England - who provide that to the women can't do so, but I don't see it as part of the landscape moving forward to any real extent at all.바카라
The Kiwi feels white-ball cricket is the future due to its popularity among fans and broadcasters. 바카라If you look at strategically the way that cricket is going, there's no doubt that white-ball cricket, short-form cricket, is the way of the future.
바카라That'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,바카라 Barclay concluded.
