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World Test Championship

MCC gives its backing to hold World Test Championship

Some of cricket's greatest players have urged officials to persist with World Test Championship.

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World Test Championship over Champions Trophy is a step in the right direction

Seldom has the International Cricket Committee (ICC) looked this assertive. Agreed, there are several areas which still need immediate cleansing, but, for what transpired during the course of the Annual Conference meeting in London last Saturday, they deserve a round of applause. The Champions Trophy made way for the World Test Championship, a minimum number of Tests to be played by member nations was announced and the respect with which women’s cricket was treated — six global women’s tournaments are scheduled to be played from 2016 to 2023 — are all heart-warming. Credit where it’s due for now, but one hopes they don’t tamper with the memorandum.

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David Gower calls for retaining ICC Champions Trophy tournament over World Test Championship

England great David Gower has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to scrap plans for replacing the Champions Trophy one-day tournament with a World Test Championship.

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West Indies legend Brian Lara urges ICC to create Test Championship League

Former West Indies captain Brian Lara has called for a change in the longest format of the game, asking the International Cricket Council (ICC) to create Champions League of Test matches, to keep the format alive.

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Sri Lanka Cricket needs to prepare itself to face future challenges: Haroon Lorgat

Sri Lanka Cricket needs to take tough decisions in order to face future competition, feels former ICC CEO and consultant advisor of the country's governing body, Haroon Lorgat.

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World Test Championship more important than T20’s: Arjuna Ranatunga

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Former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga criticised the International Cricket Council and India for focusing too much attention on Twenty20 cricket at the expense of Test matches which is considered as the highest standard of the game.

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ICC rules out Test championship till 2017

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat on Monday ruled out the possibility of holding an ICC World Test championship until 2017.

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Trott wants to be part of World Test Championship

By CricketCountry Staff

 

England batsman Jonathan Trott on Wednesday said that the proposed World Test Championship would provide a great boost to the five-day game, despite the International Cricket Council throwing doubt on the tournament happening in 2013.

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ICC says World Test Championship in jeopardy

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International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat on Wednesday revealed that a proposal to have a World Test Championship in 2013 was in jeopardy.

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