‘Cricket must be open to change’ Jos Buttler backs ECB over four day Tests
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• Wicketkeeper says priority is to ‘preserve Test cricket’• Vernon Philander among players eager to keep five-day Tests
England wicketkeeper Jos Buttler says cricket must be “open to change” and weigh up the benefits of four-day Tests. The International Cricket Council is understood to be considering standardising shortened matches from 2023 in a bid to ease player workload, not to mention lower staging costs, with the England and Wales Cricket Board “cautiously” throwing its support behind the idea.
Four-day matches have been an option since 2017, with England scheduling one against Ireland this summer only for the game to be over inside three. Continue reading...
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