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- Updated: August 31, 2016
BCCI president Anurag Thakur has dismissed the idea of four-day Tests, as well as the two-tier Test system, saying neither change would necessarily solve the longest format’s biggest problem: poor attendances.
“If you don’t have a foolproof format in front of you, where is it going to help the game of cricket? I think we should not even [get into] into that,” Thakur told ESPNcricinfo in Florida, on the sidelines of India’s first official series in the USA – the T20s against West Indies.
When asked if he was referring to the idea of four-day Tests or the two-tier system, Thakur said: “It is four day versus five day, it is two-tier as well.”
“We should analyse the shortcomings [of Test cricket],” he said. “Is it the paucity of time? The issue is why aren’t you getting enough crowd for a Test match? That is the basic issue.”
According to Thakur, the obstacles to Test cricket’s popularity have more to do with competition from other sports in an increasingly crowded landscape.
“Ask yourself: …
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