West Indies great Clive Lloyd ‘disturbed’ by two-tier plan for Test cricket
- Talks ongoing on dividing sport into two divisions
- ‘I think it will be terrible for some countries’
The West Indies great Clive Lloyd is “disturbed” by the idea of a two-tier structure for Test cricket and believes efforts should instead be focused on ensuring struggling teams play more often against the top sides.
According to a report in the Melbourne Age, India, Australia and England are in talks to divide Test cricket into two divisions to allow cricket’s “Big Three” to play each other more often. The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Indian chairman Jay Shah will meet representatives of the Australian and English boards this month, the report added.
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