Forcing Test could ‘bankrupt’ cricket countries: Australia chief

With 100 days until the archetypal Ashes crippled of England’s tour, Australia CEO says Test cricket needs quality, not quantity.

Australia cricket main Todd Greenberg says a slimmer Test calendar could payment smaller nations due to the fact that the five-day crippled was amended “where it means something”.

Marking 100 days until the location Ashes bid against England begins successful Perth, Cricket Australia CEO Greenberg suggested that quality, not quantity, was important successful keeping the red-ball crippled viable.

“We’re trying to nonstop countries bankrupt if we unit them to effort to play Test cricket,” helium told reporters.

“We request to marque definite we put successful the close spaces to play Test cricket wherever it means something.

“That’s wherefore the Ashes volition beryllium arsenic tremendous and arsenic profitable arsenic it is – due to the fact that it means something.”

England person conscionable completed a thrilling 2-2 location drawn bid against India successful beforehand of sold-out crowds.

At the aforesaid time, New Zealand and Australia romped to casual overseas Test bid wins against uncompetitive West Indies and Zimbabwe teams respectively, leaving question marks implicit the prime of Test cricket successful those countries.

One thought is to make 2 oregon much divisions of Test cricket to support it competitive, but Greenberg said helium did not person a beardown sentiment connected the perfect fig of Test-playing nations.

“Let’s see what the aboriginal mightiness look like,” helium said.

But the five-day crippled remained successful rude wellness successful Australia, Greenberg said, wherever involvement successful the Ashes had been “off the charts”.

“This volition beryllium the biggest sports lawsuit successful Australia this year,” said Greenberg.

“The involvement is rather bonzer with summons allocations for 11 of the 20 days connected merchantability already exhausted.”

Australia were defeated by South Africa successful the last of the 2025 World Test Championship astatine Lord’s Cricket Ground successful London successful June.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies