Solutions to save Test cricket discussed at MCC summit

Test cricket may be played by as few as six countries within four years unless greater financial equalisation measures are taken by its richest boards – India, England and Australia.

This was among many conclusions from a summit of cricket’s great and good in the Lord’s Long Room, as Cricket Australia’s chair Mike Baird mixed with Indian Premier League owners, former top players, corporate leaders and officials from across the globe.

Australian Captain Pat Cummins with West Indies Captain Kraigg Brathwaite. Credit: Getty

Only the BCCI secretary Jay Shah was missing among notable figures at Cricket Connects, a summit put on by the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Those present included current ICC chair Greg Barclay, Rajasthan Royals owner Manoj Badale, Kolkata Knightriders owner Venky Mysore and former IPL chief Sundar Raman. Meeting under Chatham House rules, delegates were told that teams such as the West Indies were in serious danger of disappearing from Test cricket without more shared revenue.

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