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Big Three Boards Split Over Two-Tier World Test Championship Plan

A new ICC working group is assessing a two-tier overhaul that England warns could end its marquee rivalries.

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The recently-concluded Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy was a huge success (PTI Photo)
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Overview

  • The ICC last month appointed a Roger Twose-led working group to draft recommendations on World Test Championship reforms for the 2027–29 cycle, including a divisional system.
  • England and Wales Cricket Board chair Richard Thompson says relegation risks keeping England out of series against Australia and India and calls instead for a reworked schedule.
  • Cricket Australia CEO Todd Greenberg says he will back a two-tier model only if it delivers stronger resources and competitiveness for less affluent Test nations.
  • Details of the working group’s membership remain undisclosed, though reports indicate an eight-member panel with non-Test nation representation and possible inclusion of ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta.
  • Pressure from burgeoning T20 leagues and cricket’s inclusion in the 2028 Olympics is driving calls for a more balanced international calendar alongside structural WTC reforms.