Overview
- Veteran Sri Lanka pacer Chaminda Vaas made the remarks on Saturday after Sri Lanka lost the first Test to India by 165 runs at Galle.
- Vaas urged cricket boards to work together to preserve Test and 50-over cricket and to identify which players are best suited to each format.
- He called for structural domestic change in Sri Lanka, saying three-day matches should become four-day fixtures so young players gain red-ball experience.
- Vaas blamed a shrinking Test calendar, frequent two-match series and the pull of T20 franchise money for reducing players' exposure to the technical demands of Test cricket.
- The comments have renewed debate over international scheduling and ICC proposals while Sri Lanka Cricket reviews transformation plans but has not announced concrete reforms.