ICC, the controversial decision on the creation of a two -layer test jack has been set to delay | World Test Championship

The International Cricket Council will delay controversial plans to divide the test jack into two parts, and the next edition of the World Test Championship begins to continue in a single league format this summer.

The two -layer test cricket problem will be discussed at a number of ICC meetings in Zimbabwe this weekend, but the observer was told that Crickket Australia would not vote for two sections.

Although the ICC can return to the agenda when the planning began for the 2027-2029 cycle, it is understood that one of the most radical changes in the 133-year-old history of Test Cricket is needed to take into account the sports and financial consequences.

Instead of expanding to two sections by adding Afghanistan, Ireland and zimbab to WTC, the next edition, which lasted from this summer to 2027, will maintain the existing nine team formats. In line with Crick’s Crick Program, it starts only five days after the end of the 2025 finals between the next WTC, Australia and South Africa at Lord’s, with five test home series against India in June.

The two -layer proposal came out of meetings between Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board during the women’s ashes. Especially Cricket Australia is believed to be a major advocate of two parts of Australia, England and India, as it will play against each other every three years and create large financial returns instead of the current model of two series in four years.

However, other test countries have concerns about falling further behind Big Three, and the bidder requires more details about financial redistribution and promotion and falling before voting.

ICC may accept other important changes in WTC this weekend, and changes in the score system that determines the competence to discuss the final. For the victory margin – similar to those used in the Rugby union – a new bonus score system is considered, while weighing for gains based on the power of competitors and adding extra points to get away from home.

Under the current scoring system, all WTC matches worth the same number of points – 12 for 12 wins, six for a tie and four for a draw – the big three was disadvantageous for playing more games against each other. South Africa’s success in reaching the finals this year has led to anger as they did it without playing England or Australia. The West Indian Islands won against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, a draw against India and the defeat in India, gave enough points for Proteas to reach the finals for the first time.

Another aspect of WTC to be examined, Rob Key, the director of the British cricket, has recently made a presentation to the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee against the violence of the current system. Six of the nine teams in the existing edition were shot with penalties for slow games, while England is the worst criminals. They lost 22 points for the sixth finish with 41.5 points in their campaigns. However, the percentage of winning 51.5 in this period is the third best in South Africa and Australia.

The problem announced last December that the British captain Ben Stokes, in New Zealand, refused to sign the ICC documents at the end of the test matches as a protest against the lack of participation.

The system demands that the teams should hold an average of 15 sailors per hour in the field. After stopping allowances such as examinations, the only way for teams to escape from a sanction is to bowling their competitors at less than 80 at sea – a setting by lobbying from Australia two years ago.

However, the dissatisfaction in the penalties that lead to the approval of the matching wages, as well as points deductions, comes at a time when the lottery is on the way to the exit of the lottery. Last year, only three test matches from 50 could not produce one winner, which has been awarded downwards since the withdrawal of 21 out of 44 tests in 1997.

At the same time, the test matches have never been slower for excessive rates, in 1975, the teams became 15 overseas per hour. The speed of the game is marginalized in countries where Stocks are disappointed last December to the extent that the yarns are dominant.

While the shooting becomes more rare, there are tactical advantages for a slow ratio for the parties under heavy conditions, which allows fast pottery to rest between the spells longer and reduce the need to be supported by versatile. Stokes is also an example of a captain who likes to change its fields over and over again.

Key and England were able to specify the slow game problem for the revision of the penalties, including the audience surveys that rarely emerged in the general feedback. ICC’s steps in response to this have not yet been decided.

A change taken into consideration is the introduction of a stopping time due to the fact that it is tried in the next WTC cycle. Since last year, it has been giving a Fielding team for 60 seconds between ovar for 60 seconds for limited overseas international. After two warnings, a team is given a five -round penalty per violation.