Shortening Test matches from five to four days

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is considering shortening Test matches from five to four days in a bid to revamp the game's traditional format and save it from the rise of the popular Twenty20 version.

The idea of four-day Tests was raised in strategy discussions during ICC meetings in London last month.

ICC president David Morgan has floated the idea of having four-day Tests saying that Test cricket will have to be made more exciting through a series of steps.

Responding to this idea, some people feared that such steps would achieve little other than ruining the traditional format of the game.

"To have four-day Tests played with coloured balls and under floodlights will be the sort of experimentation, which Test cricket doesn't need," said Javed Miandad, regarded among the greatest batsmen of all time.

He also suggested that the ICC should form a think-tank involving the big names of world cricket, which should come out with comprehensive suggestions over issues like the survival of Test cricket.

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