{"id":26278,"date":"2025-02-08T22:47:50","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26278"},"modified":"2025-02-08T22:47:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T22:47:51","slug":"shallow-holds-no-opinion-on-two-tier-system-for-test-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/shallow-holds-no-opinion-on-two-tier-system-for-test-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Shallow Holds No Opinion on Two-Tier System for Test Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>January 10, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Dr. Kishore Shallow has stated that the proposal for a two-tier system in Test cricket has not yet been brought up at either the regional board level or the International Cricket Council (ICC), where he also holds a seat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While he disagrees with claims that Test cricket is dying, Dr. Shallow emphasized his openness to ideas that could improve the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his comments, Dr. Shallow made it clear that he does not hold an opinion on the two-tier system due to the lack of complete details on the matter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that the proposal has not been formally discussed within the necessary forums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two-tier system, first proposed in Australia, suggests that the top tier would include cricketing powerhouses India, Australia, and England, alongside South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and New Zealand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second tier would consist of West Indies, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Ireland, and Zimbabwe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the proposal is approved, it could come into effect after the current Future Tours Programme concludes in 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Dr. Shallow and CWI Cricket Director Miles Bascombe have refrained from forming an opinion on the matter until more thorough discussions are held, the idea has faced criticism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>West Indies cricket legend and World Cup-winning captain Clive Lloyd has voiced his concerns, stating that such a system would severely impact cricket in the West Indies and threaten the region\u2019s longstanding contribution to the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Shallow maintained that any decision made must take into account the realities of global cricket and the long-term health of Test cricket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 10, 2025 Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Dr. Kishore Shallow has stated that the proposal for a two-tier system in Test cricket has not yet been brought up at&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26278"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26278\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26279,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26278\/revisions\/26279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}