The big brains at the ICC have decided that this isn't really what they intended from this format. So inevitably two tier Test cricket is again on the agenda. A "working group" has been formed.
Lots of corporate speak in that article. I decided to post a helpful table of translations.
| Pundit | Corpo Jargon Quote | Translation into English |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Thompson ECB Chairman |
"There has to be a sense that common sense needs to play out here." | "Playing anyone other than India and Australia is stupid of us." |
| "The World Test Championship could work better than it does." | "Can't have the freeloaders winning the thing, can we?" | |
| "What you do need is a schedule that makes a lot more sense than it currently does." | "Why spend valuable match days playing minnows when we could be making bank playing the Ashes twice a year?" | |
| Todd Greenberg CA CEO |
"The real challenge here is what role do we [the big three] all play." | "Why spend valuable match days playing minnows when we could be making bank playing the Ashes twice a year?" |
| "It's incumbent on all of cricket to help." | "F*ck 'em, and the devil take the hindmost." | |
| "...everyone's got a very open mind to this because they know that we're going to need some level of change in order to extract value." | "Those guys know who calls the shots, and it ain't them. Bring me some more caviar and champers." |
