Former World Cup Winning Captain Dissents Idea Of "Two-Tier Test Cricket"

Former West Indies World Cup-winning skipper Clive Llyod has blasted the idea of a two-tier Test cricket system. The system would have only three teams playing Test cricket namely India, Australia and England.

Reports say that whenever these two teams are playing Test cricket against each other it adds to the television revenue and the viewership. The main idea behind adding force to this system is actually to ensure a growth in revenue.

However, along with Clive Lloyd, Graeme Smith has also disregarded this idea and reacted against it strongly. The Sydney Morning Herald has reported that later this month will meet with the BCCI officials in India.  Cricket Australia Chair Mike Baird, and England and Wales Cricket Board Chief Richard Thompson will represent Australia and England to preside over the meeting as well.

Two-Tier Test Cricket Plan Terrible- Clive Llyod

Meanwhile, Clive Lyoyd has rejected the idea saying that it is a terrible proposal to plan a two-tier Test cricket system.

"I think it will be terrible for all those countries who work so hard to get to Test match status and now they'll be playing among themselves in the lower section. We (West Indies) have a great history and now you're going to tell us because of a monetary situation, (we should be disbanded)," Lloyd was quoted as saying in the Trinidad & Tobago Guardian.

He further blamed the ICC and their unequal revenue distribution and attributed this as one of the major reason between the performance of the top three teams and the remaining teams.

"You could imagine they're talking about dismantling the West Indies, that is not the way to go. The way to go is to give them (West Indies and other teams) the same amount of money so they can improve their facilities, get better systems in place so that they can improve their cricket" Llyod added.

Clive Lloyd concluded saying that the ICC World Test Championship's (WTC) cycle's structure, calling it disorganized as it does not include regular Test-playing nations like Zimbabwe, Afghanistan and Ireland.