The three big boards of international cricket BCCI, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia (CA) have written to the ICC, urging them to scrap the World Test Championship and asked for revised future Tour Programs. With the COVID-19 pandemic resulting in cricketing events being either canceled or postponed, the ECB on behalf of all three boards has also requested the parent body to can the 2020-22 Cricket World Cup Super League which is in the pipeline.

Talking about the same to the Times of India, a leading administrator said, “This is an ongoing discussion right now. There’s absolutely no leadership coming out of the ICC whatsoever.”

The proposal was reportedly taken up first during the ICC’s meeting with the member nations in late March. The three boards want to increase the importance of the bilateral series, whereas the WTC and the ODI league face uncertain futures going forward.

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Moreover, with the IPL and ICC media rights up for grabs next year, ECB and CA are also gearing up to grab the big fish. Meanwhile, the ICC is finding some contingency plans to make sure that the current World Test championship ends well with a final of which is to be played at Lord’s in March next year.

In the existence of the COVID-19 pandemic, word is that the ICC does not want to leave a newly-introduced tournament, considered highly important in strengthening the declining popularity of Test cricket midway.

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Describing the same, one of the sources of the Times of India said, “They (ICC) are consulting with members on understanding their priorities over the coming months. These are very early stages and a meeting will be held at the end of the month. With regard to the FTP it will have to be revisited as members start to understand what can be rescheduled and what can’t.”