‘Will be terrible for countries who work hard to get Test match status’: Clive Lloyd bashes idea of two-tier system | Cricket News

Former West Indies captain Clive Llyod was unimpressed the suggestion of a two-tier Test system, saying that it would be ‘terrible’ for the West Indies and countries who have worked hard to get Test-match status.
“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,” Lloyd was quoted saying in the Trinidad & Tobago Guardian.
Reacting to former ICC chairman Greg Barclay’s suggestion that the West Indies should be disbanded and play as individual countries, Lloyd said, “We (West Indies) have a great hory and now you’re going to tell us because of a monetary situation, (we should be disbanded).”
“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,” he added.
The 80-year-old also slammed the World Test Championship cycle saying it was not well organized.
The International Cricket Council (ICC), in collaboration with cricket boards of India, Australia and England, is exploring the possibility of a two-tier Test system to facilitate more series between these three nations.

The Age had reported that Jay Shah, the new ICC chairman, is set to meet Cricket Australia chair Mike Baird and his England counterpart Richard Thompson later this month to discuss the finer points.
(With agency inputs)

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