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Some time back today, I got to know that ICC is thinking about four-day test matches from five-day test matches so that this oldest format of the game does not die because of the huge rise of T20 cricket.

The ICC chief recently talked about this in any interview. He said this is one of the things they are considering.

If you ask me, this move is highly NOT recommended.

The main reason given behind this is that it may reduce the number of draws. Which would result in a greater audience. Maybe David Morgan, the ICC chief, has no knowledge of this game of cricket.

I will start with proof that is visible to all. Most of the first-class matches are draws. And I know it for a fact that 99 percent of these games are four-dayers.

You can go to Asia, Australia, and its neighbor New Zealand, or to Europe. or the the Africas, the situation remains the same.

I think David Morgan also does not have any common sense. Five days allow the players to play more. So the chances of a result are more.

Maybe the cricketers might start playing a bit quicker and the whole pace of the game might increase, but a huge increase needs to happen if we want more results in a four-day and I don't think players can up the pace so soon.

Also, if weather plays spoil sport, then the chances to get a result remain more in a five-day game.

And if this is the case, then there will definitely be more draws till the players adapt. Which would lead to an instant loss of audience. It might just be too late to bring the audiences by the time players finally adapt.

And even if draws do reduce drastically, then we lose those closely fought draws that we all enjoy. Sometimes the whole match turns out to be so good that we don't really want to see a winner.

These are occasions when we don't want one team to get lucky and win. And four-day matches will definitely reduce this. And this will result in a reduction of interest as well.

And even if the we see more draws, in four days, the draws will not be that close (but this is an assumption I make on the basis of my understanding).

And even if all this is taken care of, the audiences may really not come. In a time when just twenty overs of cricket seems so long to people, reducing a day will not make any huge impact.

Having four day games will also be unfair to players. These guys have been having five days a match for such a long time, think how they will react to this. It will take time for them to adjust.

And today boards are so intolerant and competition is so great, that these guys will get replaced very quickly. This will lead to instability within teams.

Also such a move is not fair to the great players. Even they will take time to adjust. Maybe a bit less than others, but still the will. So are we talking of replacing them, too?

If you ask any player, the person will agree that five days of cricket are a lot tougher than four. So we will also be making the sport easier for the cricketers. The final result to this would be a drop in the player quality across the world.

I am not saying that making things easier for these guys is not right. But this can be done by reducing the amount of cricket played by them. Even a 10 percent decrease will make a difference.

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