International Cricket Council (ICC) chair Greg Barclay said women’s Test matches should be played over five days, but raised doubts over the place of the longer format in the future of women’s cricket. Women’s Test matches are played over four days as opposed to five in the men’s game, and the five test matches that have been played since 2017 have all ended in a draw. “To play test cricket you have got to have structures domestically. I can’t really see women’s test cricket evolving at any particular speed. “That’s not to say any countries that choose to play test cricket can’t do so.

Source: Indian Express June 04, 2022 06:31 UTC