LONDON: The strategy of the International Cricket Council is to ensure that all three formats of the game survive and thrive, International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive David Richardson has stressed.
Richardson, in his MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture on Monday, touched upon the importance of growing the game globally, an ICC report on Tuesday said.”We need to ensure that cricket is not elitist but is accessible to and capable of being enjoyed by all,” he said. “It is also necessary to provide opportunities for people to watch and follow the game.” Elaborating on the theme in a panel discussion after the speech, he said Twenty20 cricket was the way forward to taking the game to new shores. “In the US, for them, watching Test cricket is like watching paint dry. Come up, run, bowl, shoulder arms.”However, that didn’t mean the end of Test and one-day international cricket, Richardson insisted. (UNI)
