N Srinivasan: Test cricket cannot be 10-member club, needs to be promoted

Believing firmly in the primacy of Test cricket, new International Cricket Council (ICC) Chairman N Srinivasan has said that the traditional five-day format “cannot be a 10-member club” forever and added that China are keen to enter the fray if cricket becomes an Olympic sport.

“Test cricket cannot be a 10-men club. So in those countries where there is an opportunity, there is interest and where there is domestic structure [the format should be promoted],” he said.

He spoke about China’s plans of taking active interest in the sport.

“The Chinese are the member of Asian Cricket Council (ACC). A representative of Chinese Cricket Association made it clear that if cricket becomes an Olympic sport then they will plunge into it. But at the moment they are concentrating on other sports,” the cricket administrator told NDTV.