New Delhi: The International Cricket Council plans to introduce a two-tier format in Test cricket to create greater competition before India’s tour of England for five Tests that begins on June 20.

ICC chairman Jay Shah and head of the apex boy’s strategic growth committee Richard Thompson have held discussions on the matter and will put together a plan on how to implement it.

As the next cycle of the World Test Championship is only five months away, the ICC is pressed for time to come up with a two-tier system and implement it.

“It is fully understood that the current structure does not work in the way it should and we need to find a fairer, better competition, but at this stage no recommendations have been put forward,” Thompson, who is also the England and Wales Cricket Board chairman, told The........

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