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Steven Smith, David Warner say no to four-day Tests

Updated on: 25 October,2017 06:50 PM IST  |  Sydney
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Australia captain Steven Smith and star opener David Warner say they have no desire to play four-day Tests in a setback to international cricket chiefs who have floated the idea

Steven Smith, David Warner say no to four-day Tests

Australia captain Steven Smith and star opener David Warner say they have no desire to play four-day Tests in a setback to international cricket chiefs who have floated the idea.


At a board meeting in Auckland earlier this month, the International Cricket Council unveiled plans for a long-awaited, nine-nation Test championship in a bid to preserve the five-day format's status following the rapid growth of Twenty20.



Australia skipper Steve Smith (right) and David Warner walks out to bat on Day Two of the second Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong in September. Pic/ Getty Images


Among a raft of other reforms, it also agreed to experiment with four-day Tests, with South Africa and Zimbabwe set to trial the first in December. But Smith and Warner are not keen, even if the hours and over requirements of each day are extended to reduce disparity with the traditional format. "Personally, I like five so I would like to keep it at five," Smith said in an interview with cricket.com.au.

"Just the traditional way that Test cricket has been played, I think it's great when you get into that fifth day and enter that last hour, I think it's a really cool part of the game."

Warner was even more strident in his opposition, saying: "I have no interest in four-day cricket".

"You have so many variables in Test match cricket -- you've got weather, some games might be only getting three days but it just takes one day to have that weather come in and it can ruin it," he said.

"Then on the flip-side, it's a Test. It's the longevity, being out there on your legs, it's grit, determination, those things come to my mind to actually want to keep playing five-day cricket."
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