As of now, nine teams compete in the World Test Championship (WTC), but a working group was made during the ICC Annual Conference in Singapore to assess if a two-tier Test system is feasible.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think there is a right number (of Test-playing nations)\u2026 But I think in the future scarcity in Test cricket is our friend, not our foe. What I mean by that is, I don\u2019t think everyone in world cricket needs to aspire to play Test cricket and that might be OK.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cA lot of traditionalists might not like that (and) I\u2019m not suggesting I know the number that will play, but literally we\u2019re trying to send countries bankrupt if we force them to play Test cricket. We need to make sure we invest in the right spaces and play Test cricket where it means something and has jeopardy.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThat\u2019s why the Ashes will be as enormous and as profitable as it is because it means something \u2026 it means something to every player. We\u2019ve got to make sure when we play Test cricket that\u2019s at the top of our mind,\u201d said Greenberg to reporters on the sidelines of 100 days to go for the Ashes event.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Though Greenberg stopped short of giving his clear view on a two-tier Test system, he did say it was \u2018incumbent\u2019 on Australia to explore ways of sustaining the longest format. \u201cI\u2019ve got an open mind to that question because I don\u2019t know the details to what a two-tiered structure would look like. Test cricket needs an injection of capital and an injection of resources because it can\u2019t just be about Australia, India and England \u2013 it needs to be bigger than that.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Red-ball cricket in this country, and in England and in India, is unbelievably successful but it\u2019s not like that in all parts of the world. It\u2019s incumbent on us to make sure we play our part to help, so the concept of tiers I think needs to be explored. I\u2019m not prepared to say we\u2019re against something until we see all the details,\u201d he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Though Greenberg stopped short of giving his clear view on a two-tier Test system, he did say it was \u2018incumbent\u2019 on Australia to explore ways of sustaining the longest format. \u201cI\u2019ve got an open mind to that question because I don\u2019t know the details to what a two-tiered structure would look like. Test cricket needs an injection of capital and an injection of resources because it can\u2019t just be about Australia, India and England \u2013 it needs to be bigger than that.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\"I was in Darwin on Sunday night (for the first T20I). I went there primarily because it meant a lot to the people of the Northern Territory. They hadn't had international cricket there for the best part of 17 years. The one thing when you go there at this time of year is you take the one biggest variable away, which is the weather. Great facilities, I can see that (Tests) happening,\" he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n