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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">London, April 1 (IANS) England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairperson Colin Graves has confirmed that he is considering tabling a proposal to shorten Test matches from five days to four.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&quot;Personally, I think we should look at four-day Test cricket and play 105 overs a day starting at 10.30 a.m. in the morning of a Test match, and finish when you complete the quota as all the grounds now have lights,&quot; Graves, who takes up his role in May, told the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) website on Tuesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">The ECB can not itself introduce four-day Test matches, but it could push for changes to the Test format in international negotiations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Expanding on the idea, Graves added: &quot;Every Test match would start on a Thursday, with Thursday and Friday being corporate days and then Saturday and Sunday the family days.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:tahoma,geneva,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">&quot;From a cost point of view, you&#39;d lose that fifth day, which would save a hell of a lot of money from the ground&#39;s point of view and the broadcasters. I would look at that.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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