ICC may revamp FTP to protect Test cricket

Thursday, October 09, 2008 DUBAI: In a bid to prevent Test cricket from getting overshadowed by the immensely popular Twenty20 version, the International Cricket Council today said it would consider revamping the Future Tours Programme (FTP) to ensure that the longer version of the game “remains strong”. “We at the ICC have been looking at how we can revamp the Future Tours Programme to give Test cricket more contexts.” “Initial discussions at ICC Board level have been very encouraging with everyone agreed in principle to the idea,” ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat said in a statement. Lorgat said although he is confident that Test cricket will remain the top form of the game despite the Twenty20 frenzy but still it was the governing... [read full story]