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ICC chief Jay Shah's talks with England and Australia on two-tier Test cricket expose the growing rift between cricket's economic powerhouses and other nations fighting for the game's future.
News reports indicate that International Cricket Council chairman Jay Shah is in talks with the cricket boards of England and Australia to explore a two-tier structure for the World Test Championship.
It is, I suppose, futile to talk of conflict of interest. Shah's remit as ICC chair is to work for the development of the game at the global level—it is not to represent Indian cricket’s financial interests at the high table of international cricket. But then, conflict of interest is baked into all levels of Indian cricket, to where it has become futile to point at each fresh instance. …
