Tim Wigmore throws his weight behind the new World Test Championship in a format that needs more context

PLANET CRICKET

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Imagine a league with nine teams. There isn’t time for everyone to play everyone else home and away; there isn’t even time for everyone to play everyone else home or away. Instead, each team plays three sides at home, and three others away. And these series aren’t even of equal length, either: some ar...