Tim Wigmore analyses Test cricket’s new structure that leaves only the Ashes to be played over five matches

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Enjoy a five-Test series? Enjoy the Ashes: it looms as almost the last preserve of five-match tussles. Under the new Future Tours Programme (FTP), which outlines the structure of international cricket from 2019-23, only the Ashes and England- India will be played over five Tests.
Only three others from 2019-23 – two India-Australia clashes, and one England-South...