The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the custodian of the laws of cricket, has pushed for extra funding to protect Test cricket and the women’s game, and suggested that a significant reduction be made in the number of ODI fixtures after the 2027 World Cup.
In a recent meeting at the Lord’s, the MCC’s 13-member World Cricket Committee (WCC) proposed “removing bilateral ODIs, other than in the one year preceding each World Cup”.
The panel made the suggestion keeping in mind the crowded calendar, which features T20 domestic franchise leagues around the world.
