Four or against: does Test cricket need shortening?

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Four or against: does Test cricket need shortening?

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Jan 22, 2020

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Aakash Chopra, Osman Samiuddin and Sambit Bal join Srinath to debate whether cricket needs four-day Tests, why the ICC wants to trial them and what those extra days could mean

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Jan 22, 2020

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