After a report by the Melbourne Age suggests that plans for a two-tier World Test Championship would be discussed later this month, BBC Sport looks at the reaction so far.
England played a three-Test series against West Indies last summer but a two-tier system may see no red-ball games played between the two sidesIntroducing a two-tier system to the World Test Championship would be "greedy" and would "sully the game", says former England fast bowler Steven Finn.
The England and Wales Cricket Board responded to that threat by offering multi-year central contracts for the first time in an attempt to keep players committed to international cricket. Former West Indies captain Sir Clive Lloyd, who led them to success in the 1975 and 1979 World Cups, has criticised the plans, saying they "must be stopped now".
"The better system would be to give the teams the same amount of money so they can get the tools to improve.'' "The system is not right. They have to sit down and work it out, that's what they're there for. That's their duty, that's their job to do that.""If we just see more and more of the big guns going against each other, great, I'm sure it would be entertaining, but what does it mean for the game?" she told 5 Live.
"When the best teams play, the toughest and best format of the game is still alive and thriving," he said.
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