Former West Indies captain Sir Clive Lloyd, who led them to success within the 1975 and 1979 World Cups, has criticised the plans, saying they “have to be stopped now”.
”Will probably be horrible for all these nations who work so laborious to get to Check-match standing and now they’re going to be enjoying amongst themselves in a decrease part,” Lloyd, 80, mentioned.
“How are they going to make it to the highest? Whenever you play towards higher groups, you enhance. That is how you understand how good you’re, or how unhealthy you’re. I’m very disturbed.
“The higher system can be to offer the groups the identical amount of cash to allow them to get the instruments to enhance.”
West Indies had been unbeaten in Check collection between 1980 and February 1995, however have struggled lately, with their final collection win coming in February 2023 towards Zimbabwe.
Their final collection win towards a workforce that will be within the proposed tier one was towards England in March 2022.
They did pull off a well-known win towards Australia in Brisbane in January 2024 to attract the collection.
”We battle so much, we want particular dispensation,” mentioned Lloyd. ”Some on the backside aren’t enjoying Check matches and a few are enjoying a world of Check matches.
“The system is just not proper. They’ve to sit down down and work it out, that is what they’re there for. That is their responsibility, that is their job to try this.”
Former England batter Ebony Rainford-Brent can also be towards the proposals.
“If we simply see increasingly more of the large weapons going towards one another, nice, I am positive it might be entertaining, however what does it imply for the sport?” she informed 5 Dwell.
“The fact is that we’re enjoying in a worldwide recreation, and what we do need – simply to play a few nations to maintain the thrill there persistently?
“Scheduling and timing of key collection does turn out to be actually necessary and making an attempt to keep away from these large home windows [like Olympics and major football tournaments], however I would not sacrifice having a worldwide recreation simply to maintain everybody revved up 24/7.”
