Test cricket is 'dying', says ICC chairman.

DHAKA: Test cricket is dying", the chairman of the sport's governing body warned Thursday, adding the new world championship could help save the longest format of the game.While Tests in Australia and England still draw sizeable crowds, filling stadiums and boosting interest in the five-day game has been a challenge in the rest of the cricket world for years.

We are trying to see whether (the) Test championship can generate interest because Test cricket is actually dying, to be honest," International Cricket Council chairman Shashank Manohar told reporters in Dhaka.Soto improve the situation, we are trying ways and means.

The (ICC) board came to the conclusion that if we start a Test championship, it would keep Test cricket alive and generate more interest in the game."The Ashes series between arch-rivals England and Australia will kick off the World Test Championship in July, and the two top sides will face off in a final in 2021.Manohar, who is in Dhaka to watch the final of the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 tournament, said the shortest version of the game now provides maximum ratings for broadcasters.

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