England to use points system in Sri Lanka
England have attempted a minor shake-up of the largely conventional world of test cricket by offering to use a points-based system to determine the winner of their home series against Sri Lanka.
By : migrator
Update: 2016-04-18 15:39 GMT
London
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) secretary Mohan de Silva confirmed receiving the proposals covering the three tests, five one-dayers and a Twenty20 International set to be played between the teams from May 19 to July 5.
“We have received the proposals but we haven’t decided yet,” De Silva told Reuters .
“We’ll discuss it in our next board meeting and announce our decision in a week or two,” said the official, declining to elaborate, saying he had not gone through the details yet.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) introduced the points-based scoring for the women’s Ashes in 2013, awarding six points for every test victory, while two points were on offer for a one-day or Twenty20 International victory.
For the women’s Ashes last year, ECB and Cricket Australia (CA) decided test wins were worth four points, while a draw earned the teams two each.
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