Need separate calendar for each format: Kumble

The challenge of maintaining tradition while we adapt to the modern demands of cricket are proving to be complex. It may be practical to … consider carving out separate calendars for each format, he said.

Three calendars for Tests,One-dayers and T-20s would lower the demands on players and spectators,similar to how tennis has sorted its season in relations to different surfaces. This would assist in better planning and in popularising cricket to a larger audience.

Specific seasons for specific formats will facilitate better planning for a longer-term cricket calendar,provide clarity for spectators and allow players to prepare for the different physical and mental demands of each format, Kumble said. A good analogy would be the tennis season which moves in a logical manner from surface to surface: hard-court,clay,grass,indoors. A staggered season will enable the spread of cricket to new territories.

He said he had already broached this topic with the ICC.

As the head of the ICCs Cricket Committee,I have already brought to the discussions some of the thoughts that have been expressed here, he said.