ICC wants more teams at the top
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Dave Richardson has said that world cricket's governing body is planning the increase the number of teams playing at the top level to "15-16".
"The ICC has a strategy to have more competitive teams playing at the highest level," Richardson said on Thursday.
"We would like to increase that number to 15-16 countries [with] the likes of Afghanistan, Nepal, Malaysia and various other countries in the Asian region. It's very important that we can develop their cricket to a level where they can play against the big boys on an equal basis," he added.
Richardson shared his concern about the global body functioning with 10 Full Members for too long now.
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