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The ICC World Test Championship was intended to become the premier championship for Test cricket run by the International Cricket Council (ICC) with the play-offs were scheduled to be held for the first time in 2017. The original plans to hold the competition in 2013 were abandoned due to financial problems. It was going to replace the one-day international competition, the ICC Champions Trophy. The ICC had also announced plans to stage the second Test championship in India in Feb-March 2021.〔(ICC presidency term to be cut to a year ) Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2012〕〔(No Champions Trophy after 2013 ) Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2012〕 The top four ranked teams on December 31, 2016 – the cut-off date set by the International Cricket Council (ICC) - would have played the three-match Test championship between the first and third weeks of June 2017. There would have been two semi-finals and the winners play the final.〔http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/icc-world-test-championship-england-2017-champions-trophy/1/286054.html〕 During January 2014 the ICC World Test Championship was cancelled and the ICC Champions Trophy will be reinstated for 2017.〔http://tvnz.co.nz/cricket-news/watered-down-icc-proposal-significant-nz-5814010〕 ==Prelude== This championship was first proposed in 2009, when the ICC met the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), to discuss a proposed test match championship. Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe was one of the main brains behind this proposal.〔 (ICC calls meeting with MCC to discuss proposed World Test Championship ) The Telegraph. Retrieved 4 January 2012〕 The idea of a test championship was considered by the ICC Chief Executives' Committee at a meeting at their headquarters in Dubai in mid-September 2010. ICC spokesperson Colin Gibson said that much more would be revealed after the meeting, and that if the championship was held in England, then the favoured final venue would be Lord's.〔 (ICC to hold World Test Cup in 2013? ) The Times of India. Retrieved 4 January 2012〕 As expected, the ICC approved the plan and said that the first tournament would be held in England and Wales in 2013. The format of the tournament was also announced. There was a debate as to whether the play-off would take place between the bottom two teams or the top four teams, but the latter was unanimously chosen by the board. It was also announced that the tournament would replace the limited-overs tournament, the ICC Champions Trophy.〔(ICC approves Test championship ) ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2012〕 A test world cup was planned in the year 2013 but the requirements were not met. There was no consensus between the stalwarts of cricket. A revised plan was set up and the new blue print for a test cricket world cup is now finally on the table. The 2013 ICC test world cup was also scheduled to be played in England 〔(ICC Test Championship )〕 However in 2011 the ICC announced that the Test Championship would not take place until 2017, and that the 2013 tournament would be cancelled. This was due to financial problems within the board, and its commitment to its sponsors and broadcasters. England and Wales, the original hosts of this cancelled tournament were awarded the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy instead, the tournament that the Test Championship was intended to replace.〔 (World Test Championship to be Postponed; Financial Considerations to Blame ) Crickblog. Retrieved 4 January 2012〕 This drew widespread criticism; both Greg Chappell and Graeme Smith criticised the ICC, saying that postponing the Test Championship was a wrong and unjustified thing.〔 (Test Championship postponement a 'shame' – Greg Chappell ) ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2012〕〔 (ICC too slow on test championship says Smith ) Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 4 January 2012〕 ''The Guardian'' reported that this postponement was a blow to Lord's which had been expected to host the final.〔 (Lord's suffers Test Championship blow as ICC scraps mandatory DRS rule ) The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2012〕 At the chief executives' meeting of the ICC in April 2012, it confirmed that the ICC Champions Trophy would be last held in 2013 with the inaugural Test Championship play-offs being scheduled for June 2017. 〔(No Champions Trophy after 2013 ) Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2012〕 The ICC said that there would be only one trophy for each format of the game, which meant that the Champions Trophy would no longer take place since the Cricket World Cup is the premier event for 50-over cricket. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ICC World Test Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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