A new mode of cricket designed to be the sport’s “middle-format” and including AI scouting methods is set to be brought to Abu Dhabi in April.
A thousand teenagers are due to attend trials with a view to playing the first season of Test Twenty, a form of the game devised by an Indian businessman. Matches will have two T20 innings per side, played over the course of a day, with the potential for wins, losses, and draws.
It is targeted at 13 to 19-year-olds, with players from all over the world set to be involved. The trials, using hi-tech selection methods at Abu Dhabi Cricket and Sports Hub, will whittle down the aspiring players to a final pool of 300 for auc
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