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New Cricket Format Test Twenty to Make Historic Debut in Sri Lanka
- •Test Twenty will debut at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo from November 14 to 29, featuring combined scores from boys and girls teams.
- •The inaugural tournament features 160 cricketers aged 13 to 21 divided into four continental teams, each consisting of 40 players.
- •Matches will span 80 overs per day, with the first 40 overs played with a red ball in daylight and the remaining 40 under floodlights with a white ball.
- •The Global Selection Committee is chaired by Rajkumar Sharma, with an advisory board including AB de Villiers, Matthew Hayden, and Sir Clive Lloyd.
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Test Twenty is cricket's new fourth format featuring 160 cricketers aged 13 to 21 divided into four continental teams. Its inaugural tournament will debut at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo, Sri Lanka, running from November 14 to November 29, with November 30 designated as a reserve day.
In Test Twenty, matches feature both girls' XIs and boys' XIs playing against each other, with the runs scored by both sides added to a single team total to decide the winner. Each match spans 80 overs in a single day, split evenly into daylight red-ball play in whites and floodlit white-ball play in coloured clothing without resetting scores.
Test Twenty features an advisory board comprising AB de Villiers, Matthew Hayden, and Sir Clive Lloyd, with operations led by Mike Fordham and a Global Selection Committee chaired by Rajkumar Sharma.
