Brian Lara, the legendary former West Indies batsman, feels that having results in every Test match might help arrest the alarming decline in attendances.

Lara is happy with excitement of T20s, as it is helping to grow the sport worldwide - and suggests a change in the long format may have the same affect in Tests.

"One of the complaints by an American is 'how can you play a game for five days and it ends in a draw?'" Lara told BBC Asian Network's Ankur Desai at an event for the charity Muslim Aid.

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