And while the Big Three further enrich themselves, the other seven Test countries will be fobbed off with the honour of belonging to 'the Test Match club' and 5 per cent each. Enjoy the current Test series between West Indies and New Zealand, because they may not bother to subsidise the most uneconomic format for much longer – especially after the Big Three revealed what really interests them by killing off the World Test Championships of 2017 and 2021, which the old ICC had planned, and replacing it with a 50-over Champions Trophy.