Lara: No draws in Test matches

The former West Indies batsman says having a winner in every Test match would make it a more attractive proposition for fans, with worldwide attendance figures in general decline.

The 47-year-old praised the introduction of T20 cricket and suggested a change in the long form of cricket of the game could have similar affects in Tests in bolstering crowds.

“I played in a period when Test cricket was waning and the crowds were a bit smaller and I grew up in the 70s and 80s and lined up at five o’clock in the morning to watch a Test match with a packed house,” Lara told BBC.

“T20 has brought a new spectator in.” “One of the complaints by an American is ‘how can you play a game for five days and it ends in a draw?’ I would like to maybe see results in every single Test match,” he told BBC.