Ireland on path to Test status

Under the terms of the new ICC constitution, which was agreed on Wednesday and will be formally ratified in June, associate members can be promoted to full member status if they meet the ICC’s qualifying criteria regarding playing standards and good governance.
Ireland and Afghanistan have already met the ICC qualifying conditions, so the two leading associate nations will be given Test status in June and could each receive US$55m [€50m] from the ICC’s television revenue earnings over an eight-year cycle.