Sport shorts: support grows for four-day cricket Test matches and Saracens chairman Nigel Wray retires

Ten things from the world of sport on Thursday 2 January

England are currently playing a cricket Test series in South Africa
England are currently playing a cricket Test series in South Africa 
(Image credit: Stu Forster/Getty Images)

1. Support grows for four-day cricket Tests

New Zealand’s cricket board has joined England and Australia in supporting the introduction of four-day Test matches.

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