{"id":270886,"date":"2022-12-21T10:27:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T10:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/12\/21\/icc-ceo-pitches-for-more-test-playing-nations-to-tour-pakistan-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2022-12-21T10:27:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T10:27:38","slug":"icc-ceo-pitches-for-more-test-playing-nations-to-tour-pakistan-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2022\/12\/21\/icc-ceo-pitches-for-more-test-playing-nations-to-tour-pakistan-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC CEO pitches for more Test-playing nations to tour Pakistan | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>KARACHI: International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO <!-- -->Geoff Allardice<!-- --> is keen to see more <!-- -->Test cricket<!-- --> being played in <a 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