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ICC chairman Shashank Manohar has said the revival of bilateral cricket is in the hands of the members boards, because bilateral cricket does not fall under the jurisdiction of crickets international governing body. The idea of two tiers in Tests was put forward by Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa, Manohar said, and it was up to the members to decide what to do about it.I can tell as a fact, this issue [two tiers] was raised by Cricket South Africa and Cricket Australia, and came up at the Chief Executives Committee (CEC) meeting in Edinburgh, Manohar told the Indian Express. Being the chairman of the ICC, I dont attend the CEC meetings, but I was specifically called for this agenda item. I said at the meeting that the ICC is not empowered to look into this because these bilateral rights are rights belonging to home boards and its for them to decide what to do. The ICC has nothing to say in this. This matter cant be deliberated on the ICC platform.Haroon Lorgat, CEO of Cricket South Africa and former ICC CEO, had similarly told ESPNcricinfo that it was the responsibility of the member boards and not the ICC to ensure bilateral cricket is in good health. Technically, the ICC is only in charge of organising ICC events like the World Cup, World T20, Champions Trophy and Intercontinental Cup.While revamps of bilateral cricket were being debated, Manohar said it remained equally important to pinpoint the basis of Test crickets attendance problems. He said he felt it largely came down to the many options todays fans have inside and outside of the game. I said at the [CEC] meeting that the decline in crowd attendance for Test matches is not because theres no content. What should be done is a survey. You should find out why the popularity of Test cricket has diminished.For that you will have to interview people who watch T20 games or ODI games. Because there the stadiums are full, so those people are interested in watching the game of cricket.In earlier days, there were only about five Tests in two years time. There was no television. So people used to go and stadiums used to be full. But today, for all 365 days, theres some game going on somewhere in the world. So you can watch a game of cricket anytime, any day. So why would a person waste seven hours for five days, from 10am-5pm? All these things had been argued at the meeting.Manohar also offered specific numbers on the budget for the Champions Trophy 2017 to be hosted in England, saying the BCCIs claim that it was three times that of the budget allocated to this years World T20 hosted in India was false. Thats not factually correct. The budget for the World T20 2016, including the television production cost, was $55,084,116. The budget for the Champions Trophy 2017, including television production cost, is $46,781,507.Yes, there were more matches and teams at the World T20 2016 compared to what will be there for the Champions Trophy. But the Champions Trophy games are full-day games and the accommodation and travel cost in the UK are substantially higher that what they were in India.After replacing N Srinivasan as ICC chairman in November 2015, Manohar had stated his intent to end the imbalance of power at the ICC caused by the constitutional revamp of 2014 - the Big Three episode. Now he reiterated his commitment to the international governing body over the BCCI, of which he was president till May. Today Im unconnected with any particular member of the ICC, he said. Im the independent ICC chairman, so I have to look at the best interests of the ICC. 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Nottinghamshire 303 for 5 (Libby 54, Patel 51*) lead Lancashire 276 (Smith 70, Tahir 4-81) by 27 runsScorecard Just when it seemed summer had finally broken out, a blanket of cloud settled over Trent Bridge to enliven the day with a touch of spectator disgruntlement as umpires Alex Wharf and Martin Saggers called time on Neil Wagners attempt to prise out Nottinghamshires Samit Patel through an exploration of old-fashioned leg theory.Bowling from the Pavilion End, the New Zealand fast bowler had aimed a series of short-pitched deliveries intended to cramp up Patel and positioned fielders in close catching positions on the leg side. The tactic was producing debatable benefits. Despite light gloomy enough to require the floodlights to be switched on, Patel had found the boundary twice in four deliveries with a couple of wristy flicks and didnt appear to be in particular difficulty.Yet as the lights began to appear brighter against the greyness of the sky, a debate began in which the umpires offered Lancashire the usual option of continuing with slower bowlers only. This was declined and the players walked off to the noisy displeasure of the Radcliffe Road Upper, which was understandable given that they could see an hours potential play disappearing on a day mercifully free of rain.There should be no blaming the officials in these circumstances, though. They have a duty of care to the batsmen. Whats more, there had been a number of short-pitched balls from the Pavilion End that had failed to get up, including one that Wagner himself had inadvertently ducked into the night before.In the event, the players returned with only four overs lost of a second day that followed the pattern of the first after Lancashires first innings had ended with the 11th ball of the morning. Where the visitors had been 109 for 1 after the opening session on Sunday, Nottinghamshire were 120 for 1; at tea the home side were 212 for 4 compared with Lancashires 192 for 4.The crucial difference is that Nottinghamshire lost only one more wicket after tea and, with a lead of 27, a third batting point secured and Patel still with a batsman for company, have an opportunity to give themselves a margin to work with on the third dayLancashire, for their part, will feeel they could have bowled better.dddddddddddd. After Imran Tahirs top-spinner had trapped Matt Parkinson leg before to claim the final Lancashire wicket, Nottinghamshire openers Steven Mullaney and Jake Libby were able to progress as briskly as Tom Smith and Haseeb Hameed had at the corresponding stage of the Lancashire first innings. The two approached the task with a positive mindset from the outset, pouncing on anything wide or overpitched on a surface where the ball tended to sit up to be hit.Mullaney, pulling, had an escape on 33 when Parkinson spilled what should have been a straightforward catch on the square-leg boundary off Kyle Jarvis and Libby edged the next delivery between second and third slips. But Lancashires only breakthrough before lunch came when Mullaney bottom edged a cut shot against Jarvis into his stumps.Libby completed a half-century from 88 balls but Nottinghamshires batsmen proved no more capable than Lancashires of turning solid starts into substantial scores. The right-hander, who made his second first-class century during an early-season loan spell at Northamptonshire, had not added to his 54 at lunch when he feathered a catch to wicketkeeper Steven Croft off Neil Wagner.Lancashire bowled better lines in the afternoon but Nottinghamshire will feel nonetheless that there were some wasted opportunities. Greg Smith was beginning to strike the ball cleanly, pulling Jarvis for four but was leg before when the next delivery arrived fuller and straighter.Brendan Taylor could consider himself a little unfortunate. He launched a couple of huge sixes off Parkinson, a young legspinner who gives the ball some air and a good tweak, but got into a pickle against a short ball from Jordan Clark that was among those that climbed less than anticipated and was caught at short third man off something resembling his uppercut, although possibly an unintentional one.That wicket made the middle session Lancashires but although Michael Lumb was another who failed to build on a solid start, the partnership between Patel and Riki Wessels added 62 in what remained, with eight overs ultimately lost. ' ' '