The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday gave the green signal to a nine-team Test league and a 13-team ODI league intended at bringing context and meaning to bilateral cricket.

 ICC representative said The Test series league will have nine teams play ,six series over two years - three home and three away - with each having a minimum of two Tests and a maximum of five and all matches being played over five days concluded in a World Test League Championship Final.

The ODI league will be a straight qualification alleyway towards the ICC Cricket World Cup and will be played the 12 Full Members plus the winners of the current ICC World Cricket League Championship. In the first version of the league, each side will play four home and four away series each comprising of three ODIs moving to all teams playing each other from the second sequence onwards.

ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar said, "I would like to congratulate our Members on reaching this agreement and putting the interests of the growth of the game first. Bringing context to bilateral cricket is not a new challenge, but this is the first time a genuine solution has been agreed on.