England and Australia to start World Test Championship with 2019 Ashes

• Two-year tournament devised by ICC to decide best Test team• Competition is expected to conclude with a Lord’s final in 2021England and Australia have agreed to make next year’s Ashes the first series that will count towards the new nine-team World Test Championship.A league structure for Test cricket from 2019 was signed off by the International Cricket Council board at a meeting in Kolkata last week and it has now been confirmed that the format’s longest standing