Can a country play only ODIs and/or T20Is??

[Francis20520]

Can a country not play test cricket and only play ODIs and T20Is???

Taking it further can a country play only T20Is??
Say they don't want to play test or ODIs.
They want to concentrate only on T20Is.

Does the ICC allow this??

 

[honestbharani]

Yes

 

[Francis20520]

What countries play only T20Is and how are the matches scheduled??

Because for a tour normally you have at least 2 tests, 3 ODIs and 1T20I.

So how do countries who only play ODIs and/or T20Is get their tours???

 

[honestbharani]

Zimbabwe took a break from playing tests for a while. You simply don't schedule games in the format the team does not play. So Zimbabwe series used to be just ODIs and T20Is during that time.

 

[AndrewB]

The ICC rankings include 12 Test-playing countries, 20 ODI-playing countries and 85 T20I-playing countries. (All the Test-playing countries play ODIs, and all the ODI-playing countries play T20Is).

 

[Red]

https://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/how-international-cricket-council-grants-test-status

This is a good article on how test status is granted.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

@Red Hill yep except there's doubt whether the Intercontinental Cup (i.e. the international Tests that somehow aren't Tests) will go on post-CoVID and post-big 3 coup (also a bit brutal on India 1932-83 but i guess that's the nature of cricket history)

 

[Naheed]

@Red Hill I have read this article, I really find it very useful to understand international cricket pattern. I hope it has also helped @Francis20520 to find the answer of his question