5 reasons why holding Test matches at smaller venues is a great step

#5 Novelty factor

Test cricket is still the pinnacle

Test cricket is the pinnacle, and there is a certain sense of novelty attached to the format. Hence, if the 'smaller' venues get to host the game, there will be a sense of novelty factor in and around the association.

Ideas work when they are disruptive, and by moving on from the set pattern, a very positive signal would be sent out, and this would help the game immensely.