It all points out to an ICC Test Cricket Championship by the year 2013. Right now the ICC administration is going through the logistical possibilities of making this a reality and will come out with their findings by the end of 2010.
Prior to this the only other efforts in this direction was the Asian Test Championship which was held among India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and was conducted only twice. In 1998-99 Pakistan won the inaugural Championship and in 2001-02 Sri Lanka emerged as champions. It was originally planned that the tournament would be held every two years, alternatively with the Asia Cup.
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Way back in 1912 Triangular a Test Tournament, was held between Australia, England and South Africa. In 2006, the Asian Cricket Council canceled the Asian Test Championship due to the tightly packed international cricket tour schedule.
However the call for such a Test championship has been mooted since the arrival of the T-20 version of the game and the pundits of the game feared that Test cricket may become a victim of this development and die a natural death.