5 teams which would get affected by the new two-tier system in Tests

5) Afghanistan

Afghanistan players in action during their match against Australia during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Afghanistan has shown a steep rise in their performance in recent times. The Asian country have started playing bi-lateral series against full members which made their entry into the International arena.

They have been regular participants in major ICC Cricket tournaments as they qualified for consecutive World T20’s in 2010 and 2012.

The Asian team qualified for the World Cup in 2015 and won a match against Scotland. Their most memorable victory came when they defeated West Indies in the World T20 2016. Continuing their good form they also defeated Zimbabwe convincingly in both the ODI and T20 Internationals earlier this year, in the UAE.

The ICC specified that the second tier may see the likes of Ireland, Afghanistan and Nepal playing matches among each other along with the three bottom placed Test nations from the top-flight, which brightens their hopes of playing in the longer version.