Pro40 makes way for Twenty20 league

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The England and Wales Cricket Board announced the move after meetings at Lord's on Tuesday and Wednesday, at which proposals for the future of Twenty20 were discussed at length.

The Pro40 competition will be scrapped after next season to make way for the new Twenty20 tournament, which will feature all 18 counties plus two overseas teams playing in two divisions of 10 teams.

An ECB statement explains that the county championship's four-day two-division structure - the feeder to England's Test team - will remain unaffected, and the new calendar will also retain a 50-over competition.

ECB chairman Giles Clarke said: "I am delighted that the board unanimously supported these creative proposals and I would like to congratulate everyone for their hard work and thank those who went to considerable time and trouble to produce documents for discussion.

"We have already received enormous broadcast and sponsor interest from around the world, which was reported to the board by the chief executive, David Collier."