New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White would only say the two boards are "still working through the details of the schedule". Photo / Getty Images
India could play as few as 14 days' cricket on their tour of New Zealand next year.
The schedule for the trip, due to be the high point of the home international season, called for three tests, five ODIs and a T20 on the International Cricket Council's Future Tours Programme.
However it has been subject to wrangling between the two countries for months.
An Indian newspaper report claims the tour will start on January 29 and run until February 22, comprising two tests, three ODIs and one T20. If correct, it makes a mockery of the FTP, which is supposed to be the schedule which governs all international series through to 2020.
It was also claimed India initially wanted to pull out of the New Zealand tour altogether. Even forcing a significantly shortened trip is making a nonsense of the FTP and what it is designed to produce - that is, an organised structure involving bilateral series for all countries.
New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White would only say the two boards are "still working through the details of the schedule. We haven't confirmed anything yet."
