Reiffel’s post-playing career path differs from former team-mates’ like com-box star Shane Warne. Reiffel’s post-playing career path differs from former team-mates’ like com-box star Shane Warne. Image: Getty Images

So Test cricket’s in danger of being marginalised?

Could be. I think there’s room for all the games, but you have to be smart in the way you administer them. If the ICC makes a few wrong decisions, Test cricket could easily get pushed aside. And that would be a real shame.

So what’s the smartest way of administering the three forms of the first class game?

Well, it’s just making sure there’s plenty of room in the calendar for all the games; you can’t put a priority on any single form of the game. You need to manage the whole lot so it’s got equal importance, so teams have got time to prepare for all forms of the game. It’s hard at the moment because the calendar’s getting so cluttered. You can see that certain series are not taken seriously because the teams have just come from another series, and there’s another one straight after. The danger is that it all becomes one big blur. The Ashes will always be significant, but the ICC has to make sure that other series have still got importance attached to them.

Where does the IPL fit in all that?

It’s there and it’s massive and you’re not going to get rid of it. So the ICC has to make sure the IPL is put in a timeframe where it sits there in its own right. They can’t try and hide it and play Test series over the top of it and force players to choose between Test cricket and IPL. It has to have its own little bracket. And it deserves recognition because it’s an important part of cricket now.

Going back to your umpiring, do you think umpires should have the benefit of camera technology?

I think that’s the way it’s going to go – they’re rolling it out across all Test matches from October onwards. Look, if you try to keep technology in the background, you’re bound to fail because technology’s taking over the world, so it’s not going to be any different in cricket. You’ve got to work with it. But I hope they spend as much money on the development of the umpires as they do on the technology. Sometimes I think that gets missed.