Former Australian captain Allan Border has joined the chorus of ex-players calling for Test cricket to be shortened.

Border says the longest format of the game is in danger of being left behind and echoed Mark Taylor's sentiments, who on Tuesday suggested the game should be reduced to just four days, rather than five.

“It's under threat – Test cricket,” he said.

“I think Mark Taylor might be hitting the nail on the head there with four-day games.

“It's a shame because of tradition but sometimes you've got to go with the flow and what people want to see."

However, Border said that in order for the concept to work, more overs would need to be bowled per day.

“The time to get results is lessened, but you get more overs in the day to try and get those results,” he said.

“I think we need to have a look at Test cricket. Maybe a Test championship, day-night cricket, four-day cricket – all these things are on the agenda.”

Border's successor as captain of his country, Mark Taylor, said on Tuesday that a shortened version of Test cricket will appeal more to fans.

“I think we need to have stuff like the day-night Test matches and even start thinking more seriously about four-day games of Test cricket because it will only add to the appeal of the game and like all games, make it a bit shorter and a bit faster,” Taylor said on SEN radio.

“That's what people of this generation want to see… I think straight away you obviously have one less day to win or lose or draw a game so it does force captains into being a little bit more aggressive in their thinking.”

“What we're trying to do is still appeal to those traditionalists like me who love their Test cricket but also bring some of these kids and families that are coming into the game through T20 to get them into Test matches as well. I'm not sure if the old five day test matches are going to appeal to them.

“You can play Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday so you've got your Test match finishing on a Sunday rather than sometimes on a Monday or a Tuesday which happens in the schedule now,” he said.

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