Harbhajan wants to play 12-15 Tests a year to keep the format alive.
Sachin wants kids to get a free entry to the Tests over the weekend help the little ones develop penchant for longest n oldest form of cricket.
ICC wants 4 day Tests.
Ponting wants to return to England in 2013.
India has a realistic chance to be top team in Tests by beating the Lankans (3-0) and SA (2-1) later this year.
Who said Tests are dying ?
Not everybody is a Flintoff. A few exceptions like Afridi, Freddie and few more could go the T20 way, but the game wont be poor without them.
We do have lot of characters and entertainers in addition to purists in the longest form of the game. To add more we have flat track bullies, we have few who cherish batting on minefields and through injuries -- Dravid, Smith. We have had players who have bowled with a broken jaw and we have had a few who have chickened out of Tests owing to some freak knee injury and returned to play ODIs days after Tests got over.
When we have all this kinda varied characters who would want the Tests to fizz out.
Imagine the intensity of the contest between South Africa and India. Or Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh. And to top it all India vs Pakistan.
A T20 wont provide the long lasting excitement of the above contests. Not even IPL.
Sachin wants kids to get a free entry to the Tests over the weekend help the little ones develop penchant for longest n oldest form of cricket.
ICC wants 4 day Tests.
Ponting wants to return to England in 2013.
India has a realistic chance to be top team in Tests by beating the Lankans (3-0) and SA (2-1) later this year.
Who said Tests are dying ?
Not everybody is a Flintoff. A few exceptions like Afridi, Freddie and few more could go the T20 way, but the game wont be poor without them.
We do have lot of characters and entertainers in addition to purists in the longest form of the game. To add more we have flat track bullies, we have few who cherish batting on minefields and through injuries -- Dravid, Smith. We have had players who have bowled with a broken jaw and we have had a few who have chickened out of Tests owing to some freak knee injury and returned to play ODIs days after Tests got over.
When we have all this kinda varied characters who would want the Tests to fizz out.
Imagine the intensity of the contest between South Africa and India. Or Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh. And to top it all India vs Pakistan.
A T20 wont provide the long lasting excitement of the above contests. Not even IPL.
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now that you have said...i can sleep peacefully... ;-))
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh?
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