sohum
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Bring back the timeless Tests!!
Bring back the timeless Tests!!
Making Tests more exciting
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formula1man
International Cricketer
well if they can get the pink ball working than you wouldnt need coloured clothing i guess
angryangy
ICC Chairman
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It would be awesome to have some sort of rule so that the deciding Test in a series goes timeless. TV networks would hate it.
age of the fall
International Cricketer
Ugh, no no no no for the 4 day tests.
mattfb
Chairman of Selectors
I dont like any of te ideas. I love test cricket and I dont want it changed. Twenty20 will never be king for me.
Uncovered pitches!
lancashire666
International Coach
if you want to watch free hits and run fests then you have 20/20 for that, test cricket is pretty good at the moment, there are certain changes i would implament, making it up to the umpires when they players go off for bad light rather than the batsman for a start, but it doesnt need radical changes like you suggested, and 4 day test matches would be silly, due to the weather here in england we would never see a result!
mattfb
Chairman of Selectors
I wouldn't mind 6 60-70 over days. If there is bad weather for 2 days there are still 4 days to play.
DPRA
International Cricketer
One thing to say.
Day Night tests. No.
Day Night tests. No.
Left_Hander
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I personally think that the thread starter has been watching a bit too much Twenty20.
The system of evaluating pitches should change, especially in the subcontinent. Captains/teams asking groundsmen to alter home pitches to suit them should be treated in the same level as MATCH FIXING!!!
And may be create an award that rewards team that plays test cricket with a positive mindset (something like how the IPL introduced Fair Play award to encourage fair play).
And may be create an award that rewards team that plays test cricket with a positive mindset (something like how the IPL introduced Fair Play award to encourage fair play).
formula1man
International Cricketer
the thread starter has said a million times that they love test cricket and dont want it to change at all, but T20 will start to put pressure on it because of money and sooner or later there will have to be changes for test cricket to merely survive in a fast paced world where ppl have attention spans of 5 minutes. No good if we all love tests coz the reality is most ppl who dont love cricket want to see more T20 coz its exciting,
so i thought i would start this thread for ppl do discuss ways in which it could survive, but ppl dont read either and just assume i hate tests by the name of the thread.
i'll say it again i would have much prefered my local tv network to have purchased the Australia vs West Indies test series than the joke that was IPL.
Vary the pitches so the toss, batting first and huge totals don't spoil the game. There, Tests made more exciting. Anyone watching the 1991 Headingley Test or either of two Tests which were very close in 1998 between West Indies and England will know exciting Tests and that's just three Tests that readily spring to mind.
Tests can be boring because the pitches are too flat or the games are one sided, that's because West Indies, Bangladesh and New Zealand aren't at the same level as other sides and the pitches can favour batting first too much or are so flat it's a runfest with no prospect of a result. Reducing the number of days is a daft idea, you'll just end up with more draws unless you do something to produce results faster.
I think people need to stop worrying that T20 is going to ruin cricket and trying to make other formats compete with it. I suspect the fad will soon wear off, remember when the yanks were trying to make football more exciting and they had penalty shoot-outs for "tied games" and even suggested moving the goalposts (well making them bigger but same principle!) Once the fad of T20 wears out the fools throwing money at the game to make it popular will grow bored, it is doubtful the impact will be quite the same outside of India and the novelty will no doubt wear off. Go play Brian Lara or Cricket 2007 with 20 overs a side and see how long it takes to be bored.
I'm all in favour of minor adjustments, like with cricket games on games consoles there could be some fine tuning to make runscoring more difficult or bowling harder, but you wouldn't make any radical changes.
Owzat added 3 Minutes and 25 Seconds later...
I should add T20 has the "appeal" of being shorter and therefore those that want to watch it on TV or at the ground can work and then go to it with 5.30pm starts. While in theory that is good, not everyone can get from work to a cricket ground in that space of time, the appeal of the opposition has to be assessed and away games aren't in the same county so it could start at 9.30pm and you still wouldn't make it! Plus people do have lives outside of cricket. You can also end with as few as 5 overs a side as rain doesn't stay away just because it's T20, cricket still robs spectators one way or another.
Tests can be boring because the pitches are too flat or the games are one sided, that's because West Indies, Bangladesh and New Zealand aren't at the same level as other sides and the pitches can favour batting first too much or are so flat it's a runfest with no prospect of a result. Reducing the number of days is a daft idea, you'll just end up with more draws unless you do something to produce results faster.
I think people need to stop worrying that T20 is going to ruin cricket and trying to make other formats compete with it. I suspect the fad will soon wear off, remember when the yanks were trying to make football more exciting and they had penalty shoot-outs for "tied games" and even suggested moving the goalposts (well making them bigger but same principle!) Once the fad of T20 wears out the fools throwing money at the game to make it popular will grow bored, it is doubtful the impact will be quite the same outside of India and the novelty will no doubt wear off. Go play Brian Lara or Cricket 2007 with 20 overs a side and see how long it takes to be bored.
I'm all in favour of minor adjustments, like with cricket games on games consoles there could be some fine tuning to make runscoring more difficult or bowling harder, but you wouldn't make any radical changes.
Owzat added 3 Minutes and 25 Seconds later...
I should add T20 has the "appeal" of being shorter and therefore those that want to watch it on TV or at the ground can work and then go to it with 5.30pm starts. While in theory that is good, not everyone can get from work to a cricket ground in that space of time, the appeal of the opposition has to be assessed and away games aren't in the same county so it could start at 9.30pm and you still wouldn't make it! Plus people do have lives outside of cricket. You can also end with as few as 5 overs a side as rain doesn't stay away just because it's T20, cricket still robs spectators one way or another.
Leggie
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The only thing I would actually agree with is the Day-Night thing. But still, that would take the excitement for the viewers and frustration of the opposition away, because the batsmen wouldn't be playing for bad light....and we want that.
Skater
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It is a common misconception that Twenty20 is threatening Test cricket at all. I don't know about anyone else, but I have never thought about winning lots of money in the Stanford 20-20 for 20. It is not something I have dreamed of. I have dreamed of taking 5 wickets at Lord's on Test debut. Test cricket will always be the toughest, purest form of the game.
The only thing I would change about it, possibly, is limiting the first innings to 100 overs or so. There is a rule in the Minor Counties Championship that the first innings can only last 90 overs and as a result more results are produced, even in the 3 day games it has.
I have said in other places, David Lloyd has the right idea. He doesn't take Twenty20 as a game of cricket, he takes it as pure entertainment. You won't find county grounds full in any other competition but the Twenty20 Cup. It is a bit of fun. It is bringing money and new fans into the game.
For me, there is nothing like coming home from school or work and picking up a Test match. Or listening to the voices on Test Match Special. With Twenty20, it's all over in a flash.
The moral of the story is - Test cricket is fine.
The only thing I would change about it, possibly, is limiting the first innings to 100 overs or so. There is a rule in the Minor Counties Championship that the first innings can only last 90 overs and as a result more results are produced, even in the 3 day games it has.
I have said in other places, David Lloyd has the right idea. He doesn't take Twenty20 as a game of cricket, he takes it as pure entertainment. You won't find county grounds full in any other competition but the Twenty20 Cup. It is a bit of fun. It is bringing money and new fans into the game.
For me, there is nothing like coming home from school or work and picking up a Test match. Or listening to the voices on Test Match Special. With Twenty20, it's all over in a flash.
The moral of the story is - Test cricket is fine.
