... a debut century against Australia in the first test, and said afterwards that growing up, all he wanted to do was play test cricket. From this we can see that player motivation is ... a bigger problem than anyone thought. Every cricketing nation needs to take responsibility for cricket as a whole and the way it is promoted and developed around the globe. Instead of talking about removing some ...

... discuss it on another thread. I am really surprised to hear all this India is against test cricket theories. Because I had a perception that India was actually doing the opposite. ... powerful. in the 90s, India played 69 test matches. 31 draws and the rest produced ... matches and series abroad. Compared to that both England and Australia have increased playing ODIs more than tests, and their draw ...

... umpire that wasn’t successful either. Asif has made a comeback to Test cricket after a couple of years. After having shown a lot ... games but he an impression right away by claiming two wickets in the encounter against Australia, the eventual champions. He bowled quite superbly in his last spell ... Pakistan due to play a lot of international cricket during the next one year, he has to play a key role ...

... about the contest between two evenly matched teams, a true test of players' skill and resolve. The coming series of ... (New Zealand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Ireland, Australia A, England A, India A, South Africa A). At the end of ... , pitches need to be prepared so that there is something in them for bowlers. Low scoring test cricket is much more exciting than games where both sides make 500 ...

Rahul Dravid of India, has become the second Indian Player and the fifth international player, to score 11,000 runs in “Test-Cricket” , in 135 matches. The other 4 Players, who have scored more than 11,000 runs in Test Cricket, so far, are:- Sachin Tendulkar- India - 12,777 runs - in ...

Melbourne (Australia), Nov. 20 : Former Australian cricket captain and coach Greg Chappell has warned that 50-over cricket would be the best way to measure all cricketing nations, but Twenty20 is the best format for ensuring the growth of the game.  Read more »