... politics, pay disputes and infrastructure. While he warned against writing the Windies off in their upcoming three-Test series against Australia, he was concerned about the chances of the Caribbean re-establishing itself as ... only the strong would survive as interest dwindled elsewhere. “I have a feeling that Test cricket is going to reduce in size rather than grow in size,” he said. ...

... thread, so lets 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. Lets see ... far, when BCCI really became powerful, we have so far (the decade is not over yet), played 102 test matches out of which only 36 were draws. So, in the past when we were a much weaker team, we ...

... a test-cricket fan. Though I do not find enough time now to follow test cricket on the TV, I do try and keep up with analysis from a few places. Kartikeya is one person whose writings on cricket I have come to admire over time and his latest post on test cricket ... Blogroll, cricket, India, Permanent Reads, something I like Tagged: "test cricket", India, sachin, tendulkar

... in the powers wakes up and do the lip service on test cricket health time to time... to make us believe that its still alive... they ... lying dead in front of their eyes... do you still believe what you see these days are the 'test' matches in real sense...? its basically a ... coz moment the ball start to do the talking you see these 'test' matches closing in two and half days or ...

... umpire that wasn’t successful either. Asif has made a comeback to Test cricket after a couple of years. After having shown a lot ... time,” he was quoted as saying after his inclusion in the Pakistan squad for the Test series against the Black Caps. He could not participate in the preceding ... Pakistan due to play a lot of international cricket during the next one year, he has to play a key role ...

... I’m missing covering cricket since I moved jobs. There’s no doubt I will miss it, probably when England’s Test series gets underway and certainly if Kevin Pietersen inhales the pantomime-fury foaming ... lots of partly cynical, often highly plausible, reasons for the state of Test cricket being in its current apparently precarious position. Pitches are certainly ...