Recently Gayle said that he would lament if Test Cricket disappears
I want your opinions on the future of Test Cricket
I want your opinions on the future of Test Cricket
T20 vs Test Cricket
| yagnyavalkya wrote: |
| Recently Gayle said that he would lament if Test Cricket disappears
I want your opinions on the future of Test Cricket |
My take on this is that Test Cricket is very very tactical game, there are lot of things involved when doing Test Cricket. However things are changing, people just do not have the time to watch cricket for 5 days and wait for results or no results for that matter. Although test cricket still has its place in the world, it is quickly going to disappear. As with any spectator based sport, it thrives on interest. If you can not keep spectator interest in the game then the market for game dies. One day cricket and T20 cricket has changed the scene, they give you excitement and thrill of cricket in a very short period of time as compared to test cricket. Games such as Football, Basketball (NBA), Baseball etc have been popular because they are able to attract the crowds for an evening and put on a good show in relatively short period of time. Just imagine test match football, or test match NBA where you play for entire day to get some result, who will watch that, it is boring.
Cricket has entered the time when it is about to change, and rightfully so in my opinion, because the real thing that matters is that, can the sport attract a crowd or not.
No disrespect to Test Cricket, it is great, and true test of players, but sadly the audience for it is on the decline.
But like you said test cricket is a very metal game as good as it is physical and there is endurance test in it
I feel that it will not die out so soon
I feel that it will not die out so soon
| yagnyavalkya wrote: |
| But like you said test cricket is a very metal game as good as it is physical and there is endurance test in it
I feel that it will not die out so soon |
Agreed, and I like test cricket, but my point is that Cricket is as good as the audience it can attract. Now a days busy life styles and fast moving society, people do not have enough time to spend on watching test cricket. It is lovely game but sadly things around it have changed. One day cricket or T20 is just attempt from cricket to stay alive, otherwise cricket will be wiped of the map in near future. Also note that with T20 now it is possible to pitch for it as Olympic event since it takes reasonable amount of time, with one day cricket or Test it is just not possible.
Yes you are right
Maybe it will be an Olympic event soon
Maybe it will be an Olympic event soon
| yagnyavalkya wrote: |
| Recently Gayle said that he would lament if Test Cricket disappears
I want your opinions on the future of Test Cricket |
you mean to say gayle "would'nt" lament...
he doesnt give a damn about test cricket and i dont blame him
look at the success of t20..its got new fans for cricket itself..only those die hard cricket fans would want to watch a 5 day match...
or maybe test cricket should be played now..in times of recession..since people dont have any work anyways so might as well snack on some peanuts and watch 5 days of cricket at home..
People who prefer Test cricket to the limited-overs forms of the game are often called "purists". This is the wrong term: fans of Test cricket don't see the long game as the "pure" form of the game; they think of it as the classical form. It is classical because it is a codified, cultivated form of the game, distinct from both local/popular/primitive forms of bat-and-ball games as well as modern abridged variants such as ODIs and Twenty20. Classical also in the sense of being authoritative and definitive. Rahul Dravid, for example, chose the players for Vijay Mallya's franchise on the principle that good Test players ought to be able to play Twenty20 cricket because the four-innings form teaches the Test player a classical technique that can be turned to any purpose, a style for all seasons. He was horribly wrong (as we now know) but this was more than an individual error: it represented the collapse of the classical ideal in cricket. so, Test and 20-20 are not the same. Both have their own fun.
So, in my opinion, the no. of test matches in a year may reduce but it cant completely disappear.
So, in my opinion, the no. of test matches in a year may reduce but it cant completely disappear.
Mate, i like all the crickets games that are being played but test cricket is just too loooooooooooooong. I still love watching it but i fall asleep on it most of the time. I'm not dissing cricket or anything but it's just kind of too slow. 20/20 is sick though, so much action in so little time hehehe
Test Cricket is gonna stay.
I like all three versions of the game, but I think T20 cricket is being played a lot, which is taking a lot of fun out of it.
I like all three versions of the game, but I think T20 cricket is being played a lot, which is taking a lot of fun out of it.
There was a program on last night on BBC2 about Empire of Cricket. It showed that how exclusive test cricket was and how much it has changed over the years to keep up. It might be the case the test cricket evolves again and the changes give it a new revival. However current trend certainly is downward if not extinction.
The world cup is going to start
and there is going to be fun for the next few days
I hope all of you will enjoy this
I am just asking all you guys if the 50 over kind of cricket can be phased out
your opinion on this is welcome
and there is going to be fun for the next few days
I hope all of you will enjoy this
I am just asking all you guys if the 50 over kind of cricket can be phased out
your opinion on this is welcome
| yagnyavalkya wrote: |
| The world cup is going to start
and there is going to be fun for the next few days I hope all of you will enjoy this I am just asking all you guys if the 50 over kind of cricket can be phased out your opinion on this is welcome |
Don't think that will phase out, because 50 over cricket is the closest thing to test cricket that can be tolerated in terms of time.
Cricket in any form is the best game to play with.
Looking at the time people can spend, T20 is taking craze all over the cricket playing nations.
Also as this game create exitiment and is fast which is also attracting many non cricket playing countries across the world.
I feel with evolving clutures in the world the game is also evolving and getting more and more popular.
So those who feel concern about the test cricket and also the one day, i feel lets njoy the new form....
Looking at the time people can spend, T20 is taking craze all over the cricket playing nations.
Also as this game create exitiment and is fast which is also attracting many non cricket playing countries across the world.
I feel with evolving clutures in the world the game is also evolving and getting more and more popular.
So those who feel concern about the test cricket and also the one day, i feel lets njoy the new form....
| sheedatali wrote: | ||
My take on this is that Test Cricket is very very tactical game, there are lot of things involved when doing Test Cricket. However things are changing, people just do not have the time to watch cricket for 5 days and wait for results or no results for that matter. Although test cricket still has its place in the world, it is quickly going to disappear. As with any spectator based sport, it thrives on interest. If you can not keep spectator interest in the game then the market for game dies. One day cricket and T20 cricket has changed the scene, they give you excitement and thrill of cricket in a very short period of time as compared to test cricket. Games such as Football, Basketball (NBA), Baseball etc have been popular because they are able to attract the crowds for an evening and put on a good show in relatively short period of time. Just imagine test match football, or test match NBA where you play for entire day to get some result, who will watch that, it is boring. Cricket has entered the time when it is about to change, and rightfully so in my opinion, because the real thing that matters is that, can the sport attract a crowd or not. No disrespect to Test Cricket, it is great, and true test of players, but sadly the audience for it is on the decline. |
I completely disagree people saying that test or even one day cricket is a tactical cricket and only class player can play that form of game. I feel T20 is a very differnt form of cricket where different set of tactics are required. I feel those who play this form well are more tactical and more accurate as they get only few deliveries to show their game. Many classic players have failed in this form of cricket. I feel there cannot be a direct comparision with Test and T20 as both of them are very differnt in their timelines and strategies. Offcourse both are the best as it is cricket - The best Game to Play..
i like only T20 matches because the result will be known within 3 hours but in test cricket we have to wait for 4 or 5 days....
| tamilparks wrote: |
| i like only T20 matches because the result will be known within 3 hours but in test cricket we have to wait for 4 or 5 days.... |
Haha, same feelin ere even with 50 over cricket watch the first 5 overs and the last 10 overs, who cares what happens inbetween?
Cricket in general is a slow and boring sport and the revival of the sport is T20 but again still boring. Wont ever be great as rugby or football.
i think if the future only T20 is alive the test match will die
Personally,
There's nothing quite like the Thursday morning of a test, the anticipation of what is to come.
T20 has it's place, and suits for televised tournements, but Test Cricket is where the game becomes truely amazing.
I think T20 is more of a threat to the traditional One Day game, Test Cricket should be around for a long time.
There's nothing quite like the Thursday morning of a test, the anticipation of what is to come.
T20 has it's place, and suits for televised tournements, but Test Cricket is where the game becomes truely amazing.
I think T20 is more of a threat to the traditional One Day game, Test Cricket should be around for a long time.
test cricket is amazing but now t20 is amazing
Now there is monet in cricket
And that money is only in t20
why waste time playing test cricket and then retire with nothing when you can play t20 and make millions
he is a smart man
And that money is only in t20
why waste time playing test cricket and then retire with nothing when you can play t20 and make millions
he is a smart man
| viraj wrote: |
| Cricket in any form is the best game to play with.
Looking at the time people can spend, T20 is taking craze all over the cricket playing nations. Also as this game create exitiment and is fast which is also attracting many non cricket playing countries across the world. I feel with evolving clutures in the world the game is also evolving and getting more and more popular. So those who feel concern about the test cricket and also the one day, i feel lets njoy the new form.... |
I completely agree Viraj. Test cricket cannot have end. Its a classic form of the game and the best one. Also the T20, 50-50 will also survie and will become a attractive proposition for the non-cricket playing nations to develop there interest in cricket...
| Fake wrote: |
| Now there is monet in cricket
And that money is only in t20 why waste time playing test cricket and then retire with nothing when you can play t20 and make millions he is a smart man |
Players are now becoming professionals.. Games if played for only money will lose out the real sportsman out of you and will make you businessman..
I believe that this itself is wrong. And sportsman should concentrate on game rather that money and fame... It will automatically follow..
According to me, test cricket is not going to die. It is a completely different ball game than T-20 cricket.
In t-20 things change within an over and there is no time to recover. In test cricket there are 5 days and so one can recover very easily. And moreover there are three possible results of a game. a team can try to go for a draw if it can not win.
Both are totally different ball game.
In t-20 things change within an over and there is no time to recover. In test cricket there are 5 days and so one can recover very easily. And moreover there are three possible results of a game. a team can try to go for a draw if it can not win.
Both are totally different ball game.
Test Cricket - for me anyway - easily beats T20.
You only have to experience the tension of an Ashes series... (as a Brit or an Aussie)... so far, three games down... two draws (Australia should have won in Cardiff... and England were the better team in Edgbaston) - but they were both entertaining.... and the Lords game (as an England fan !!) was very enjoyable.
Other test cricket is also entertaining... but there is nothing better than a series against your biggest rivals... and having a hope of winning makes it even better.
Malcolm
You only have to experience the tension of an Ashes series... (as a Brit or an Aussie)... so far, three games down... two draws (Australia should have won in Cardiff... and England were the better team in Edgbaston) - but they were both entertaining.... and the Lords game (as an England fan !!) was very enjoyable.
Other test cricket is also entertaining... but there is nothing better than a series against your biggest rivals... and having a hope of winning makes it even better.
Malcolm
I feel test cricket tests for real & true CLASS but in 20-20 one can be famous because of his form or just because of some luck. According to me test cricket is the real cricket which build cricketers and give them class. it's important for cricketers to play test cricket though test matches don't gather much audience.
i am fan of cricket
i like mostly one-day
as i dont have much time to see test....
and result of test......nothing
but test is for practice of players and test is itself a test for players
our team also have win T20 world cup 2009
i like mostly one-day
as i dont have much time to see test....
and result of test......nothing
but test is for practice of players and test is itself a test for players
our team also have win T20 world cup 2009
No, doomsayers like me don't dislike Twenty20 or the IPL: we're scared that they'll make our cricketing passions obsolete. As we fret about the future of the four-innings game (Will the Ranji Trophy survive? How will we nurture future Test cricketers if it doesn't?), it might help if we begin by recognising that we aren't alone. Historically, what is happening to cricket today has happened to other forms of entertainment - music, for example - in the past.
People who prefer Test cricket to the limited-overs forms of the game are often called "purists". This is the wrong term: fans of Test cricket don't see the long game as the "pure" form of the game; they think of it as the classical form. It is classical because it is a codified, cultivated form of the game, distinct from both local/popular/primitive forms of bat-and-ball games as well as modern abridged variants such as ODIs and Twenty20. Classical also in the sense of being authoritative and definitive. Rahul Dravid, for example, chose the players for Vijay Mallya's franchise on the principle that good Test players ought to be able to play Twenty20 cricket because the four-innings form teaches the Test player a classical technique that can be turned to any purpose, a style for all seasons. He was horribly wrong (as we now know) but this was more than an individual error: it represented the collapse of the classical ideal in cricket
People who prefer Test cricket to the limited-overs forms of the game are often called "purists". This is the wrong term: fans of Test cricket don't see the long game as the "pure" form of the game; they think of it as the classical form. It is classical because it is a codified, cultivated form of the game, distinct from both local/popular/primitive forms of bat-and-ball games as well as modern abridged variants such as ODIs and Twenty20. Classical also in the sense of being authoritative and definitive. Rahul Dravid, for example, chose the players for Vijay Mallya's franchise on the principle that good Test players ought to be able to play Twenty20 cricket because the four-innings form teaches the Test player a classical technique that can be turned to any purpose, a style for all seasons. He was horribly wrong (as we now know) but this was more than an individual error: it represented the collapse of the classical ideal in cricket
Let me ask a question. Those people who screams about test matches are the best... Do you guys watch all teh 5days of a match. I dont think so. because with this speed of we spin, we cant spend 5 days for a test match, unless otherwse you are employed in the sector or you are a professional cricketer.
however, I think that classic test matches should be there. It will remember how the things were used to be.
But practicaly, I think T20 is the future of cricket. Like any other sport, Cricket needs to be famous if it is to survive and conqurer. To do this more and more people needs to watch cricket. People do not have time for test matches ( or even 50 over ODIs)
T20 is getting popular like a drug. Once the game is popular, It will draw more sponsors. More sponsors means more advertising, more advertising means more people (even non- cricket fans) get to know abouit the games and matches. So more people will watch. This cycle will spin in favour of the sport.
however, I think that classic test matches should be there. It will remember how the things were used to be.
But practicaly, I think T20 is the future of cricket. Like any other sport, Cricket needs to be famous if it is to survive and conqurer. To do this more and more people needs to watch cricket. People do not have time for test matches ( or even 50 over ODIs)
T20 is getting popular like a drug. Once the game is popular, It will draw more sponsors. More sponsors means more advertising, more advertising means more people (even non- cricket fans) get to know abouit the games and matches. So more people will watch. This cycle will spin in favour of the sport.
| yagnyavalkya wrote: |
| Recently Gayle said that he would lament if Test Cricket disappears
I want your opinions on the future of Test Cricket |
Test cricket is the pinnacle. Nothing can be compared, even top notch sports, as far as the mental strength required to play this form of Cricket. Like, its not imp how good you bat. In test matches what matters if you can play long enough. Lot of arguments but cricket test is going to stay. for a long long time to come.
| xoxoxox wrote: | ||
Test cricket is the pinnacle. Nothing can be compared, even top notch sports, as far as the mental strength required to play this form of Cricket. Like, its not imp how good you bat. In test matches what matters if you can play long enough. Lot of arguments but cricket test is going to stay. for a long long time to come. |
well said xoxoxox,
test matches are a whole lot more than batting , bowling and fielding. You have to keep your nerves together for long five days straight.
This is why the world test ranking and One Day International rankings are not the same.
Some teams (players) perform well in One Day Internationals but a utter failure in test. Bangladesh team was a good example for this in the past. even they have defeated World champs in One Day Internationals , they failed totally in tests. There coach once said that his goal is not to coach the team how to win, but to (first) teach them how to play for five days
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