05/04/2008

New ICC CEO wants more nations playing Tests.

Increasing the number of Test playing nations will prove counter- productive.

 

Haroon Lorgat, the chief executive-elect of the International Cricket Council, said "It would be a very good personal goal to try and make sure that we get the test-playing nations beyond 10,"

 

Interest in Test cricket is faltering due to the mismatch of the teams. As a result none of the top 4 nations want to play Test cricket with teams like Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and to a certain extent West Indies and New Zealand. Even if they do the difference is so huge that matches end up being one-sided and a means to establish personal and world records,

 

Instead of increasing the number of Test playing nations cricket will be better served, if Haroon Lorgat concentrates on bringing the languishing teams up to speed.

 

 

2 comments:

Soulberry said...

Nice overhaul mate...nice header, audio, and a new URL. How did that happen without disturbing the old links?

Completely agree with you on the Lorgat diktat.

Viswanathan said...

SB,

As usual you are the first to notice the change.

If you buy a domain through blogger they ensure that all the old links are redirected to your new one.

The other changes involved a lot of trial and error.

The audio is a relatively new version of podcast called podiocast. Its free,just click on the subscribe link it will take you to their site.They will help you convert your post to audio.

BTW, kindly replace the link in your blogroll to my new url.

Also hope to improve the quality of my writing. :)