Why not Test Cricket for the Olympics?
Amrith Lal provides compelling reasons why Test cricket and not Twenty20 should feature in the Olympics.Among other telling points I found these undebatable.Test cricket, has a long sporting history. It is played only by a handful of nations, but in those cricketing countries the game is taken seriously as a sport. It is played for the pure pleasure of playing. Twenty20 is a game invented by television. It is more visual entertainment than sport. The rules and traditions of cricket have been subverted to suit the requirements of TV entertainment. The propagators of the Twenty20 for Olympics cite the long drawn nature of Tests matches as its drawback.To these questioners Amrith riposte is equivocal, If that is long and boring, don’t watch. It's not cricket's loss.Having nothing much to add I stop by asking you,which one would you prefer and why?
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6 comments:
No!...shoot it down straightaway Ottayan.
It is cricket's loss if people don't watch.
I detect mischief in the tone of Amrith's article.
Soulberry,
I thought so.
But the general tone of the article was serious.
He had me fooled. :)
Soulberry said all that is needed to be said... that guy is stoned out of his wits. It is cricket's loss when no-one watches it. At the end of the day, the olympics is necessary to break into new markets. If that dude wants to be romantically inclined with it, why then olympics? Does he have any clue how long (duration) will it take for all the matches to take place... what 8 months? Just another dumb ass with no logical thought to his romantic queries.
remarkable, even if it's absurd on the surface. i like that last bit it's not cricket's loss. there's a germ of an idea here.
even better, the bcci should propose a cricket olympics (chk for copyrights etc) but try and scale it up - even beyond the odi world cup.
Scorpi,
Just another dumb ass with no logical thought to his romantic queries. - Is he English? :)
NC,
A good thought. Imagine playing from one Olympics to another. :)
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