Cricket Australia chair Mike Baird has applauded a name from legends of the sport to put higher worth on Test cricket over home Twenty20 leagues.
A spread of highly effective figures have put out an announcement by means of the Marylebone Cricket Club’s World Cricket Committee, saying the “game is at a crossroads with intervention required”.
Former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, ex-Australia coach Justin Langer, Sri Lanka nice Kumar Sangakkara and England’s Sir Alastair Cook are all a part of the WCC.
Baird, who was appointed CA chair in December, hoped to make use of his place to push for Tests to stay vital all the world over.
“We shouldn’t be backwards in coming forwards,” Baird advised SEN Cricket in Ahmedabad after attending the fourth Test between India and Australia.
“We’ve got views on Test cricket continuing to play a role. We shouldn’t let the game go around us.
“I believe that is nice the MCC have finished that, nice names of the sport giving actually vital views and so they have to be listened to at a important juncture.”
Ganguly, who played 113 Tests for India and captained his country, urged the International Cricket Council to “discover the best stability” between T20 leagues and red-ball cricket.
“I nonetheless imagine that Test cricket is the most important platform for cricket,” Ganguly mentioned.
“That is the place you discover the nice gamers, and that’s the reason it’s referred to as a Test.
“That should always continue to be the pinnacle and I am sure that countries will give importance to it.”
Langer mentioned solely worldwide cricket may carry in regards to the ardour of followers.
“The best players’ statistics are measured at international level: everyone knows that Tendulkar scored 100 international centuries and that Muralitharan took 800 Test wickets,” the previous Australia opener mentioned.
Australia, India and England proceed to play Tests usually, however different nations similar to South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and even reigning World Test champions New Zealand, risked being starved of red-ball motion.
Sri Lanka veteran Angelo Mathews spoke passionately about his nation’s state of affairs forward of their Test in New Zealand this week.
“Unfortunate that we are not playing too many Test matches this year – it’s as few as five,” Mathews mentioned.
“We are coming off a long layoff – the last Test was (seven) months back.
“Everyone’s speaking about Test cricket dying, however we’re not doing any good for Test cricket enjoying solely 5 Tests a 12 months.
“Hopefully we’ll get more matches this year. Five feels like not enough.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
