whufc wrote:It's crazy to think it's that simple yet the ICC won't change it for some strange reason.
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by Lightning McQueen » Fri Jan 13, 2023 9:00 am
whufc wrote:It's crazy to think it's that simple yet the ICC won't change it for some strange reason.
by whufc » Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:06 am
Lightning McQueen wrote:whufc wrote:It's crazy to think it's that simple yet the ICC won't change it for some strange reason.
TV rights and advertising.
by Booney » Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:11 am
by whufc » Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:21 am
Booney wrote:Interesting thread, I've read through and compiled my comprehensive list of changes that should be made to "modernise" Test cricket :
Leave it the f*ck alone and go watch Big Crap if you don't like it.
by am Bays » Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:24 am
by Booney » Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:25 am
whufc wrote:Booney wrote:Interesting thread, I've read through and compiled my comprehensive list of changes that should be made to "modernise" Test cricket :
Leave it the f*ck alone and go watch Big Crap if you don't like it.
SAF- terrible crowds and only going dwindle with the current team.
WI- not even worth talking about.
by whufc » Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:31 am
Booney wrote:whufc wrote:Booney wrote:Interesting thread, I've read through and compiled my comprehensive list of changes that should be made to "modernise" Test cricket :
Leave it the f*ck alone and go watch Big Crap if you don't like it.
SAF- terrible crowds and only going dwindle with the current team.
WI- not even worth talking about.
There's 1 very simply reason South Africa and the West Indies are no longer a Test match power house, their corrupt governance is chasing the flash T20 dollar and their long form cricket has suffered immeasurable pain, long term pain, because of it. It has nothing to do with needing to modernise the game. Nothing at all.
by Brodlach » Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:46 am
Brodlach wrote:Rory Laird might end up the best IMO, he is an absolute jet. He has been in great form at the Bloods
by Booney » Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:49 am
whufc wrote:Booney wrote:whufc wrote:Booney wrote:Interesting thread, I've read through and compiled my comprehensive list of changes that should be made to "modernise" Test cricket :
Leave it the f*ck alone and go watch Big Crap if you don't like it.
SAF- terrible crowds and only going dwindle with the current team.
WI- not even worth talking about.
There's 1 very simply reason South Africa and the West Indies are no longer a Test match power house, their corrupt governance is chasing the flash T20 dollar and their long form cricket has suffered immeasurable pain, long term pain, because of it. It has nothing to do with needing to modernise the game. Nothing at all.
Disagree especially in the case of the Windies.....
test cricket was well in strife before the introduction of T20, infact if it wasnt for T20 cricket would be even further down the ladder in sports of interest in the west indies. Many claim that T20 saved cricket over there and at least made the $$ on offer for players comparable with other sports around the world.
My cousins still live in Jamaica and not one of them plays cricket or has an interest in it and its' nothing to do with the corrupt government. Basketball and Soccer have become the sports of choice over there by far. With the windies being such a poor country the start up costs to actually play competitive cricket have been even further amplified especially when compared to soccer and basketball.
by Booney » Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:49 am
Brodlach wrote:I agree with Booney for a change. Leave. It. Alone.
by Lightning McQueen » Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:51 am
Booney wrote:Brodlach wrote:I agree with Booney for a change. Leave. It. Alone.
Not sure how I feel about his.
by PatowalongaPirate » Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:51 am
Booney wrote:Brodlach wrote:I agree with Booney for a change. Leave. It. Alone.
Not sure how I feel about his.
by Booney » Fri Jan 13, 2023 10:55 am
Lightning McQueen wrote:Booney wrote:Brodlach wrote:I agree with Booney for a change. Leave. It. Alone.
Not sure how I feel about his.
His what?
by whufc » Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:00 am
Brodlach wrote:I agree with Booney for a change. Leave. It. Alone.
by The Bedge » Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:03 am
whufc wrote:Disagree especially in the case of the Windies......
Dolphin Treasure wrote:Your an attention seeking embarsement..
by Booney » Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:07 am
whufc wrote:
The other major change i see is the 'big nations' continuing to push for more test series against one another, the ICC have tried to counter this by creating the WTC which i love as a modernized concept forcing big nations to play smaller ones .
by whufc » Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:08 am
The Bedge wrote:whufc wrote:Disagree especially in the case of the Windies......
Hmm I thought it was well documented that issues - particularly around $$ with the WICB and WI Government was a large part of the decline in cricket, and was also a major factor in players defecting to T20 format in the early years and/or playing overseas.
by whufc » Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:08 am
Booney wrote:whufc wrote:
The other major change i see is the 'big nations' continuing to push for more test series against one another, the ICC have tried to counter this by creating the WTC which i love as a modernized concept forcing big nations to play smaller ones .
F*ck off the IPL and BBL and UAEBL and WIBL and The Hundred and every other form of ramp shot and they can all play more Test cricket.
by Booney » Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:09 am
whufc wrote:The Bedge wrote:whufc wrote:Disagree especially in the case of the Windies......
Hmm I thought it was well documented that issues - particularly around $$ with the WICB and WI Government was a large part of the decline in cricket, and was also a major factor in players defecting to T20 format in the early years and/or playing overseas.
It is but cricket was already well and truly on a decline.....that was just the nail in the coffin.
Booney wrote:There's 1 very simply reason South Africa and the West Indies are no longer a Test match power house, their corrupt governance is chasing the flash T20 dollar and their long form cricket has suffered immeasurable pain, long term pain, because of it. It has nothing to do with needing to modernise the game. Nothing at all.
by amber_fluid » Fri Jan 13, 2023 11:13 am
Booney wrote:whufc wrote:
The other major change i see is the 'big nations' continuing to push for more test series against one another, the ICC have tried to counter this by creating the WTC which i love as a modernized concept forcing big nations to play smaller ones .
F*ck off the IPL and BBL and UAEBL and WIBL and The Hundred and every other form of ramp shot and they can all play more Test cricket.
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