Mr Modi , Test cricket is the pinnicle to test the cricketers is your view but who is going to sit for 8 hrs in night for 5 days. psl show ur marketing skills in test cricket and bring revenue without tampering the true colour of the game.the grace of test cricket can be experianced in day only.Dont kill the game for money.
Currently, all games are media-dependent. During day-time, mostly women, small children, un-employed and retired persons watch TV. Thus, day-and-night sports earn sustainable patronage. TEST CRICKET can also fall in line to survive. Stadium goers are not the real patrons of the game.Also, 5-day limit makes a match worthless if it does not conclude. Extra-time or a day must be given for match to conclude. Stadium tickets may be sold for whole match. Otherwise, great records of best cricketers like Sachin, Gavaskar,Ponting, Bradman, Lara et al shall become fossils. Dr. RC YashRoy
It was once suggested by Ian Chappel that 1st innings should be like one day restricted to say 75 or 90 overs each side and the second innings should be normal to enliven test cricket.ICC should ponder over this.
Re: Chappel formulae
by ARAVAMUDHAN PRASAD on Mar 02, 2010 08:22 PM
Better, it can be 125 overs per innings so that whether the bowler or batsman can reach current world records in Bowling and batting
There is no electricity for common citizens of India, if test cricket die it doesnt go day & night, let it be, no one bothers. The current format if perfectly fine and no body complaints either
Re: Team for World T20
by vijay M on Mar 02, 2010 08:01 PM
Nayar ? He is just another quota candidate from Mumbai. India will do well without such guys. Also Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh are not good enough for T20. They are wicket taking bowlers who fit into a ODI or Test team.
Re: Re: Team for World T20
by sahil malhotra on Mar 02, 2010 08:04 PM
Nayar has proved his worth in IPL. He is a big hitting batsman and also adds a medium pacer dimension. Harbhajans place is disputable I agree...but Zaheer is a quality bowler in any format with the ability to bowl yorkers and slower ones.
Criket gets a backseat & goes into Hibernation. The whole country's been constipated by overdoses of cricket. Let's breathe free & live for Other Sports as well. No worry at all if it dies.
Re: @My friend SH
by shaikhhamid on Mar 02, 2010 07:56 PM
rkd once sachin in an interview said one particular thing which i always felt whenever its abt our country or even when i hear patriotic songs like "zarayaadkaroqurbaani" or "karchalehumfida"....
a shiver goes thru ur body....ur mouth filled with emotions....
and if u also feels the same then ur a true indian....when he said that i immediately realise that i also had gone thru with same emotions....
so there may be differences between u and me on some points but at the end of the day both of us r indians and will die for our country.....
Re: Re: @My friend SH
by rkdmumbai on Mar 02, 2010 07:59 PM
I am sorry SH... I lost faith in m's being Indians... m's are showing it prima-facie but reality is something different. Our History also says that... m's never to be trusted.. Sorry my friend.. I am contradicting your views... but it is a fact and no one can challenge.
Re: Re: Re: @My friend SH
by shaikhhamid on Mar 02, 2010 08:03 PM
rkd no problems boss, u have every right to think in that way as today the world looks at m's in a suspicious way....and ur one amonst them, not ur fault.....
Re: Re: Re: Re: @My friend SH
by Nayak on Mar 02, 2010 08:35 PM
Sorry SH,
The above comments from RKDMubai must have hurt you. I can feel the pain of true and patriotic muslims. However, it has gone too far to support someone like you because the percentage of someone like you in your community is diminishing at alarming rate.
Please don’t think that it is biased mind. we all have biased thinking because biased thinking is an asset when it is based on past experience, statistics and true evaluation.
I really hope there will be more of ShaikhHamid’s in our country so that we all can live in harmony and peace. May god bless you.
Re: Re: @My friend SH
by pete on Mar 02, 2010 08:39 PM
Sorry for another contradicting opinion. I believe, if at all m's are to be trusted, I feel only indian m's should be. They live like one among us. Yes, outside india, the basic nature of m's is all messed up. Anyways, I am convinced SH is a good indian m'
Re: Re: Re: @My friend SH
by BR on Mar 02, 2010 09:09 PM
Even outside India, M's are trustable. I am friends with algerian, afghans. It is our illustrious neighbour who is the seat of world terrorism.
Inspite of continous research, We are not able to find a perfect ball for day night test cricket. Till such time Day Night Cricket will be only a dream
When test cricket dies, bowlers also will be out of business. Both 50-50 and 20-20 favor only the batsmen. Without bowlers like Kapil, Imran,Lee, Kumble etc, can you imagine cricket?
