Twenty20 ‘nonsense’ raises Test profile

Will Swanton, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, says Twenty20 was supposed to kill Test cricket, but it is playing saviour instead.

So much nonsense - T20, one-dayers - is clogging world cricket that no one can keep track of, or cares too much about, the results. A few exceptions exist. The IPL final was a hoot like New Year's Eve and suggested Andrew Symonds still knows one end of the bat from the other. The rest? Nonsense ...

Ricky Ponting pulled out of the nonsense in the UAE citing mental fatigue. A rhetorical question for Cricket Australia. If the national captain cannot get fired up for a one-day series, why should anyone else show the faintest interest? Nonsense, nonsense, nonsense. Which means Tests have become important again. For the players, the fans, everyone.

 

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Twenty20 ‘nonsense’ raises Test profile

Magic moment: Brett Lee and Andrew Flintoff at Edgbaston in 2005 © Getty Images Will Swanton, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, says Twenty20 was supposed to kill Test cricket, but it is playing saviour instead. So much nonsense...

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