https://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...80512b6e6eee27
Will test matches become 4 days (to allow more time for more T20, ODI's) in the near future?
A busy player already notches up 40-50 matches in a season. Is more cricket better?
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https://www.theaustralian.com.au/spo...80512b6e6eee27
Will test matches become 4 days (to allow more time for more T20, ODI's) in the near future?
A busy player already notches up 40-50 matches in a season. Is more cricket better?
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- are you saying they don't have rest days anymore? Been a couple of decades since I've followed a test match or cricket in general. Embarrassing when I meet someone who just assumes I've memorised scores and stats from whatever match India played in.
https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-e...england-durban
5 days is already a compromise!
The thing I like most about test cricket is that it makes my sport look fast and high-octane. Chess - it only takes 4 hours!
In fact, chess is millenial heaven.
Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year 1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2872 4 1990 2 Caruana, Fabiano g USA 2822 0 1992 3 Ding, Liren g CHN 2805 4 1992 4 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2777 0 1983 5 Nepomniachtchi, Ian g RUS 2774 8 1990 6 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2773 4 1982 7 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime g FRA 2770 10 1990 8 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2770 2 1985 9 Giri, Anish g NED 2768 2 1994 10 So, Wesley g USA 2765 4 1993
You might as well open a latte shop and a retro barbershop at the next chess tournament.
If they can speed up the play and bowl the same number of overs in 4 days that they would normally bowl in 5 days, then I don't see any problem. Otherwise I guess this change will just result in more drawn matches. It kind of sucks to play for 5 days and then end up with a draw. If you think soccer is stupid playing 90 minutes and ends in a draw, imagine playing for 5 days for the same result!
Cricket?! That's about as exciting as watching grass grow or paint dry.
Relax, I am just kidding, 20/20 version of the game is watchable for me.