Test Cricket: End of the Road?
Discussing whether the end of Test cricket was nigh, and whether the One-day game was the future.
by Indra Vikram Singh
The prophets of doom forsee the end of Test cricket's season in the sun. Has cricket sold out to the megabuck merchants? Have One-dayers, with their fast-paced rhythm, colour and marketing possibilities, consigned the Test match to the ash heap of history? Did Kerry Packer know when he wrought his silent revolution that he was sounding the death knell for the Test match? Indra Vikram Singh recalls Test cricket in its heyday and contrasts its slow magic with the One-day game.
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W.G. Grace, George Lohmann, Sydney Barnes, Jack Hobbs, Ted McDonald, Jack Gregory, Wally Hammond, Don Bradman, Andy Sandham, Clarrie Grimmett, Bill O'Reilly, Douglas Jardine, Harold Larwood, Bill Voce, Bill Bowes, George Headley, Learie Constantine, Manny Martindale, Mohammad Nissar, Amar Singh, Dudley Nourse, Len Hutton, Dennis Compton, Ray Lindwall, Keith Miller, Alec Bedser, Eric Hollies, Freddie Trueman, Brian Statham, Jim Laker, Vinoo Mankad, Frank Worrell, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Roy Gilchrist, Gary Sobers, Hanif Mohammad, Wesley Hall, Charlie Griffith, Lance Gibbs, Nari Contractor, Richie Benaud, Bobby Simpson, Colin Cowdrey, Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, John Edrich, Bob Cowper, Graham Mckenzie, Ken Barrington, Derek Underwood, John Snow, Ian Chappell, Colin Bland, Graeme Pollock, Bishen Singh Bedi, Clive Lloyd, Alan Knott, Gundappa Viswanath, Mohinder Amarnath, Eknath Solkar, Dennis Lillee, Greg Chappell, Bob Willis, Sunil Gavaskar, Imran Khan, Peter Lever, Lawrence Rowe, Dicky Bird, Jeff Thomson, Richard Hadlee, Andy Roberts, Vivian Richards, Gary Gilmour, Graham Gooch, Javed Miandad, Michael Holding, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ian Botham, David Gower, Kerry Packer, Allan Border, Joel Garner, Kapil Dev, Malcolm Marshall, Abdul Qadir, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Arjuna Ranatunga, Mike Gatting, Steve Waugh, Dean Jones, Wasim Akram, Sachin Tendulkar, Waqar Younis, Curtly AmbrosePlaces
England, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, London, Leeds, Manchester, Melbourne, Bridgetown, Kingston, Calcutta, Auckland, SharjahTimes
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Test Cricket: End of the Road?: Discussing whether the end of Test cricket was nigh, and whether the One-day game was the future.
1992, Rupa & Co.
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in English
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8171670806 9788171670802
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"In today's fast moving, action-oriented world it is no surprise that 'pop cricket', that is the limited-overs version of the game, has stolen a march over Test cricket, the classical form of the game ... or so it would seem if viewed superficially."
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In the late 1980s and early 1990s there was a raging debate whether the era of Test matches was over and whether One-day Internationals were the future of cricket. Young Indra Vikram Singh explored the subject in detail, and not only came up with his verdict but also offered suggestions to make Tests more attractive for spectators and television audiences. The book brought forth the ethos of the game and the lessons youngsters could derive from it. Test cricket has evolved from the Victorian era to the 21st century but it remains largely the same game, and carries on serenely despite the frenetic march of time and the prophesies of the cynics. That is what makes this book relevant even in the age of Twenty20.
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