Monday, 16 April 2012

V England India: Andrew Strauss, explains the long form of cricket is the ultimate Test

The initial to ttwweennttyy rush declined a little, but you do not have to be a specialist of the rockets to see that, in some parts of the world that it is fighting for interest. Many of the reasons is not met and has turned to other forms of gambling.

We are very lucky in England , because we have a base of very stable and solid support for the game of Test cricket, which I do not change any time soon.

But it is important that we continue encouraging and nurturing the game in other parts of the world. There is room for three forms of game to coexist, but we need administrators to continue to work and ensure Test cricket is a good product to look at.

Once, no there were no rival of Test cricket. We now have to adopt other forms of game and use them to introduce people to Test cricket.

It should not be an unhealthy competition between the formats. The challenge for administrators is to get this balance so that all can coexist together. The difficulty is that on the commercial plan, shorter forms of the more logical than Test cricket game is a challenge for administrators to look at the overview rather than simply the bottom line.

In my view, it is not easy for them and we all have responsibility for the future. Sometimes, this means investing in something that is not the most cost-effective in the short term while knowing that in the long term it could pay off the coast.

As players, we also recognize that such situations that leave for bad light help to our cause. We have too much to a little more receptive to change if this means that the game will continue to prosper.

In 20 years the cricket Test will always be with us, but it is unlikely that we will play as much of it. You can see that already happening in other parts of the world but there is much cause for optimism that England will continue to produce high Test cricket players in the future.

In this case, Test cricket is 1 and you can make an argument that it is not necessarily healthy to the priority on a day and ttwweennttyy cricket. It is something that we know and will continue to address so that we can win the world cups in the future. But the strength of Test cricket is with its history in this case, the manner in which our media focus on it, and because the players to the forefront of their minds.

I think always that the vast majority of players see the ultimate form of the game. This is where you make your name and players see their Test record as a measure of good how a cricket you are. We are yet to see a specialist ttwweennttyy and watched as a Test player and that will not change.

It is clear that some players were influenced by the armoury of ttwweennttyy and make a pleasant stay for themselves. I would hold it against them, but the next generation of cricketers will face difficult choices on what direction they want to go. It is up to individuals, but they got to keep in mind the balance between money and the status of the game. Test cricket gives opportunities to produce sports feats, such as the Test of ash at Headingley in 1981.

That does not occur in the shorter forms of the game and is the reason why I like Test cricket. Individual players are tested continuously and if they have any weakness it deems.

If the players and spectators start to turn its back on the cricket Test which would be a shame. A value of two centuries of history and tradition would be lost, but there are reasons to believe that will not happen.

Innovations such as day-night Test cricket have been raised and the world Test Championship will give us context.

Series of tests is more and more short so you must have a context otherwise, it is difficult for people to generate real interest.

Also if the teams are familiar with each account to something at the end of what they may feel encouraged to play more Test cricket.

None of us know enough how the Test World Championship, which will be played for the first time in England in 2013, at this stage, but over time, it will rely on a great event give us a reason to be confident for the future.


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