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Originally Posted by Nostromo  One way out of this problem is for various cricket playing nations to nurture separate teams for the ODIs and the longer form of the game. Players can freely cross between Twenty-20s and 'traditional' 50-over ODIs, but those involved with Test & County cricket should be a separate breed. I know that this is difficult, expensive and probably non-sustainable for some countries, but still worth a try. |
I agree. When selecting a 20/20 team, a list should be compiled of players considered no chance of playing test cricket and chose the team from that list. When i was a kid, our school comp was twenty overs a innings, and my club banned us from playing it.
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Originally Posted by Nostromo Otherwise, I can see the beginning of the end for 'proper' cricket.  |
It is the beginning of the end for us purists. Society (in Australia anyway) is being driven by cheap substance-less consumerism where people are mainly concerned with getting bang for their buck, no matter how empty it makes them feel afterwards.