It's very worrying. I can see test cricket played by national teams disappearing in the very short term, with only Twenty20 and one-day cricket able to pay the high salaries which players will demand. If five day cricket can survive at all, it may be played by scratch touring teams individually sponsored for each tour, just as it was 150 years ago. So much for progress.

And, Seamer, yes, mate: this is a complete about face from my thoughts on this when you first started the thread. I was originally not much bothered by what I saw as a domestic Indian competition. Having seen its immediate attraction to some of the great cricketers of today, I now am. Good on you for spotting this one at an early stage. Call me naive if you want to!

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