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The fireworks have dissipated into the night sky. The clink clank of bottles has hit the recycling bin. So now it’s time to think of the many things that cricket has to fix for the game to get stronger.
No sport can take anything for granted. It’s too competitive everywhere for attention. So here’s my list of what cricket administrators need to do to keep the game healthy into the new roaring 20s.
1. India has to play Pakistan
Could you imagine England not playing Australia since 2007? Well, this is the current situation with these two sides. They have a great history. It’s cost Pakistan cricket in the vicinity of $400 million dollars in lost game revenue. Imran Khan, Pakistan’s all-time best player, is now the Prime Minister. There’s got to be a way to make this happen.
2. Australia’s best players have to be available for Big Bash
What do you want to see? More mediocre touring sides, or Pat Cummins bowling to Steve Smith? Or Dave Warner taking on James Pattinson? Every four years there should be a cycle so our best are available for the Big Bash for the entire season.
3. Update the World Test Championship
The way the contest is now is that the best two sides will face off in a Test at Lord’s to decide the winner. I’ll go one better: after that game is decided how about a face-off between the winner of that match and a three-Test series against a World XI?
4. More day-night Test cricket
Outside of the school holiday Test matches every game is a compulsory day-night Test. People don’t show up in Brisbane, and we know now after enough testing that the game does work at night.
5. Get some decent promotion back into the game
C’mon Aussie C’mon is the greatest promotion the game has ever had. The problem is that it was in 1977. The marketing of the game has been taken for granted and it’s time Cricket Australia really started to be smarter and started upping the promotion of the game. Loosen the purse strings and hire the best around.
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