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"No cricketer that has ever lived hit the ball so often, so fast and with such a bewildering variety of strokes.” - HS Altham…
South Australia and West Australia wrapped up a four day Sheffield Shield draw with some remarkable performances from both sides, including Luke Pomersbach slamming thirteen 4s and five 6s for a 166 ball 144 to save the game. It was hardly without twists and turns, and hardly without entertainment.
Alas, there was a crowd of just 1,502 across the four days.
As it is, only one innings was totally completed, granted that South Australia declared nine down. And the game kicked off on a Sunday, so from the outset it was played during the working hours of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday fairly.
All of which suggests that crowds are not required.
But is there some way to save long form cricket, whether it be Tests or Sheffield Shield.
Will pink balls and day and night Shield games draw crowds? Would the old WSC Super Test rules start to come into vogue? 100 overs in a day, and that’s all you get for your innings?
What can be done to better package the long form of the game moving forward?
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