Team of the Month: a May-born World Cricket XI
This series’ twelfth and final team has a distinct West Indian flavour at the top of the order, and a domineering captain.
Reporters and Commentators always say Test cricket is the pinnacle. Well in Australia why do T20 get better crowds than Tests?
The Big Bash is on free to air as is the Sheffield Shield however, it is probable with the latter that the players outnumber the spectators.
Test cricket needs to be revamped to survive. I have an idea that makes playing for the world test championship viable. Split test cricket into two tiers with promotion and relegation every second year.
Zimbabwe and Bangladesh should lose their test status. Tier two should have Sri Lanka, Pakistan, West Indies and New Zealand. Tier one should have Australia, India, England and South Africa.
Each Series for tier two should be three tests, with five tests for tier one. Everybody plays everybody in their tier home and away. There should be points for each Test match and Test series. Points for promotion should be accumulated as follows; six for a win, zero for a loss, zero for a draw, three each for a tie (two Tests have ended in a tie). By having zero for a draw it disincentives the draw as lets face it I like most fans don’t like draws.
For the series, ten points for a series win, five each for a tied series and zero for a series loss. That way if you win 5-0, you get 40 points or if you win 1-0 you get 16 points. The team with the highest points in tier one after two years is crowned world test champion. The last placed tier one team gets relegated to tier two and the tier two champion gets promoted to tier one.
My idea is far from perfect, in fact I could find at least three things wrong with it. I do believe, however, that this way would re-energise test cricket and with nations having a championship to play for. Before you ask since England and Australia are in the same tier, they can still play for the ashes as well.
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This series’ twelfth and final team has a distinct West Indian flavour at the top of the order, and a domineering captain.
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