Test Cricket Championships ~ Yeah Right!!

So with the traditional form of cricket definitely at a threat of losing audience attention, ICC is trying to come to the rescue with revamped Test Cricket Championships. It is not a novel idea and has been tried before in 2001 & then in 2003 where each series and every test match played around the year has some weight-age. There was a points system and each team
gets its worth for each win.

Since it has been tried before also, I am not really thrilled about anything along the line that they try. Test cricket will never gain mass popularity. It will always remain as a traditionalist's game whether you are a watcher or a player. A player who wears the country's cap would rather wear it in a test match than in a ODI or for that the matter the 20-20.

Talking of which, it is definitely brought a wider audience to the game but at a very high cost. The serious, passionate lovers of the game get to see bang, crash, boom of a game which can not be called cricket at all. OK so I wouldn't deny it was not thrilling but it wasn't cricket.

Let's hope the innovators in the ICC team do come up with something interesting to get the real soul of the game back in the limelight. They have been thinking league systems or championships over 4 years since the tours are such. To have a fair rating each team should play each twice during the 4 years once each at the respective home grounds. The series should all be 3 tests to keep common ground.

I would look forward to something big on this. Let's see.