The recent cricket series , be it the South Africa Australia test series or the Asia Cup, has generated a lot more interest than the one sided England Australia or the New Zealand India series. The reason being the level of competition, all matches almost went to the wire. I believe there is a lesson to be learned here, there is no point in producing placid tracks which produce 350 runs per innings, its important to provide tracks wherein the bowlers have their say so that matches become interesting. The example being the Indo-Australian one day series where all games were high scoring games and although it should have generated a lot of interest but it did not turn out to be that way. The recently held T20 world cup also generated quite some interest probably closest to the 2007 edition.
There is a lot to learn for the cricket administrators world over from these events. Its not the best teams competing alone that generates huge interests in the game but the quality that is brought about the participating teams that does it. Its the close games that generates interest, not a mere run fest, thus it is important to play games on tracks that bring out the best of all aspects of the game be it bowling, batting or fielding. And we need to stop bringing in the boundaries. Its high time that the ICC comes up with a regulation for minimum boundary distance for an international game and it cannot be less than 75 meters.
A lot of positive changes must me made to the game but the same should not be done just to favor batting but overall growth of the game should be kept in mind, when changes are being made. A test championship would be a great step forward in this regard. Many countries do not want this as they believe it will not generate enough revenues but its time we put what is in the interest of the game before monetary interests. The Game is generating interest again and we should try and keep it that way.
There is a lot to learn for the cricket administrators world over from these events. Its not the best teams competing alone that generates huge interests in the game but the quality that is brought about the participating teams that does it. Its the close games that generates interest, not a mere run fest, thus it is important to play games on tracks that bring out the best of all aspects of the game be it bowling, batting or fielding. And we need to stop bringing in the boundaries. Its high time that the ICC comes up with a regulation for minimum boundary distance for an international game and it cannot be less than 75 meters.
A lot of positive changes must me made to the game but the same should not be done just to favor batting but overall growth of the game should be kept in mind, when changes are being made. A test championship would be a great step forward in this regard. Many countries do not want this as they believe it will not generate enough revenues but its time we put what is in the interest of the game before monetary interests. The Game is generating interest again and we should try and keep it that way.
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