Tuesday, November 20, 2012

SPOTS IN THE INAUGURAL TEST CHAMPIONSHIP

After a prolonged T20 spell of International stature and numerous multimillion dollar leagues, International test season of many cricketing giants has started from 9th of this month- Austrailia vs. South Africa, India vs. England, New Zealand vs. Srilanka, Westindesh vs. Bangladesh - Except Pakistan & Zimbabwe, every single test playing nation would be playing in whites infront of mostly not-so-excited-crowd in rarely even half field stadiums.
But the fact of the matter is that according to cheif invincibles of ICC, Test Championship of top four test team will start in 2017 and will be organized every 4 years.
But who will play in the inaugural event is a great concern.
Since the powerful Indian board will make sure that Team BCCI must participate despite their awful recent & historical record in longest format, and it will influence the cut-off date to make it favourable for them.
Therefore my idea is that cricket fraternity now must wake from a long lasting sleep and announced the decent date to ensure that deserving teams make it.
As it stands now, South Africa, Austrailia, England and Pakistan are four top test & deserving teams.
But with many home series for India coming up, one can feel Indians will make a claim for the spot.

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