Twenty20 vs ODI vs Tests

[Coxy]

Well yes, that was one of the reasons I was praising them! :P

Looking good for an outright in this game which really puts the Vics under some pressure.

 

[Meat77]

To come back to the original topic personally if I was told I could only watch one form of cricket for the rest of my life I would say Tests in a milli-second.

No other form of the game (and for that matter sports in general) provides the tests in skill and patience that Test cricket does. Is there anything better than seeing a majestic battle between a top-class batsman and a top-class bowler where pressure builds and builds over a long spell? You just don't get this in the shorter forms of the game.

I understand that in today's society Test cricket is not as feasible as it once was and I don't mind watching the odd game of fast food 20/20 either but really it's just a guilty pleasure watching a slog-fest and nothing more.

Call me old-fashioned but I'd rather watch Ricky Ponting graft out a century in 5 hours on a seaming deck against a top-class bowling attack than Dave Warner smack an 18 ball 50 off hapless bowlers that have nothing in the pitch for them.

P.S. For me the interest in 50-over cricket has been restricted to World Cups for around 10 years anyway so if it dropped off the radar I wouldn't shed a tear

 

[Bucking Beads]

To come back to the original topic personally if I was told I could only watch one form of cricket for the rest of my life I would say Tests in a milli-second.

No other form of the game (and for that matter sports in general) provides the tests in skill and patience that Test cricket does. Is there anything better than seeing a majestic battle between a top-class batsman and a top-class bowler where pressure builds and builds over a long spell? You just don't get this in the shorter forms of the game.

I understand that in today's society Test cricket is not as feasible as it once was and I don't mind watching the odd game of fast food 20/20 either but really it's just a guilty pleasure watching a slog-fest and nothing more.

Call me old-fashioned but I'd rather watch Ricky Ponting graft out a century in 5 hours on a seaming deck against a top-class bowling attack than Dave Warner smack an 18 ball 50 off hapless bowlers that have nothing in the pitch for them.

P.S. For me the interest in 50-over cricket has been restricted to World Cups for around 10 years anyway so if it dropped off the radar I wouldn't shed a tear

+1

Tests are what it is all about!! icon_thumbs_u