When the Head Honchos were deliberating the Future of Test cricket , i always thought that it would survive and infact it will evolve as a whole new challenge. Ad mist all these T20's and 50 over matches it is clear that the Test matches are indeed testing a Players skill , temperament , attitude and character to the core .
Test Matches were said to be dead because of the crowd response were very poor but look at the recently concluded test series Aus Vs RSA, Ind V Windies or for that matter NZ VS AUS, the crowd response was good and infact the quality of cricket was ever improving. Gone are the days were matches were heading to a dull draw , due to the advent , especially of T20 , the pace at which the test match is played has dramatically changed. Big Fourth Innings are scores are chased down easily and bowlers have learnt and mastered various skills , they are able to handle teh nerves better in tight situations and infact they are able to bowl out opponents with much more craft and guile . The recent Test matches especially 2nd test between Aus Vs RSA , Aus Vs Nz and 3rd Test of Ind Vs Windies were very close and they wre heart warming stuff and the crowd as well as players would have enjoyed them regardless of the result .
This proves no matter in which condition a team plays , if the attitude of the team is right they can go for the win .
If we start using uncovered pitches , i guess it will argue for the Game well and the matches would be more interesting as the ball and the bat would have a equal say and the crowds will starts automatically come in as the batsmen would hone their skills as they have to bat in uncovered pitches and the bowlers have to be intelligent enough to use the conditions well .. if there is constant and fair battle between the ball and bat the crowds will automatically come and the Test Match would be the superlative form of the Game .
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