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Sad that it always seems to come down to money.

Im positive that test cricket will remain the pinnacle of the sport for a long time yet.

I dont even think we'll see 50 over cricket come to an end. We'll get to a point where 7 and 5 match ODI's become extinct though...it'll be more along the lines of 3 ODI's and 5 T20's.
There's too much money for boards to make by juggling all three formats for them to ever drop 50-over cricket from tour schedules.

I'd have respectede Gayle's views alot more if he had stuck by them, instead of spending the last few days trying to clumsily retract his way out of it.

French Open vs. Wimbledon... good comparison, morons. Let' s compare a two week grand slam with 128 competitors against another two week gland slam with a 128 competitors

I see no controversy from Gayle.

He was honest and spoke about his priorities.....and commies following cricket fell out of their seat.

Professional sportsmen will think abput money especially poor Westindian and Kiwi brothers, who made almost nothing from endorsements

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I see no controversy from Gayle.
He was honest and spoke about his priorities.....and commies following cricket fell out of their seat.

Professional sportsmen will think abput money especially poor Westindian and Kiwi brothers, who made almost nothing from endorsements

lol @ " fell out of their seat".

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lol @ " fell out of their seat".

and as a reaction some big Commies went on air asking for Flinotff and KP to repay the "Namak ka Karz" for the investment done in them....while the small ones wrote cover page articles for a prominet India cricket discussion and message board

and the even smaller ones indulged in a massive verbiage to soothe their ego...

^ Actually the small commies are the last ones left in the world...there are NO even smaller ones

Rest have all adapted, accepted and enjoying IPL cricket, the side show bolloywood stars and beauty pagent and applauding Modi on redefining the future of cricket and creating a cricketainment market segment



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the reaction of the cricket world to gayle's statements , says it alll. t-20 ipl is here to stay ,

NO... i have seen a even smaller petty one ( not pretty one.. Gosh no )

Will send her video once she sends it across... you will be shocked...

^ incomprehensible blabberings...again

> Im positive that test cricket will remain the pinnacle of
> the sport for a long time yet.

I'd like to believe that.

But, once the aam junta has had its cricket fix -- at a time and duration of its choosing -- what will convince them to turn out to stadiums (and miss work) for a long drawn out 5-day affair? (which may not even give a result)

And if very few turn out, and very few tune in, what can possibly be the motivator for continuing to run those matches? Not public interest, certainly not money.

(BTW this is what the comparison with golf is missing, IMO. There's only one form of golf.)

> Let' s compare a two week grand slam with 128 competitors
> against another two week gland slam with a 128 competitors

The comparison was more with a slow format (French Open) against a fast one (Wimbledon). Not quite an accurate parallel, but the idea was to look at another sport with different formats.

since Indian Public decides cricket money matter , I think Test cricket will be like "Classical Indian Music" and T20 like new rap/pop/hindi movie song. so we will have classical show like in "pune festival" where real music lovers and singer attend but daily commercial ads/aam janta will watch listen to "SAREGAMA" or new movie song.

There is scope for both real music is always classical but aam janta like paanwala/riksha driver will play/listen "TUm to tahre pardesi , sath kya nibhvonge"

Good one Atul

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(BTW this is what the comparison with golf is missing, IMO. There's only one form of golf.)

So you are not counting Mini-golf eh?...

But jokes aside, Golf has the skins game...and there is also Pro-am...

I think the average Indian undertsands and relishes test cricket.

Even before the T20 came....test cricket did not die at the hands of odi...despite a lot of apprehensions, fears and doomsday predictions.

T20 and through IPL will gain the markeshare at the cost of ODIs and some Ekta Kapoor serials



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He knew they were going to lose hence all this diversion.. is anyone asking why WI lost after fighting performance in WI..

Gayle is @#$%& at WI board forcing a test match series cutting short his IPL....because SL had refused to come.

So he is telling his board.....you can take a horse to water but can't force to drink

Yeah you can't make the Horses drink...especially when the Sri Lankan Tattoos are still out there drinking deeply from the IPL well...

> But jokes aside, Golf has the skins game...and there is also
> Pro-am...

Haven't heard much about these, Birbal. But if Tiger Woods doesn't play it, then they can't be formats at the top level.. equivalent of "gully cricket" maybe?

It will always come down to money. But test cricket will survive in the long run and so will the 50 over game. In reality, in monetary term, grounds will take more revenue of a long days cricket than a couple of hours. 20/20 is in at the moment but that will not last forever.
Read a great new cricket comedy, entitled Classes Apart.
This is an adult sporting comedy that follows the fortunes of Paul Marriot, the secretary of the Barnstorm Village Sunday soccer team and coach of a school cricket team in Yorkshire, England. The story describes the remarkable camaraderie between the players and supporters of this little club and their desire to achieve success. The team had previously been known more for its antics off the field, rather than their performances on it.

During his time at the club he meets and becomes involved with Emma Potter, who is the sister of James Potter, a major player for their bitter rivals Moortown Inn. Thus, begins an entangled web of romance and conflict. He also begins working at Derry High School, a school with a poor reputation of academic success, where he becomes coach of the school cricket team. Here he develops an amazing relationship with the children and they embark on an epic journey.
www.eloquentbooks.com/ClassesApart.html

Tiger plays both Skins and Pro-am...

The T20 format was probably long overdue in cricket anyway, after a 100+ years of deadly serious Test matches, with its slow pace and countless regulations. T20 has the potential to popularize the game in worldwide and bring in a lot more $$$ for the players as well. Test cricket will always remain strong in the established countries. But if ICC play their cards well, T20 will pick up very quickly among new countries, and we will see a lot more competitive teams, like football, instead of the usual 7 or 8 that we see in Test cricket.

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