Quote Originally Posted by DiZZee View Post
Disgrace.....
The only disgrace is you guys coming over for TWO freekin... Tests....now thats a disgrace. If you recall we would have back to back full test schedules if after Jonty retired.
It is actually sad and a fact that test match has lost its importants as all the gr8s of this format r retired, the laser one being Sachin too is gone now. Also, the art of patient cricket is gone now, the young gen batsmen don't have that ability to save a test match, drag it to a draw by playing long slow innings like what VVS Lax man, Dravid and Sachin used to do for us and Gilchrist, Pointing, Steve Waugh for Aus, Smith, Kallis and Co. For SA, Collingwood, Headly, Richards used to do for England. There r only a few like Ian Bell who is still quite capable of doing that. Most test matches now end in some team winning, many times a team wins by an innings, which used to happen once in. Blue moon be4... Be4 almost all matches, no matter how strong or weak a team was in front of the other, used to end in draws, batsmen were able to save the match and drag it from the mouths of defeats to a draw and sometimes, a heroic victory.
Now all batsmen know is go in for a T20, blindly swing bat, if it connects, six, else clean bowled or a stupid caught out. Score a 30 off 10 balls in one match, become a hero, get a few ads, some money, then party, and be a flop for 10 upcoming matches. That is pathetic.