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15 May 2018 12:19 #362968 by chairman
Brendon McCullum has said that he doesn't think Test cricket will survive T20.

In an interview to the Cricket Monthly, the former New Zealand captain, who now plays in T20 leagues around the world, said: "I firmly believe that Test cricket won't be around in time, because there's only so many teams that can afford to play it."

McCullum said that he adored Test cricket and for him it was the purest form of the game, but added, "I'm also a realist that people are turning up and watching T20 not just at games but also on TV - society's changing, isn't it? People don't have four or five days to commit to Test cricket. They might watch the first session, and the last session on day five if it's tight, but they're not going to then you strip it back a level as well and you think domestically, how can teams around the world afford to even exist?"
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15 May 2018 12:19 #362969 by chairman
McCullum retired from international cricket early in 2016 and currently plays in the IPL, the BBL, the CPL, the PSL and the BPL. He currently lies second on the all-time run scorers' list in T20, with over 9000 runs, second only to Chris Gayle, who famously said in 2009 that he wouldn't be sad if Test cricket died out.

"Long long-term, I see a T20 franchise as owning players, and I don't see them releasing those players to play for their nation in a Test match," McCullum said.
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15 May 2018 12:20 #362970 by chairman
McCullum is currently in India, playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore, and he is one of only two* overseas players (AB de Villiers is the other) who have appeared in all 11 seasons of the IPL.

"I don't buy that you need residual [Test match] skills to be able to then transfer into T20. To me, they're played with the same instruments but they're completely separate games. I think once we do separate it even more, then the skill level of T20 cricket will go to a whole new level altogether."

In the current season of the IPL, McCullum has been low-key, with 127 runs from six games at a strike rate of 144.31, but he thinks he has enough left in the tank for another couple of years.

"I'm invigorated by it, to be honest, the way I'm hitting the ball. So I'll do that, and then I'd like to transition into some coaching stuff, because I think the IP - especially in T20 - the IP of three hundred and something games is quite valuable, and also I like the idea that I can help people.
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15 May 2018 13:46 #362984 by mapoui
McCullum is right. when we look back even commentators like CLR did not like test cricket..at 5 days..called it a monstrosity. James once thought that 3-day tests were too long, far less 5-day tests.

I love my test cricket though test cricket has become so downright atrocious currently I would not pay to see it..not even follow it in my spare time. the utter failure of the west indies, the destruction of the west indian game is biggest part of the test cricket problem

there is no cricket before or after that excited, caught up the spirit and imagination like west indies cricket. there is no substitute that can keep up the attention and focus of a whole population for 5 straight days..and 25 days over a series of 5 tests at 5 days each. and by merely doing it every year could stimulate and keep interest going in the whole cricket world

so test cricket is falling away without the west indies...while a curt, precise and rapid alternative arises, powerful and carrying all in its path...T-20

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15 May 2018 13:55 #362989 by bobby
The current (CWI) situation really allows for one man or a small group of people to administer this game in a manner that has a lot of irrationality about it and the mode of management, the governance, has created a lot of dissonance and distraction

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Test cricket is a sport. I think it is the greatest sport.

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