Test matches should be the pinnacle

"Twenty20 cricket is here to stay, the game brings in a whole different audience to the sport, but I love Test cricket,"

"We owe it to the great game to speak positively about Test cricket.

It's an amazing part of what we do and it's the thing I miss most about the game.

"Test cricketers should get paid more, they need to know they are being looked after.

With the lures of franchise cricket, we need to protect the game.

Test matches should be the pinnacle."

"I would love to play Test cricket.

If that can't happen then I will just keep plying my trade anywhere I can over the next few years."

Strauss was right to drop me - Pietersen

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Test cricket is not and will not be the same as it was in the earlier days! T20 cricket is the future of cricket and I will not be surprise when test cricket is no longer played.

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Test cricket is not and will not be the same as it was in the earlier days! T20 cricket is the future of cricket and I will not be surprise when test cricket is no longer played.
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If T20 cricket is the future, then I am fearful for the game. T20 isn't cricket. It's a slog-fest. Personally, I think there is no chance that Test cricket will no longer be played. England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa still pull in big crowds for Test matches and BT Sport has just ponied up some serious money for the rights to broadcast the next Ashes series in Australia. There are more Test matches being played today than ever before and less matches are ending in draws. Both of which are good for the game.

Test cricket in the West Indies is fast becoming extinct.