International cricket suffers with archaic scoring method in test matches. Why not one innings each or two innings each or even overs?? 5 days can become no days if the weather decides. This just makes a mockery of the whole thing..Personally I become bored after about 20 minutes, but even two full innings each would be fair..
2006-12-04 03:20:59 · 13 answers · asked by fslbob 2 in Sports ➔ Cricket
Personally I enjoy test cricket and I never been bothered by the scoring method. I think it works well.
I agree that a lot of people find test cricket boring and much prefer the ODI and World Cup.
If it is excitment you want in cricket and a fast paced game then I suggest you watch Twenty20 cricket.
2006-12-04 03:58:39 · answer #1 · answered by Qwerty_Monster_Munch 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, i'm if you get bored after 20 minutes then test cricket obviously isn't for you. But for me and many others the system has worked fine for many many years. Weather is something you can't control, and you can't just let both teams have 2 full innings as then games could go on for over a week, hardly fair to players or fans either. There are shorter forms of the game for people with short attention spans such as yourself, but for us who like the current test match setup leave it alone, it works fine as it is!
2006-12-04 03:31:06 · answer #2 · answered by jd_elegance 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
each part of the game of cricket is changing. new ways for the game have been introduced in the recent years to add a bit of spice to the game. i like all forms of the game of cricket, yes at times it gets boring, but if you watched the 2005 series of the ashes, it was amazing.... when you talked about the weather, it happens in all games, not just cricket. there are different ways to sort out a game, for example, last month was the ICC champions trophy game in Mumbai, the final was decided because rain had delayed the austrailian innings and thus they needed less runs to score in less overs. it is a strange game, and to be honest, there are a lot more games other that cricket that get boring after the first 20 minutes...
2006-12-04 03:29:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If test matches were so bad, they wouldn't be the most followed, popular form of cricket. Agree there are issues around weather/draws etc, but that's more a question of environment. You'd get better tests if:
1) Pitches were more consistant - no more boring draws or premature endings to games.
2) Grounds could be under cover - no weather delays.
Think these items would improve things more than a change in format....
2006-12-04 04:42:06 · answer #4 · answered by Nick W 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
... or two innings each..
well its 2 innings in 5 days.
They used to have timeless tests, it went on until somebody won, they took up to 11 days to finish.
ODi cricket and 20/20 cannot be ruined by the weather?
Test cricket is cricket. If you find test cricket boring, you don't like cricket. you just think you do.
2006-12-04 07:19:51 · answer #5 · answered by holdon 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
One Day Internations are there for those who are bored with Test Cricket. People who are really interested in Test Cricket still
prefer the same in the existing format.
2006-12-04 20:57:08 · answer #6 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There is nothing wrong with the scoring methods for International cricket. Fine - it is irritating when you don't get a result through weather but c'est la vie! Take time to understand the game and then you wouldn't be bored by it.
2006-12-04 05:44:15 · answer #7 · answered by HB 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
there is nothing wrong with test cricket...it has not been changed as drastically as you are saying in over 100 years of existence...and it never will...ODI's are more your style...or the inexplicable: ...20/20 version...!
anyway...it's a mini war...u have tactics and u defend runs or make runs, set to your field and tactics...individual battles are fantastic for purists...like warne and pieterson in the first innings of adelaide test...people that dont get it and found it boring will never get it...why have fieldsmen at all...or goalkeepers in football...?!! if u become bored...don't watch...watch the highlights...okay...
2006-12-05 00:13:28 · answer #8 · answered by 67ImpalaSS 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your after 20/20 Cricket which is more exciting than the Test matches.
Fortunately for Leicestershire they seem to be rather good at it!!!
2006-12-04 03:35:11 · answer #9 · answered by Rob S 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-18 07:14:39 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋