While he thrived in hard batting conditions in the second and final Test at Blundstone Arena – he scored his maiden century and carried his bat – he said he was still stung by the loss, because it gave the Black Caps a 1-1 draw for the series.
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“If you take out the Ashes, what are the crowd figures?”
“It’s something I would personally be encouraging them (MCC) to look at”.
“Now we’ve got to be on our guard”.
He predicted the pitch would be “a little bit different” to what is usually seen for Adelaide Tests. As cricketers, we all should be willing and accepting of the fact that we need to step forward and contribute to the game.
Gillespie’s optimism is borne out by ticket sale projections for the Adelaide Oval.
One day cricket matches have been started in 1971.
“The last two wickets have been very batter-friendly”.
After 1877, the game is developed so much that now there are 105 member nations which are affiliated to global Cricket council.
“He’s a really un-flustered sort of character so you’d never know whether he got a hundred in the last game or missed out”.
But Kohli lauded the two Trans-Tasmanin rivals for agreeing to experiment with a Test match.
Yet Clarke’s highly productive, 13-year global career has been and gone while Klinger has bided his time, becoming the 35th player in the Shield’s 120-year history to reach 7,000 runs and the most prolific of any batsman now playing in the competition. “And to play a small part, in preparing the pitch, we’ll sit back and probably reflect on it at some stage on it after game”.
“With day-night test cricket, with four-day test cricket, with a test championship, I think it’s a case of let’s fish where the fish are”, Bradshaw said.
“I wouldn’t be opposed to that in any way, shape or form. We head to Adelaide knowing not everything but knowing enough”.
“Cricket needs to move with the times”.
WA paceman Joel Paris said he “loved” bowling with the pink ball, despite its tendency to become softer than a red ball would once it lost its shine. “I can see that”, Warner said.
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Irish says while players should be given credit for allowing the Adelaide Test to go ahead, it should be seen as purely an experiment. The younger generation generally want more instant gratification and I think over five days to keep them interested in the game is not so easy.
