Shaun Marsh will play his 16th Test match at the Adelaide Oval, starting Friday. “It hasn’t been our full-flowing Test cricket that we’re normally used to”.
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After 1877, the game is developed so much that now there are 105 member nations which are affiliated to worldwide Cricket council. “After all, day-night Test cricket would not suit all countries or all conditions”. Twenty-20 is the fastest format of cricket. If that happens, the man behind its inception could be heralded as one of the most important figures in the sport’s 138-year history, a visionary at a time when, more than ever, Test cricket is struggling to capture the attention.
The cumulative effect of that would be 50 overs less test play. Indeed, AB de Villiers, who made his 100th Test appearances last time out, is the only South African to have made a half-century in the series to date.
Tickets for the day-night Test match are selling briskly, with Cricket Australia comparing the int-erest to a high-demand Ashes series against England. He is trying to apply this idea for more than seven years.
Read Aslo:- Why To Watch Tamasha? “If this is a step towards improving the excitement and the popularity of Test cricket, then I think every team should be in for it. If the experiment works, it will be a landmark in itself”.
“At night with the new ball it swings – and probably more so than it does during the day”, he said.
“That’s a pretty good indication – that the No. 1 batsman in the world hadn’t picked up (Head’s offspin)”. They are played against only in Chappell-Hadlee Trophy at ICC events.
With 10 wickets from the two Tests, Mitchell Starc has stood out as the best bowler in the ongoing series and was able to sustain speeds over 150 kmph consistently. “As a group we like to focus on our strengths and what we need to work on rather than giving statements in the media and talking about stuff that has no relevance to the Test match”.
That might ultimately mean unlucky seamer Peter Siddle ends up missing out again after being dropped for the opening two tests, but selectors have also suggested paceman Josh Hazlewood could be due for a rest. That’s not an unknown, both sides know that.
“I love all cricket but my preferred format of the game is Test cricket”. This allows the people to come in after school or offices and enjoy the matches completely.
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And while he batted only in daylight hours, he said he wasn’t unduly anxious about batting under floodlights against New Zealand.
