The Campaign for Test Matches to last Ten Days

[TheFlaneur]

We have started the Campaign for Test Matches to last Ten days or, more easily TCTMTLTD as an antidote to Twenty20. Sure Twenty20 is fun but test matches are where the real fun is to be had. Imagine the ebb and flow of a ten day match. Perfect. Please join our campaign.TCFTTLTD Hopefully we can lobby the ICC to make this momentous change.
Thanks.

 

[GIMH]

Would the teams bat four times?

 

[weeman27bob]

I don't see why you'd want a 10 day test match, when you could play roughly 22 T20 games in the same time period. More is better.

 

[GIMH]

 

[Cevno]

Weeman to be appointed the new head of BCCI scheduling committee.

 

[weeman27bob]

Weeman to be appointed the new head of BCCI scheduling committee.

I can't be appointed to a position I already have.

 

[sledger]

If tests were played over ten days, would Australia still have dominated as they did?

 

[Hurricane]

How about 30 days instead. That would allow for the odd rain day etc to not effect anything.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Would make Test cricket a worse spectator sport anyway.

 

[stumpski]

It would still be left drawn, as the visitors would have to catch the boat home ...

 

[Hurricane]

It would still be left drawn, as the visitors would have to catch the boat home ...

That cracks me up - why have the timeless test if (england) knew they had to catch a boat.

 

[stumpski]

England were 654-5 chasing 696 ... one of the great near misses, that. Would have set an all-time record.

There were two days washed out as well, IIRC.

 

[Hurricane]

England were 654-5 chasing 696 ... one of the great near misses, that. Would have set an all-time record.

There were two days washed out as well, IIRC.

How do I find the scorecard on cricinfo - what year was it?

 

[stumpski]

No problem -

5th Test: South Africa v England at Durban, Mar 3-14, 1939 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Norman Gordon, the last surviving participant (who bowled 92 eight-ball overs in that Test) celebrated his 100th birthday last year.

 

[uvelocity]

5th Test: South Africa v England at Durban, Mar 3-14, 1939 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

beaten

 

[Hurricane]

No problem -

5th Test: South Africa v England at Durban, Mar 3-14, 1939 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Norman Gordon, the last surviving participant (who bowled 92 eight-ball overs in that Test) celebrated his 100th birthday last year.

Best scorecard - loved the scoring rates,

 

[stumpski]

Shocked to see that Cricinfo were writing daily reports in 1939, btw. Clearly the Internet has been around longer than I thought!

 

[GIMH]

•Liverpool council refuses to allow darts to be played in pubs, the only city in the country to take such action.

Presumably because Catholics and Protestants were throwing them at each other

 

[vic_orthdox]

Nah, the darts were continually stolen by girls walking through town to use as hair curlers at 11am on a Monday morning. Costing insurance companies too much.

 

[GIMH]

It's funny coz it's true