A Single Test or Fifty ODIs?

[Goughy]

As most of us are social cricketers and will never get close to international cricket; given the choice of a career at the top level, would you rather play a solitary Test and no ODIs or 50 ODIs and no Tests.

For me it isn't even close. A single Test would be special. The top of the mountain. No amount of LOIs could replace that.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

A test for me too.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Would prefer to be Clint McKay than Bryce McGain tbh.

 

[NUFAN]

If the 50 ODIs included a World Cup victory I would chose ODIs. If I just sporadically played a few ODIs here, a few there etc I would go the Tests.

Happy enough just posting my cricket opinions though.

 

[theegyptian]

Likely to make a load more money and tour a few more interesting places playing 50 ODI's. If you play only one test you're likely to have played **** in it.

 

[jan]

I immediately wanted to answer 1 test but then...50 successful ODIs aint bad so cant really say which one Id choose.

 

[Goughy]

Likely to make a load more money and tour a few more interesting places playing 50 ODI's. If you play only one test you're likely to have played **** in it.

Would you rather write one critically acclaimed book or popular and commercial fluff?

 

[Jarquis]

All about the Test cap

 

[theegyptian]

Would you rather write one critically acclaimed book or popular and commercial fluff?

the latter clearly.

 

[uvelocity]

50 tests

 

[Spikey]

are the oders actually memorable

 

[Spikey]

i'd take 50 oders in which i am man of the match in 3 World Cup finals over a test match in Hobart, for example.

 

[Uppercut]

Would you rather write one critically acclaimed book or popular and commercial fluff?

Writing a book is a bit more like work than playing cricket, though. I'd maybe feel like I'd achieved more having played a test but I'd have more fun playing 50 LOIs.

 

[Spikey]

I earned millions and millions of dollars as a freelance t20 player in the years between each world cup ftr

 

[Goughy]

i'd take 50 oders in which i am man of the match in 3 World Cup finals over a test match in Hobart, for example.

Over an Ashes finale where you score 401* and chase down 700 to win? Fantasy is fantasy, right?

 

[Spikey]

seems like i'd probably end up with some mental troubles if i did that and was never picked again

 

[smash84]

Likely to make a load more money and tour a few more interesting places playing 50 ODI's. If you play only one test you're likely to have played **** in it.

awta. 50 ODIs easily

as much as I think that test cricket is the real deal but other more mundane concerns like money, fame (at least in Pakistan ppl will know me ) and traveling would definitely lure me to 50 ODIs.

 

[Goughy]

awta. 50 ODIs easily

as much as I think that test cricket is the real deal but other more mundane concerns like money, fame (at least in Pakistan ppl will know me ) and traveling would definitely lure me to 50 ODIs.

Money I understand but I couldn't think of anything worse than fame.

 

[Jono]

Would prefer to be Clint McKay than Bryce McGain tbh.

Yeah exactly.

I'll take representing my country 50 times easily.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

seems like i'd probably end up with some mental troubles if i did that and was never picked again

Incisive stuff. Think of the average though.