David White is a ****ing pleb. What is killing Test cricket is the nimrods who administer the game, and their 'it's breaking, so we'll throw it out' defeatist mentality. Hey Test cricket is dying, it 'needs context' let's make it a two-match series to give it even less context and relevance.
What will 'save' Test cricket is strong governance and leadership to ensure it keeps its place in the international game. And if the other formats have to prop it up, so be it. If two of every 3 Tests has to be a D/N, so be it. Unfortunately we have idiots at the wheel.
The context thing gets me the most. It's such a bullshit throwaway incorrect line. Test cricket has massive context on an individual basis, a team basis, a Test basis, a series basis. Statistics, both individual and collective, have massive context. Winning Test matches is a significant achievement with context. Winning series', especially overseas or against major nations, has significant context. Two Test series in fact dull this context. 1-all after two matches? IT'S A DRAW PEOPLE! CONTEXT!
Anyone here think they'll give a **** about a Test championship? Such an administrator idea. I've never met a fan interested, be it passionate or casual. The 'context' will continue to be around the Ashes, Border/Gavaskar, and when major nations ie India v SA, Eng v SA, India v Pakistan happen (or to us as NZers, us v England or Australia). And I know as fans we get excited about any Test series win (not so much Sri Lanka, Bangladesh but the rest).
