For the curiosity and benefit of those who do not drink wine, one of the measures of its quality is the length of time the taste lingers in your mouth after tasting it and spitting it out. (Or swallowing it.) The longer the better, obviously – although it will always be a subjective judgement because you may not enjoy the experience just because it clings to your taste buds.
Right now in 2022 we are vinegar consumers, there is no whine, sorry wine, test cricket is no longer enjoyable, we might as well start watching the cat wee on the carpet and who's cat does a bigger puddle or who's cats wee smells better/worse, I am serious...
Test Cricket in case anyone has forgotten is 90 overs minimum times 5 days, 5 days in a row 450 overs, 2 innings per side, and that is the game, there are usually 3 results, a win, a draw, or rare a tie..one team wins, the other not, or they try and stave off a defeat with a draw..
When players start chasing records for themselves, 200 or 300 or going for that 1st 100*, and both teams take the best part of 4 days to each score 450+ in the 1st of their 2 innings, then really what is the point?
There is a huge disconnect in cricket, India and Australia dominate and decimate teams, Sri Lanka barely can play 100 overs over 2 innings, games are over so quickly, one has to ask why did they not play 2 T20 games, one before lunch, and one after supper?? Or a best of 3 in 1 day...
I keep hoping that I will end my career as a video editor, travelling around the planet, going to obscure grounds, covering matches between the real lovers, the Oman's, the Tibet's, the Kenya's where there is a love of the game, and not of cocaine laced Dollars...
Fact is, test cricket is on a fast track to be come obsolete as how many India v Australia games can you watch in a year, forget the Ashes, they are played for twice a year and depending on venue, most of the games last 3 days and it is bullly beef stew on the menu, hardly ever wombat burgers or a roo tail curry.. Bully beef is boring and so is 180 over tests!!!
Right now in 2022 we are vinegar consumers, there is no whine, sorry wine, test cricket is no longer enjoyable, we might as well start watching the cat wee on the carpet and who's cat does a bigger puddle or who's cats wee smells better/worse, I am serious...
Test Cricket in case anyone has forgotten is 90 overs minimum times 5 days, 5 days in a row 450 overs, 2 innings per side, and that is the game, there are usually 3 results, a win, a draw, or rare a tie..one team wins, the other not, or they try and stave off a defeat with a draw..
When players start chasing records for themselves, 200 or 300 or going for that 1st 100*, and both teams take the best part of 4 days to each score 450+ in the 1st of their 2 innings, then really what is the point?
There is a huge disconnect in cricket, India and Australia dominate and decimate teams, Sri Lanka barely can play 100 overs over 2 innings, games are over so quickly, one has to ask why did they not play 2 T20 games, one before lunch, and one after supper?? Or a best of 3 in 1 day...
I keep hoping that I will end my career as a video editor, travelling around the planet, going to obscure grounds, covering matches between the real lovers, the Oman's, the Tibet's, the Kenya's where there is a love of the game, and not of cocaine laced Dollars...
Fact is, test cricket is on a fast track to be come obsolete as how many India v Australia games can you watch in a year, forget the Ashes, they are played for twice a year and depending on venue, most of the games last 3 days and it is bullly beef stew on the menu, hardly ever wombat burgers or a roo tail curry.. Bully beef is boring and so is 180 over tests!!!