ok guys i have to admit this, i can't stand test cricket some times. The boredom of watching a batsmen who keeps defending or leaving the ball just gets to me. I dont understand how people pay money to watch test cricket? I dont mind watching exciting test matches but most of that matches are really boring. How do you guys watch when a batsmen in scoring like 1 run per over??? its so slow
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The boredom of test cricket?
- Thread starter Mard
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Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
Fair enough. Everyone has different tastes. The key to appreciating the mental battle going on as well as the visible one that you can see; do you think the batsmen enjoy blocking it out, hell no! But they have to to succeed and it is this determination and battle that 'purists' love about Test cricket.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
275 is still a very large score in one-day cricket, and one you'll have a real job to make against a good bowling-attack.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah, Id say the same. Everyone can like what they want.
In the same way I cant imagine why anyone would spend over 5 pounds on a bottle of wine.
I like wine but dont claim to be an expert or appreciate the subtlties. Doesnt mean I dont know what I like or will let myself get told what I should prefer. However, I understand there are others more knowledgable on the topic.
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
Well I don't think there's anything wrong with admitting that there are definitely times when Test cricket is not particularly entertaining.
My preference, by and large, is for low-scoring games because they are almost always exciting. When bat dominates ball for any length of time the game can indeed lose its interest. Less so when the team you're supporting is the one on top, obviously.
Yes there are of course mini-stories going on all the time but if you're watching Smith and McKenzie bat nearly all day with no real intention of scoring runs but never looking like getting out, facing military medium from the likes of Panesar and Collingwood, as I did at Lord's last Sunday, it can indeed begin to drag.
Having said which, Test cricket is the finest game ever invented.
My preference, by and large, is for low-scoring games because they are almost always exciting. When bat dominates ball for any length of time the game can indeed lose its interest. Less so when the team you're supporting is the one on top, obviously.
Yes there are of course mini-stories going on all the time but if you're watching Smith and McKenzie bat nearly all day with no real intention of scoring runs but never looking like getting out, facing military medium from the likes of Panesar and Collingwood, as I did at Lord's last Sunday, it can indeed begin to drag.
Having said which, Test cricket is the finest game ever invented.
fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Test cricket is like a court room drama Mr Zaremba, is it not?
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Dire.
Langeveldt
Soutie
Don't worry about it.. Give it ten years and there won't be any left..
archie mac
International Coach
Bowler friendly wicket, a batsman playing and missing, getting hit time and again, all his partners falling at the other end, but still he refuses to back away, keeps getting behind the ball and stays at the crease.
In the above run rate one per over=Test cricket at its best
In the above run rate one per over=Test cricket at its best
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Then don't watch it. We don't mind.
Scoring rate is not directly related to entertainment value for many.
Jakester1288
International Regular
Test Cricket is pure class. I have NFI how you can get bored. Even when the opposition is 5/500, I am still sitting there watching, hoping for a wicket. I will never get bored of Test Cricket, or any type of Cricket to be perfectly honest. Not that I like watching Twenty20, but it's Cricket, and I can sit through a game. Now lets not please turn this into a debate about Test Cricket v Twenty20 Cricket please.
whitedazzler
School Boy/Girl Captain
u dnt like it dnt watch it and dnt go on bout it either its nt like anyone reali cares
Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
Would it really be so much harder to add the extra letters in to make up complete words?
And, sorry purists, but there are going to be more and more people like Mard gaining interest in the sport, thanks to Twenty20. Not to say I don't like test cricket, but not everyone will be as interested in the longer version as the self-appointed "morally superior" Test fans...