Kohli the saviour of Test cricket ....

[Singh767]

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2018/mar/05/virat-kohli-test-cricket-india

Interesting read, even going as far as saying England fans should kind of support India in the series lol.

 

[vcs]

It's a well-written article and he sounds like a Kohli fanboy (understandably!) but the premise is kinda shaky. Kohli or BCCI don't have any special agenda or obligation to save Test cricket single-handedly, it needs to be a collective effort.

In general, I really like Rob Smyth's writing and he does love the sport. I remember following the Ashes in 2005 and 2006-07 through the Guardian over-by-over updates and they used to be very good.

 

[Burgey]

Beat thing Kohli ever did for test cricket was the hilarity of his series against Australia last year. Comedy gold.

 

[ankitj]

Am I the only one who thinks international cricketers by and large still value test cricket more than shorter formats? There have been many Indian cricketers at least who have expressed this. Yuvraj said it's his big regret that he couldn't make it big in tests. Bumrah said playing tests was the ultimate dream before he made test debut. If indeed test cricket is purest cricket who knows it better than professional cricketers.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah I think that’s right, generally speaking. Dean Jones, as an example, says he’d swap every ODI he played for just one more test.

 

[Victor Ian]

It doesn't matter what the players want, does it? Unfortunately

 

[harsh.ag]

Deano wouldn't have said that were the test to be scheduled in Chennai #GotThereBeforeBurgey

 

[ankitj]

Didn't Deano play his best knock in Chennai? Though ended up on a stretcher.

 

[GotSpin]

I've never heard of it.

Surely if it was decent someone would talk about it

 

[Burgey]

Or at least he would.

 

[ankitj]

Famous tied test: 1st Test, Australia tour of India at Chennai, Sep 18-22 1986 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo

...in the tied Test at Madras in 1986-87 played what Bob Simpson said was the greatest innings for Australia. At the end of his 210 he ended up in hospital on a saline drip.

 

[S.Kennedy]

Am I the only one who thinks international cricketers by and large still value test cricket more than shorter formats? There have been many Indian cricketers at least who have expressed this. Yuvraj said it's his big regret that he couldn't make it big in tests. Bumrah said playing tests was the ultimate dream before he made test debut. If indeed test cricket is purest cricket who knows it better than professional cricketers.

Some do, some don't. I think most want to play ''all three formats'' but England's one-day set-up for instance is full of one-day jokers. Nice to see Joffra Archer making all the right sounds about red ball cricket.

 

[sunilz]

Famous tied test: 1st Test, Australia tour of India at Chennai, Sep 18-22 1986 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo

The lesser tied test #Let'spostlikeBurgey

 

[Burgey]

Is Archer a To and From? Fmd I spent the whole ****ing bbl watching and thinking he was a great prospect for West Indies.

 

[Burgey]

“Whole bbl” obviously not including post-match interviews, in which I’d have no doubt heard he’s English.

 

[TheJediBrah]

“Whole bbl” obviously not including post-match interviews, in which I’d have no doubt heard he’s English.

No he has a clear West Indian accent IIRC

He's not English, he just moved there recently

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I don't get it.

Kohli is a batsman.

For him to save test, he needs someone to bowl at him.
Bowlers are what make test cricket great.

 

[Daemon]

No he has a clear West Indian accent IIRC

He's not English, he just moved there recently

Typical England, stealing cricketers from nations that desperately need them.

They used to steal land and natural resources, these days it's human capital.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Typical England, stealing cricketers from nations that desperately need them.

They used to steal land and natural resources, these days it's human capital.

Have you spent much time in England? It's not surprising they need to steal things. Horrid place.

I used to think it was just a meme that they are all ugly, but just spend some time there and you'll see it's not. The less said about the food the better. Weather not even worth mentioning.

For some reason they just have a lot of money in the cricket scene, and they can offer overseas players generous amounts to go over there

 

[Red]

Test or FC cricket is still the only "real" cricket AFAIC. It's real life, and the ebbs and flows of test cricket are what make cricket so great.

The rest are ok to watch but are just pissy games in comparison.