In Part II, Tony Wadsworth continues replying to the critics of his August 2025 article posted on this site, doing so in the context of what he views as a resurgence of Test cricket while also being sceptical of its present day “doomsters”.

He wishes to thank Peter Kettle for acting as a sounding board for this part of the project and providing a number of useful suggestions.

Tony Wadsworth is a former Essex Young Amateur wicket-keeper and opening batsman who faced up to the likes of John Snow and Richard Jefferson in their respective Young Amateur
sides.

At Cambridge University, he started his cricket in 1962 when Tony Lewis was Captain and Mike Brearley was a leading member of the team. Tony played in the Freshmen’s two-day Trial Match, doing so alongside future Test all-rounder Richard Hutton and Ray White later of Gloucestershire and Transvaal.

Tony’s cricket career has included spells in Kenya and Argentina before settling in South Africa – currently residing in Port Elizabeth.

Here, in Part I – and in Part II next week – he responds to his critics of a proposal he aired in mid-August last year to limit both teams’ first innings in Test matches to either 100 or 110 overs.