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what makes Test cricket so special

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04 Aug 2015 11:22 #266402 by zsk77
what makes Test cricket so special, so great and so unique. Its continued existence is testament to its majesty, its ability to enthral, to enchant and to endure. Test cricket has refused to conform to the world around it and there’s something deeply admirable in that. And yet perhaps fatally, there is also something deeply flawed about it. Test cricket is a sport trapped within its own paradox. Five days makes Test cricket for what it is; five days breaks Test cricket for what is isn’t. Five days is beautiful says the poet. Five days is ugly says the businessman.

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04 Aug 2015 11:36 #266409 by timmyj51
"continued existence testament to its majesty"....like a Roman outhouse.  :-\

"refused to conform to the world"...like an Amish granny in horse and buggy. :o

"five days is [sic] beautiful"....says the 40 YOV  ::)

"five days is ugly"...says cool beach stud on the go.  ;D ;D ;D

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04 Aug 2015 11:38 #266410 by ketchim

why "sic" ?  :-\

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04 Aug 2015 12:04 #266422 by bala24
it has gone by that this is the purest form of cricket where the batsman's true capability and the bowlers efficiency are tested.Talent is put to test and if it suceed its assumed that it can survive anywhere.I reckon that is th only reason.

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04 Aug 2015 12:57 #266437 by timmyj51
Yah, Muhn!  If Geoff 'n Sonny take all day to make 30 shur bet dey kin make 100 in 20!

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