Classic Nuances of Test Cricket...

I always have a fascination for Test cricket compared to ODIs / T20s as they are not for the mass (or) a mundane crowd. To watch test cricket, to understand the nuances of Test Cricket, you need to fair amount of cricketing knowledge to understand the Climatic conditions, New ball funda, Grass on the wicket, Seam positions, Shuffling Batting Orders, Pace of the Cricket etc.

Most of my words in the previous paragraphs may not mean much to Modern ODI watchers particularly in television sets. VVS Laxman's innings / just a leaning drive on the backfoot on Napier Test is more on the lines of a camera angles of a Kurosawa movie, a neraval in a song by MS in a Kutcheri.

I am pretty amazed by anybody who talks to me/anybody on Cricket, that a particular XYZ should have played this way (or) the other. To me playing, Observing Cricket in itself is an art. I would love to follow VVS/Azhar's Ondrive/flick with their wrists as much as a piece in synchronised swimming / dancing on the skates.

I am one of the few who feel helpless that Test Cricket and Spin Bowling are arts which are dying and which needs help like our heritage monuments. To understand and comment the game, I would strongly suggest people to play the game before they comment on. There is a widespread criticisms about Cricket, particularly test cricket that its boring, waste of time and not entertaining.

I have witnessed 2 tied tests, India's loss to Pakistan in Chennai (I still rate this as Sachin's best innings - considering the attack), Laxman's 281, Bradman's century on every session at Oval, GRV's 97, Gavaskar's 220 (Sir Len Hutton rates this as the best he has ever seen), Kapils' 4 consecutive sixes - I can go on...

Probably commercialisation, money inflow, BCCI's might has literally killed the nuances of Test Cricket. The way Gambhir played at Napier, reminded me Test cricket is as good as the old wine (infact it reminded me of Mike Atherton's Match Saving innings in Jo'berg against Springboks of 90's). Test cricket, teaches you to be disciplined, be patient, wait for the right opportunity, take small steps to reach towards milestones, conserve energy for the last mile and atleast also teaches that things will turn around as any other event in life.

T20 - probably taught how to earn money...nothing else except to infuse hard hitting cricket (totally a batsmen's game with bowler more like an side artiste in an Indian Movie !!).

Let the fans understand and patronise test cricket better and world of test cricket coming back to its past glory and entertain me and many more fans of cricket.

Regards,
Lakshman

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