The International Cricket Thread

[PaulWinch again]

We’ll see how it plays out but not sure Konstas winding up Bumrah is particularly smart.

[PaulWinch again]

I obviously haven’t seen a great deal of Konstas, but if you bowl it full he looks vulnerable.

[PaulWinch again]

Great Test cricket this.

[dcdavecollett]

Konstas comes across as a gobby tw*t, so hopefully his Test career will be a short one.

[PaulWinch again]

India have lost this in the first couple of overs - two shockers and Bumrah being unavailable mean this is gone.

[Villan For Life]

The proposed two tier world test championship has the potential to destroy test cricket. It will end up just like the Premier League with the wealthy test nations getting richer and the poorer test nations getting marginalised and turning their backs on test cricket because they simply cannot afford to play it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cql5q4rg326o

[Meanwood Villa]

If it was done on sporting merit and there was promotion and relegation it could work.

[PaulWinch again]

Yeah except that can never happen - India, Australia and England wouldn’t tolerate being relegated because the whole thing is engineered to make them play more.

It’s bullshit and short sighted.

[paul_e]

I don't like it but something needs to change in test cricket because, right now, only the big 3 really draw enough money and fans to keep the format alive.