By CricketCountry Staff
The lawmakers of world cricket, Marylebone Cricket Club recommended that the inaugural day and night Test should be held in the Indian subcontinent where the turnout is poor and the ground is warmer and dry and there is little dew.
Published: Aug 16, 2012, 12:12 PM (IST)
Edited: Aug 16, 2012, 12:12 PM (IST)
Marylebone Cricket Club recommended that the inaugural day and night Test should be held in the Indian subcontinent where the turnout is poor and the ground is warmer and dry and there is little dew © Getty Images
By CricketCountry Staff
London: Aug 16, 2012
The lawmakers of world cricket, Marylebone Cricket Club recommended that the inaugural day and night Test should be held in the Indian subcontinent where the turnout is poor and the ground is warmer and dry and there is little dew.
“The committee suggests that the first day/night Test Match should be played in a country where attendances are currently poor, at grounds and times when there is little dew, and at an accessible venue.”
Due to BCCI’s animosity towards Test, India has seen a low turnouts at the grounds.
Test matches are being rotated at many grounds, where the turnouts at usually low. Rather than organising the matches in cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore, BCCI has been organising them at centres where people have little interest the five-day game.
Also the MCC suggested that pink balls should be used in Tests.
“The committee believes that, if white clothing is considered a necessity for Test Matches, the pink ball, now much improved…..is the best option,” MCC was quoted as saying by the Times of India.
“The committee also believes that a Test Championship will provide a better context for interest in Test cricket.”
MCC, otherwise, had different suggestion about domestic Twenty20 events.
“The appeal of Test cricket will be lessened if the conflict with domestic T20 competitions (interpreted as events like the IPL) is too stark”.
It also added Test is being “threatened by players who are relatively poorly-paid”.
Paul Hawkins, who is the founder of Hawk-eye technology, was the spokesperson for MCC.
MCC indirectly slammed BCCI when it had to comment on the use of DRS and Hawk-eye technology, – “hopes that the time will not be too far away when all countries will agree to its use.”
