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Among all formats of cricket, played by bulk of former UK colonies, the Test cricket lacks credibility the most. These days a lot of cricketing is going on in all its three formats, a lot of black money is being pumped in by the vested interests to earn more white cash. Test cricket has become a mere joke as more and more matches are "drawn" by the teams as a routine matter, as a fun. It has been a practice that whenever there is some good cricketing in Test format, the paid commentators have an opportunity to praise the test as the best form of live cricket and, conversely, all other forms are irrelevant and farce. Same phenomenon happened when South Africa won against England emphatically on 17 Jan by an innings and 74 runs and leveled the series to 1-1 and retained the trophy. But the second the third tests the SA played not cricket but some mafia drama while the sponsored rains played havoc trying to cripple the SA bowling and bating.
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Among all formats of cricket, played by bulk of former UK colonies, the Test cricket lacks credibility the most. These days a lot of cricketing is going on in all its three formats, a lot of black money is being pumped in by the vested interests to earn more white cash. Test cricket has become a mere joke as more and more matches are "drawn" by the teams as a routine matter, as a fun. It has been a practice that whenever there is some good cricketing in Test format, the paid commentators have an opportunity to praise the test as the best form of live cricket and, conversely, all other forms are irrelevant and farce. Same phenomenon happened when South Africa won against England emphatically on 17 Jan by an innings and 74 runs and leveled the series to 1-1 and retained the trophy. But the second the third tests the SA played not cricket but some mafia drama while the sponsored rains played havoc trying to cripple the SA bowling and bating.
There is a fragile future of Pakistan to consider. Wracked by geo-political turmoil, threatened by terrorism, and lacking India’s wealth, Pakistan cricket has become a pariah, with BCCI manipulating and ICC shirking and tricking them without being the competent authority to take the decision which they not only authenticated but also hastily implemented.
