Many believe cricket is being swamped by the IPL (being played above) and its offspringAnd the headline is this: the one-day game is dying, and huge swathes of international cricket may not be far behind. Ben Stokes quit ODIs, having concluded he would play Test cricket for the glory and T20 for the cash. For 50-over cricket, T20's less sexy, less lucrative older cousin, the writing has long been on the wall. For years, administrators have insisted Test cricket should be sacrosanct, unimpeachably blue-riband in a sport full of chancers and grifters. Everywhere, boards are insuring themselves against the demise of broadcasting rights for international cricket — and hastening that demise in the process.

Source: Daily Mail August 08, 2022 01:11 UTC