The Savior of Test Cricket

The phrases praising test cricket and hailing the Pakistan-Sri Lanka matches as shining examples of this were reported more frequently on the cricinfo commentary than the wickets falling during a Pakistani collapse. It got somewhat annoying. Then there was Younis arguing the exact opposite; that in fact it was the lack of test cricket that had led to such misery. Both were somewhat off the mark. The Pakistanis have been doing this act for a few generations. Intikhab must have woken up in the middle of a night in a cold sweat believing the year to be 1973. To the fans of these matches I would say," C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas le test match cricket."

But if you are a believer then all the boards should be pencilling in PCB for as many dances as they can on their dance cards otherwise known as the FTP.