India vs West Indies- Could it get more boring?
Let me say clearly up front, Test cricket is my favourite format of the game to watch and follow, but the state of the five-day game is so pitiful that it is embarrassing to even call it an international sport. A little harsh? Nope, just realistic. Cricket has always been a frightfully small community of countries. There are only ten test playing nations, I am not counting Afghanistan because they've only played one Test match. Now, while most sports grow, test cricket has not only remained the same, it has in fact in a lot of ways become smaller. The truth is that today there are only four real competitive Test playing nations. India, England, Australia and South Africa. The rest of the pack are so far behind that playing against them is like playing one-off matches against club teams. Especially when these teams play away from their homes. New Zealand aren't too bad but they barely play test matches and don't quite create the spark of interest. West