Topic: Is Test Cricket Dying as a result of T20 Cricket (Read 1723 times)

jonazax1717 · « **on:** November 28, 2016, 07:26:23 PM »

As i am an England fan i was watching the england test match vs india this morning , and i noticed how small the crowds were , now i know its a weekday , but is this the result of t20 , and test match becoming less entertaining it would be interesting to know your views on the contrast in the game , as there is lots of corruption and it seems test cricket in some areas is solely dependant on tv rights . Also i am a teenager, aged 19 , i fell in love with the game at age 7 watching the famous 2005 Ashes Series , yet that was on free to air tv , which is a major factor in getting kids to try the game , know if you want to watch cricket in england its a �50 a month sky bill , some times i think the survival of the game and the commercialisation is destroying the game be interested to know your opinions ?

smilley792 · « **Reply #1 on:** November 28, 2016, 07:31:16 PM »

Maybe in India yes.

In England and in Australia I'd say tests are the ones people want to watch.

I would say it's had more of an effect on players ability in tests. Last few years the players that make up the 11 aren't really of a test ilk.
But hopefully hameed and renshaw are the start off a new breed of test players there for the long haul!

jonazax1717 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 28, 2016, 07:35:13 PM »

but if you look in england and Australia , odi ,t20`s sell out , e.g BIG BASH , test matches never sell out unless boxing day

smilley792 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 28, 2016, 07:55:34 PM »

My club Yorkshire only sells out the roses clash. Plenty of other t20s go well unsold.
We as a cricket club receive about 300 free t20 tickets a year across various games.

We have never ever been given free test match tickets.

Aussies tend to play there t20 games in smaller stadiums. Sydney thunder for instance switched stadiums last winter for majority off games as they struggled to get near capacity at there original stadium.

Do t20 games sell out? Yes! Do all t20 games sell out. Not even close.

Test matches don't tend to sell out constantly because it's over five days, but over the five days the accumulative crowds are impressive. It's why clubs in England bid and fight to host them.
They make them the money.

Crowds don't tell the entire story.

It's like at Wembley when they say "it's a sell out" for a football match, but have 2000 club Wembley seats empty, and 30 000 of the other tickets given away to McDonald's and every other sponsor for the game/tournament.

InternalTraining · « **Reply #4 on:** November 28, 2016, 08:10:13 PM »

I won't be able to attend a Test match unless I travelled to a different country. If I were living in a Test playing country, I'd attend the games.

I just love Test cricket. T-20 feels like a joke. ODI is Ok but not great. Test cricket is it for me.

GoodLeave · « **Reply #5 on:** November 28, 2016, 09:01:42 PM »

Agree with the above.

Good luck selling out a test match on a Tuesday morning. Tuesday Night T20 is much easier to get to for fans, so get the numbers. When Tests span a weekend, obviously the attendance spikes.

I think both formats need each other. The game wouldn't function without Test matches, Test matches wouldn't be viable if T20 gate revenue didn't subsidise it.

I think all in all, T20, love it or hate it, funds the Test Cricket we all love.

cricketbadger · « **Reply #6 on:** November 28, 2016, 09:05:52 PM »

Crowds in India by the looks of things tend to differ depending who is batting. India bat, more folk turn up to watch, opposition bats, stadium isnt half as full

jamesisapayne · « **Reply #7 on:** November 28, 2016, 09:07:05 PM »

Quote from: InternalTraining on November 28, 2016, 08:10:13 PM

Test cricket is it for me.

It is for me too and i watch it on sky through my talk talk which I get for 11 quid a month on offer, but I'm pretty sure it would be more popular if it were on free to air tv. there's no way i'd pay full whack for sky just to watch cricket and some football. The pundits are pretty crap and the amount of live sport isn't that amazing. Seems t be a lot of repeats to me.

InternalTraining · « **Reply #8 on:** November 28, 2016, 09:39:32 PM »

^ EspnCricinfo in America airs some matches for free. Currently, it is airing Pak-NZ Test series. That is good fun. Occasionally, I get to watch ENG Test games for free as well.

Calzehbhoy · « **Reply #9 on:** November 28, 2016, 10:42:55 PM »

Sky's appalling coverage of anything other than England isn't helping cricket at all in the UK. They have 5 sports channels showing repeats pretty much all day every day, surely in the cricket season it can't cost them much to cover at least 1 game a day live instead of 2/3 county matches all season?

edge · « **Reply #10 on:** November 29, 2016, 06:31:28 AM »

Quote from: Calzehbhoy on November 28, 2016, 10:42:55 PM

Sky's appalling coverage of anything other than England isn't helping cricket at all in the UK. They have 5 sports channels showing repeats pretty much all day every day, surely in the cricket season it can't cost them much to cover at least 1 game a day live instead of 2/3 county matches all season?

This - I'd like to see the ECB try and tie them in to a commitment of showing a certain number of county matches next time the rights come up, or package the domestic and international stuff separately to try and get BT etc to bid for it. If a broadcaster only has county games they're likely to show a lot more of them.

ODI cricket has had a bit of a resurgence recently now that it's become a longer t20 game rather than the old 10 overs of slog/nurdle for 30/10 slog, but possibly still is in need of being killed off. t20 is a much more watchable short format (which is pretty much the point of short formats after all), and killing ODIs would make room for expanded t20 to replace it plus a proper test championship. Never going to go down well with broadcasters though which means hugely unlikely to happen.

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