General07 Feb 2010 10:11 am
Day 2 of a 5-day cricket Test Match is in progress in India.
South Africa, batting first, have just now reached 452 for 3 and are looking strong.
However, on a slow pitch like this, the most likely outcome after 5-days is a draw, (unless the pitch starts to break up).
An observable fact is the paucity of spectators, this in a country that regards cricket as the number one National sport.
It is the same country that is actively promoting Twenty-20 cricket and turning it into a multi-million dollar crowd-pleasing spectacle.
Is that the reason why 5-day cricket is falling out of favour as a spectator sport ?
What a pity !
Faster pitches would be more conducive to Win/Lose results, rather than dull Draws.
