Gentlemans Game

Cricket that game of gentlemen that was born in the British Isles but is now cared for and patronized in the sub-continent. A game that has given the sporting world some its greatest moments, magical acts that push the boundaries of human possibility further, be it the almost too perfect cricketing life of Sir Donald Bradman or the heroics of men whose courage has spurred on their nations. The perfect platform for the game has for long been tests and we have come a long way in it from the days of the timeless test to this day when the International Cricket Council in its infinite wisdom proposes four day tests. The game has created several shorter versions that have created icons of their own making Sachin Tendulkar who in tests might have stiff competition from the past and the present but in one day international cricket is without doubt the greatest batsman of all time. With Twenty20 the game has found itself a new version that can be marketed with ease to the fast food generation of today. But to all those who truly watch the game those who are the truest followers, tests are and will always remain the truest test of talent and be the greatest evaluator of a cricketing mind. To shorten it by chopping off a day is to tinker with a system that is functioning just as well in the shape that it currently is. Let not the lure of quick money kill the golden goose.