Test cricket needs reinvention
Peter Roebuck points out some lessons to be learned from the poor crowds at the Pallekele Test in the Natal Witness
Dustin Silgardo
25-Feb-2013
Peter Roebuck points out some lessons to be learned from the poor crowds at the Pallekele Test in the Natal Witness. Stadiums should be built with more foresight he says, and Test cricket in general needs to take steps to become more viewer-friendly.
Test cricket needs to fight for its audience and ought to permit free entry into the public areas. Also, it could provide transport, shelter and other facilities in the ground. Faster over rates can also help, as players spend an inordinate time standing around chatting, drinking and moving sight screens. Obviously, too, it’s no use building vast stadiums far from population centres.
Dustin Silgardo is a former sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo