Future of cricket

Give us box-set Test cricket, please

Fewer series may help give the format a more meaningful narrative and make it as immersive an experience as the IPL season just past

03-Jun-2016•Jon Hotten

America is waking up to cricket's marketing potential

The IPL and the vast Indian consumer base are attracting other sports owners, data analysts, and lots of others interested in making money

16-Apr-2016•Usman Shuja

Does West Indies' World T20 win signal the death of their Test cricket?

The victory may boost grass-roots cricket in the Caribbean but not in the longer format

05-Apr-2016•Michael Jeh

How do we devise a Test championship that satisfies everyone?

In the past, bilateral self-interest has worked against plans for a Test championship. The challenge for the ICC is to find a model that suits all concerned

27-Mar-2016•Russell Degnan

How do you counter T20's negative impact on spin?

The format has forced the game to evolve at every level, but not all of it has been for the better

25-Mar-2016•Scott Oliver

Why today's cricketers are better than their predecessors

Power, innovation, audacity - we're seeing it all in spades now

18-Mar-2016•Nicholas Hogg

Is it time for franchise-based Test cricket?

Considering the pace of change all across the game, maybe the idea is not all that far-fetched

06-Feb-2016•Michael Jeh

The women's Big Bash rings in a new era

The tournament's success is hugely encouraging. Finally the women's game is being understood and appreciated for what it is

20-Jan-2016•Raf Nicholson

Could T20 help bring fans to Test cricket?

Not really. The chances are higher of traffic the other way

18-Jan-2016•Michael Jeh

Are modern cricketers more open to experimentation?

In the past, trying new deliveries and strokes in matches used to be frowned on. Not anymore

14-Jan-2016•V Ramnarayan

Three proposals to enliven Test cricket

There's only one way the five-day game ought to go, and that's in the opposite direction of what we saw in the Delhi Test

22-Dec-2015•Sankaran Krishna

Pink-ball cricket is a mere bulge in Test cricket's fabric

It's too soon to draw conclusions from the Adelaide Test, but going by the game's history, it won't be long before day-night Tests simply become Tests

30-Nov-2015•Jon Hotten

Olympic cricket? It's a yes from the women

The women's game will gain hugely, in funding and exposure, if its played in the quadrennial global event

23-Nov-2015•Raf Nicholson

The slow withering of English club cricket

The ECB's drive to improve recreational cricket may have imposed unrealistic expectations on many clubs

09-Nov-2015•Scott Oliver

The 3-2-1 scale

How about a measure of excellence that rates players' skills across the international formats?

29-Oct-2015•Jon Hotten

How the government can help solve Indian cricket's problems

The government ought to consider giving the BCCI legal recognition as a regulatory body responsible for cricket in India, in return for the board giving up ownership of the IPL

24-Oct-2015•Kartikeya Date

Make Pakistan's home Tests day-night affairs

Instead of having their exiled team play in empty, echoing stadiums, the PCB must look to innovate in the UAE

19-Oct-2015•Kamran Abbasi

The post-Gilchrist effect

We don't know how change will manifest itself, but it is certain that Test cricket will soon feel the shiver that has run up through T20 to ODIs

29-Jun-2015•Jon Hotten

Not red, not white

The cricketing landscape has changed in Switzerland with the introduction of pink balls from the 2015 season

12-Jun-2015•Rajan Thambehalli

Are we losing our love for Test cricket?

T20 has dulled our senses to the more subtle charms of the long format, as is evident from watching youngsters react to the game

05-Jun-2015•Krishna Kumar

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