Cricket in the year 2020

Okay, so I picked the particular year as a lame Monday morning pun, but my point is to try and take a peek at what the game might look like fifteen or twenty years from now.

What role will technology take within umpiring? Will any of the developing nations have made it to Test status and be thriving? Will Mike Atherton have replaced Malcolm Speed at the ICC? Will India still be calling the scheduling shots?

It seems to me that as we stride boldly into 2006, we could be at somewhat of an important juncture in world cricket. Or in other words....Stuff is happening! And like my fourth form physics teacher said, every action has to have an opposite and equal reaction, (I think).

Anyway, if you have a view on what cricket will look like in 2020 or beyond, please share it, space suits ‘n’ all.