The Surfer

Good wickets make for keen contests

The more close contests one sees spread over five days, the more one gets convinced that cricket was not meant to be a game of limited overs, writes Pradeep Magazine in the Hindustan Times

The more close contests one sees spread over five days, the more one gets convinced that cricket was not meant to be a game of limited overs, writes Pradeep Magazine in the Hindustan Times. In the surfeit of cricket which we were witness to this week, what grabbed attention was not India's meaningless and eventually unsuccessful forays in Bangladesh, but a riveting contest at home meant only for domestic audiences.

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Jamie Alter is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo