Oram's comments troubling for Test cricket
Jacob Oram has always impressed me as a young man of maturity and integrity and nobody can doubt his honesty here
That's after a 31-Test career of essentially unfulfilled potential, in order to be fit and available to indulge in a series of meaningless slogfests for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Matches that last 40 overs are deemed more worthwhile than those lasting 400. Oram won't be the last high-quality international cricketer aged around 30 and troubled by injury who'll flag test matches just as he should be approaching his prime.
George Binoy is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo