Blow for Test match cricket
FEARS for the future of Test cricket have been heightened by new research in which only seven per cent of cricket followers in the sport's modern heartland, India, nominate Tests as their preferred form of the game.
The poll was commissioned by the Marylebone Cricket Club and covered fans in three countries where Test crowds have declined - India, South Africa and New Zealand. Armed with the findings, which have raised fresh concerns about whether Tests can remain relevant in the Twenty20 age, the MCC's World Cricket Committee implored administrators to give the longest form of the game the ''loving care and attention'' it deserves.
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