Yeah well theres always a lot of echos ringing round the grounds .....Here I go again back in the time machine ...... years ago there wasnt anywhere near as much cricket played test players made regular appearances in the Sheffield shield side Good for A)spectators B)experience for up and comers to mix it with the class players for years now the gap between pura cup (if ya like) and test cricket has been enormous......
I believe however without the advent of Kerry's Cash and the one day cricket circus .Cricket would have died a slow death
I am not a One Day fan but .If you speak to people who might go to one dayers youll find a lot of them arent interested in the five day game .... but one day cricket gets the bums on seats because its exiting ,,,,, but it aint cricket entertainment YES cricket NO and it seems to me now that the stepping stone to the test side is through the one day squad not through the shield (pura cup)