Test Cricket: End of the Road?
Subtitle: Discussing whether the end of Test cricket was nigh, and whether the One-day game was the future.
By: Indra Vikram Singh.
Edition: Paperback
Publisher: Rupa & Co.
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Calcutta
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Cricket.; Test matches (Cricket) -- Evaluation.
First sentence: In today's fast moving, action-oriented world it is no surprise that 'pop cricket', that is the limited-overs version of the game, has stolen a march over Test cricket, the classical form of the game ... or so it would seem if viewed superficially.
Description: The prophets of doom forsee the end of Test cricket's season in the sun. Has cricket sold out to the megabuck merchants? Have One-dayers, with their fast-paced rhythm, colour and marketing possibilities, consigned the Test match to the ash heap of history? Did Kerry Packer know when he wrought his silent revolution that he was sounding the death knell for the Test match? Indra Vikram Singh recalls Test cricket in its heyday and contrasts its slow magic with the One-day game.
Table of contents: title: I  Test Matches: The Real Thing.....1; title: II  World Championship of Cricket.....5; title: III  The Wicket.....16; title: IV  Too Much Speed.....23; title: V  Are all Umpires Neutral?.....32; title: VI  The Superstar is Here.....37; title: VII  Day-night Test Matches.....43; title: VIII  Changing Face of the Game.....47; title: IX  Shifting Balance in the World of Cricket.....63; title: X  Politics and Cricket.....66; title: XI  The Lord's Test Match of July 1990 and Gavaskar Versus Bedi.....75; title: XII  The 1990s and Beyond.....90; title: JUNIOR SECTION; title: XIII  The Makings of a Champion.....109; title: XIV  Technical Proficiency.....118; title: XV  Captaincy.....122; title: XVI  Injury and the Game.....129; title: XVII  The Best Team Ever.....134; title: XVIII  Cricket and the Philosophy of Life.....138