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Cook fears for Test cricket after ECB announces new format

April 23, 2018 by thecourier Leave a Comment

by Press Association April 24 2018, 6.01pm Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn Email Sign up to our Daily newsletter Want to read more?Subscribe today from £1 a week Former England captain Alastair Cook fears for the longest form of the game after the England and Wales Cricket Board’s proposal for a 100-ball format. Cook is England’s leading run-scorer in Test cricket and has made his name as one of the most durable players in the five-day game, but no longer features in any white-ball cricket for his country. The ECB last week announced plans for a new city-based tournament, set to launch in 2020, which will be even shorter than the Twenty20 format and has polarised opinion. With the focus moving further and further away from Test cricket, the 33-year-old is worried for the format of the game where he has been so prolific. Cook was speaking at an event to celebrate the return of Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week with cricket charity, Chance to Shine. Yorkshire Tea National Cricket Week will take place 18th to 22nd June, giving thousands of children across the country the opportunity to play and learn through cricket. “Yeah I do worry,” he said. “It’s easy to see that certain crowds at certain Test matches – although not in this country – are down in numbers. “When I watch Twenty20 cricket there’s a different satisfaction. “There’s a bit of a thing at the moment about white-ball skills and it’s going to be very different. “At this moment in… [Read full story]


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