'We're heading towards disaster by ignoring Tests'

Posted on Jul 18, 2008 at 11:12 | Updated Jul 18, 2008 at 11:17 Comment 1 CommentsEmail Email Print Print
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Champions League?:

My major concern is long-term cricket. Though, of course you need money, and Twenty20 cricket is where you earn money. But if you don't protect the Test and the One-Day cricket, then we are heading for a disaster. So, that is something we have to take a proper balance and analyse it properly and try and go ahead.

Country vs Clubs:

You feel very sad that some of the players are thinking of money rather than playing for the country. I don't want to talk about those players but my theory was always that playing for the country was the best thing to happen to me. And if they don't play for the country today, they will realise it later, especially after finishing their careers.

Champions Trophy:

We have the Indian tour where we have three Test matches in three different venues, followed by One-Dayers in two different venues. So, we are ready with five venues for the Champions Trophy. If the teams want to play in Colombo, we can finish the entire thing in Colombo and if they want the outstation venues, we still have outstations as well.

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