Something has to give-Cricket

[Peter R]

I agree... the paradigm (always wanted to use that word... WICB people love it! ) has shifted.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine...ry/567064.html

[Peter R]

I wonder if Hilaire reads other opinions...
Excerpt:

Mills said the cricket administrators needed to do more than just saying that Test cricket is the prime format. "I think from a holistic point of view this is not the answer for international cricket," he said. "Clearly if you haven't got your best players playing for your country, we can no longer say international cricket is the best playing the best. Because it isn't. The day the international cricket is not about best players against best players, we have a problem, and we need to discuss it. We need to find a better outcome."
http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzeala...ry/567076.html

[Gamma]

Not only that, taking into account the semantics the word "best" (including Tino, deed poll mi seh) cannot be used to describe any performance by that collection of players.

At least the best 11 coulda win once in a while. The so called 11 best holds no such promise