The injury list of the traditionally fit aussie cricketers is worrying, as this only goes on to prove the burnout theory that people often talk about. The game today is more physical than ever with a lot more stress on fielding and running between the wickets and the players work a lot on their fitness to last season after season and play good cricket as much as possible. Today it’s the aussie cricketers and tomorrow its definitely gonna be us.
Consider this; an average player would play at least 10 test matches, 25 one dayers and at least 10 Twenty-twenty matches in a year which works out to be 85 days on the field in an year. Television bucks have motivated boards around the world to extend the cricketing season to all around the world at the highest level. The top players get no time to play for their domestic leagues at all except for the big buck IPL which does nothing for the game of cricket, its only for entertainment.
The talk of 20-20 cricket replacing the ODI format is also a take off from the demands of TV viewers. Cricket is now more of a entertainment driven sport than a skill driven sport and is on the path of complete death. Games like Soccer and tennis have not seen the entire format being changed the way it’s been seen in cricket, it only goes on to prove that the governing body is more concerned about the television audience rather than the game. Its clear that superstars of the game are definitely not as technically sound as the stars of the yesteryears. The bowlers not as fast, the batsmen have no techniques and are only ready for wham bang cricket.
Wishing that cricket survives..
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