Long Form Cricket Quotes

Test cricket gives ultimate satisfaction that I don't think any other type of cricket does due to the nature and longevity of it.

Certain cricketers are meant to play Test cricket.

Test cricket is a different sort of cricket altogether. Some players who are good for one-day cricket may be a handicap in a Test match.

It's good to draw spectators to the grounds, but I don't think Twenty20 will help you produce good Test cricketers.

When I watch Twenty20 cricket, there's a different satisfaction. That hundred you get in six hours is a very satisfying feeling. A real triumph of skill. I don't quite see that in the 20-over game - or the 100-ball game.

If you are going to raise youngsters for Test cricket that don't have the experience, you can't stick them into T20. You've got to teach them first how to play Test cricket, and when they're good enough for Test cricket and if they want to play both formats, then they can.

You need different skills to do well in 50-overs cricket. You need completely different skills to do well in Test cricket. You need different skills to do well in T20 cricket. It is not the same.

KL Rahul has the technique for all forms of the game and for me more Test cricket than anything else. And if he performs so well in T20s and the 50-overs game, I think Test cricket is really where he's made for.

One-day cricket must be taken with equal importance to Test cricket.

That is what Test cricket is about, adapting to different conditions around the world.

No matter what, Test cricket will survive. I've always said Twenty20 would be popular but there will be a place for Test cricket.

It is easy to get carried away in this Twenty20 era and think Test cricket has to be entertaining all the time.

There is a real danger that kids won't engage with cricket when there are so many other opportunities to use their time in other sports, not to mention video-gaming, and generally long-form cricket doesn't turn them on.