NEIL MANTHORP: Flawed World Test Championship here to stay
Focus is turning towards how the contest can be improved so that the number of matches played can produce a fairer result
27 May 2025 - 05:00
The first newspaper articles expressing concern about the appeal and future of Test cricket were penned soon after the turn of the century — the previous one. In 1908 and 1909 there was concern about the slow pace of play and international cricketers being more “cautious and inhibited in their approach” than those playing domestic matches.
It was one of the reasons the first triangular Test-series was organised in England in the summer of 1912 featuring all Test nations. All three. England, Australia and SA. It was, in effect, the first World Test Championship (WTC) though nobody called it that...
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