Opinion: Test cricket is not dead, but Australia can improve its health by again touring Pakistan
West Indies are another proud Test-playing region that must be backed to the hilt in their quest to return to their halcyon days.The “big three” of India, England and Australia have an inexorable responsibility to ensure the survival and prosperity of cricket in all other Test-playing nations.
I do hope that Australia will not cry off from the nation’s first cricketing tour of Pakistan in over two decades. Pakistan, in particular, deserve to host a full-strength Australian team, having had to play almost all of their cricket in the UAE for the past decade. Former Pakistan fast bowler Zakir Khan is a veteran of the PCB and has the ear and trust of Imran. He has entrusted the reins of the PCB to former opener, the articulate Rameez Raja.
World cricket, and Test cricket in particular, needs a strong Pakistan team to compete with the big three. Their brand of cricket is always a drawcard – skilful fast bowlers, exciting spinners and dashing batsmen.
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