[al Furqaan]

in a way, the zimbabwe and west indian crises are good for BD cricket. Test cricket has lost 2 fairly strong teams - as of now - that leaves a top tier of just 7, and that certainly is not apetizing for promoting the game. hence, any talk of officially n-tiering cricket will be put ont eh backburner, much to the dismay of the BCCI, ECB, and CA.

on the other hand, this exposes the flimsyness of BCCI and others refusing to host us. test cricket attendence, barring the ashes, is almost nil. if people aren't showing up, how many people are watching on TV? if ratings drop, sponsors should notice. meaning sponsors are essentially dumping money into Test cricket, except when its BD, even though that will have minimal effect on revenues etc. i mean how many unemployed, or schoo-drop outs are staying at home and watching all 5 days of test match? obviously not many.

anti-BD policy has been exposed.