The issue of cricketing overkill has come into focus yet again with Deccan Chargers skipper Adam Gilchrist stating that the cricketing calendar is over saturated. He stated that Cricket is reaching a point when there are too many matches and called on the administrators to address and fix this issue immediately.
According to a report on cricinfo, Gilchrist was quoted that the game must not have inconsequential matches. He pointed out that Cricket needed to change with the times and called for the creation of an iconic series for every country on the lines of the Ashes. This would help Test cricket to survive and Twenty20 can be used to attract new people to the game.
He added "I think there's room for all three formats. I believe T20 is a very powerful format to get many new and young viewers. The key, really, is the amount of cricket that is being played. We are close to saturation point and that will be detrimental to game's interest. If we can make it better, people will get the calendar and go wow," he said.
Gilchrist believes that creation of a new breed of wicket keeper batsmen is encouraging and it is even more so because it has not come at the cost of their skills with the gloves. "When people comment on wicketkeeper-batsmen, does it mean they do not rate other wicketkeepers who're out there, for their keeping?"
