India scrap SA test series : CSA explain lack of Tests in India

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Cricket South Africa chief executive Gerald Majola confirmed on Monday that the South African tour of India early next year will be a limited-overs only tour, with no Tests played. More... CSA explain lack of Tests in India December 07, 2009 Cricket South Africa chief executive Gerald Majola confirmed on Monday that the South African tour of India early next year will be a limited-overs only tour, with no Tests played. However, Majola said the decision not to have a full tour with Test matches as well as one-day internationals had been taken some time ago, and was not in response to India ousting South Africa from the top spot in the ICC world rankings at the weekend. "The schedule is very crowded, with the Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies and the IPL next year, so we agreed with the BCCI that next year's tour would be one-dayers only," said Majola. "We will play the Test matches at a later stage that is convenient for both countries," he said. Majola said that the BCCI had wanted South Africa to reschedule the England tour of South Africa, so that the South African tour of India could take place earlier. "We couldn't agree to that," he said. "This tour has been planned for some time, and we need to have our Boxing Day and New Year's Tests. "But this is definitely not a response to India taking over the number one spot on the Test rankings. All this was agreed to long before that." The final itinerary for the tour of India has not yet been released, although the Proteas are scheduled to leave for India at the end of January.

[Lord]

so its confirmed:sniffle:

[Sachinism]

But why instead of a LOI tour couldn't they make it a test's only tour?? Not enough money for their pockets :wall:

[Malcolm Merlyn]

i say perma b& BCCI and Lalit Modi

[Nova]

[cowboysfan]

i am really sick of ODis .there should be a cap on how many odis each team plays in a year.

[ViruRulez]

:WTF: seriously I was waiting for SA tests .. we are playing only 2 tests that too against BD and it will be difficult to maintain the top spot without any tests with big nations .. feck .. though I like ODIs and T20s too but this decision has really saddened me .. a SA series would have been great to watch instead of playing countries like BD in tests :((

[DomainK]

:wall:

[Celeste]

So BCCI wanted to cancel/postpone Eng/SA series so India can play SA. Thank God SA had some balls to say no to BCCI for that.

[Guest Hiten.]

So BCCI wanted to cancel/postpone Eng/SA series so India can play SA. Thank God SA had some balls to say no to BCCI for that.

Totally. BCCI can go **** themselves if they are not ready to sacrifice/adjust its own demon (IPL) to adjust to a already planned test series. I can't believe they had the audacity in asking/requesting CSA to postpone its series vs England. Why should they ?

[Sooda]

Good time to play test cricket its a shame, now people like Laxman and Dravid will not play much high class cricket for ages. The seniors should make a stand on this, I know SRT has said a few words. But seriously demand better of the BCCI.

[Karan114]

Totally. BCCI can go **** themselves if they are not ready to sacrifice/adjust its own demon (IPL) to adjust to a already planned test series. I can't believe they had the audacity in asking/requesting CSA to postpone its series vs England. Why should they ?

Sums up my thoughts on this as well. That's just the height of arrogance from the BCCI.

[kabira]

well it was always on the cards. no surprises there.

[diegovegaz]

:((

[Desi Cartman]

Reality check : Most people watch ODIs and T20s.. very few people care about tests and at the end of the day its Business. I have asked many people in India & trust me 99% of them say " we only watch t20 or ODIs .. tests are boring " BTW Im sure CSA and BCCI will organize this test series at a later date in 2010.

[Fontaine]

Reality check : Most people watch ODIs and T20s.. very few people care about tests and at the end of the day its Business. I have asked many people in India & trust me 99% of them say " we only watch t20 or ODIs .. tests are boring " BTW Im sure CSA and BCCI will organize this test series at a later date in 2010.

99% of the people you ask would probably also watch porn if it was broadcast on Indian TV but that doesn't make it right or in good taste. Tests in India can often be boring, but that's neither the fault of the format or the players but organisations like the BCCI who allow sub par pitches to be used that result in boring/dull cricket.