It was a dark day for Test Cricket...

... for it was played during the night. A novel idea, but only as a once-off thing and also if was done for charity - like for the Keep the ICC Out of Cricket Foundation, or "KIOCF".

No doubt a silly idea, but the cash strapped English Cricket Board seems to be going ahead with it anyway. At around 100 squid for an English Test ticket (which I looked up on Google, but correct me if I'm wrong) makes a ZAR160 South African ticket (under 13 squid for a full five days' Test cricket viewing), it seems as though there must be a terrible amount of money disappearing after arriving at the ECB's offices.

First they'll need to wash their white cricket balls with red ones to make them pink, then they'll have to get Liberace to design some "fabulous!" kit for the participating teams and then they're all set for a fabulous! day of night cricket.

However, this might be a good idea, because they would now be able to play three tests in a five day cycle. Example:

3:00 - 10:00 : Pakistan vs India
11:00 - 18:00 : South Africa vs Australia
19:00 - 2:00 : England vs Sri Lanka

And just like that, you can have three test matches played in five days (or less). This is the only way I feel that we could arrange a World Cup of Test Cricket. Just the thought of having 21 hours of Test cricket in one day (with an acceptable 1 hour of sleep every 7 hours) makes me very excited. I cannot think of a better idea to save Test cricket.

The more they pack into a day, the better. In fact, we should look into the idea of dividing the field into four and then playing four Tests at the same time. That way, if one Test match is getting a bit dull, then you can simply walk a few paces to your left or right and you'll have a completely different match to watch.

"Super Sub" suddely pops into my mind, but only because I'm hungry.

But seriously, Test cricket is not a Gay Pride parade. I cannot imagine men running around at night throwing pink balls at each other.

If my grandfather was alive, he'd say, "Huh? Sorry, I don't watch cricket".