Those who run cricket in this country, especially at the domestic level, are for the most part a self-serving, pusillanimous and self-important bunch of myopic dinosaurs unable to take any but the shortest-term view of everything.

One-day cricket is an exhibition. Test cricket is an examination.

They stoop like subservient wine waiters,

No country which has cricket as one of its national games has yet gone communist.

More cricket is played in the country and there appears to be a greater passion for the game in those areas. With this in mind, there appears to be a stronger possibility of players from these areas coming through to the top and we need to focus on these individuals.

Most Americans think Abner Doubleday invented the game but he had little or nothing to do with cricket.