SPORT LORGAT 2

SPORT LORGAT 2
Clearly the most cricket-crazy nation, India's ascent to
top comes at a time when Test cricket's future looks uncertain
in the face of the competition from the limited over formats.

Lorgat, however, believes whenever there is something
major -- like world number one tag -- at stake, Test cricket
would continue to draw crowd.
"As shown over the years, we all have concerns about poor
crowd turn-up. But whenever India is playing and there is
something at stake, there will be lot of interest in Test
cricket," he said.
Incidentally, the British press was sore about India's
rise to the top and demanded an overhaul of the ranking
system.
Lorgat said there was nothing called perfect but this was
the best one has got.
"See, there is always room for improvement but this is
the best possible way we have. And don't forget that this
system was developed over the years," the ICC CEO said.
Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara and star spinner
Muttiah Muralitharan, however, were upset with the standard of
umpiring against India and both felt the Decision Review
System (DRS) should have been used in this series.
Lorgat said there was some technical issues involved.
"We are mindful of that but we have to first ensure that
it's technically possible. We want to push it as long as it is
technically possible and cost-effective. The technology
involved has to be reliable. We just cannot force it on
everyone," he explained. MORE PTI AY
ANU


The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this
message are intended for the exclusive
use of the addressee(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged
information. If you are not the intended
recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please
notify the sender immediately and destroy
all copies of this message and any attachments contained in it.