Sky Sports Cricket Podcast: Adil Rashid's white-ball deal and Test cricket's future debated
Thursday 22 February 2018 10:36, UK
Adil Rashid's decision to focus on white-ball cricket and whether the red-ball game has a long-term future were discussed by Rob Key and James Franklin on the latest Sky Cricket Podcast.
Rashid, who played the last of his 10 Tests in December 2016, will only play limited-over cricket for Yorkshire in 2018: "At this moment in time, I just feel that white-ball cricket is where I am best, enjoying it most and where I feel I can develop and offer a lot more," he said.
Meanwhile, the spinner's England team-mate, Jos Buttler, said during in an interview with Sky Sports that he can see a time where Twenty20 becomes cricket's sole format.
Download the Sky Cricket Podcast HERE as Key and Franklin debate Rashid's move and why he made it; if Test cricket is a dying game; and whether they agree with Buttler…
"He has got almost 500 first-class wickets so his record stacks up," former New Zealand all-rounder Franklin said of Rashid.
"I'd have to say Rash is a better bowler than Mason Crane as I have played him a lot more and found him pretty tricky. He has baffled a lot of batsmen in his time.
"He has probably been the toughest spinner I have played in county cricket other than my countryman, Jeetan Patel.
"However, I totally get that there are days in four-day cricket around the country where it does get pretty monotonous and that T20 has more excitement, bigger crowds and more razzmatazz."
On whether Test cricket is in danger, the Middlesex man added: "It is really strong in England, Australia and India, but everywhere else it's not the game that people have a desire to watch.
"Is there the concentration to want to watch and play four-day cricket? In 20 or 30 years, I think T20 is going to be cricket."
