Cricket must wake up now

Cricket’s rigidity and refusal to get with the times often has a negative impact on the game, and that was shown again last weekend during the Proteas’ stunning Test win over India in Kolkata.

- with Ross Roche

On an almost unplayable pitch at Eden Gardens, which is a story in itself, 38 wickets fell in under three days, as the visiting South Africans clinched a 30-run win in a match that saw just 594 runs scored over four innings.

Now hang on a moment, you might be wondering how the Proteas won by 30-runs in a game that saw an average of less than 150-runs per innings, but there were only 38 wickets lost, instead of the expected 40?