Former Pakistan captain and coach Javed Miandad has labelled the shortest format of the game "a virus" which could signal the death of Test cricket. Miandad believed that with Twenty20 leagues around the world offering vast amounts of money, international cricket - particularly the long form of the game - was becoming less attractive to the players, and he called for the ICC to step in.
"Twenty20 cricket is a virus and if the ICC doesn't restrict matches of this format it will finish Test cricket, as leading players will no longer want to play for their country," Miandad told AFP. "With the introduction of Twenty20 leagues, the notion that 'country comes first' is also hit for six because when there is a choice between national duty and more money, players will choose money. Some of the Australian players could have represented their country longer but retired to play Twenty20 leagues two years ago.
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