This qualitative review is conducted to find out the reasons for the less viewership of test matches. Cricket is a worldwide famous sport (What is cricket/cricket everywhere, 2020) and plays with a bat and ball. It is equally popular and played among both genders, i.e., men and women. The word ‘cricket’ is derived from “Christine and other Chris” (Cricket Baby Name Day, 2013). It was started in England in 1788 (Evans, 1991) regardless of English origin, ‘cricket’ is being played in all cultures and societies across the world. After football, Cricket is the second largely playing sport in the world. It has a viewership of approximately 2.6 billion people in the world (popular sport/fans, 2016). Annually, different events are held under different banners; (i) ICC World Cup One Day International, (ii) ICC Champions Trophy, (iii) ICC World Cup T20, and (iv) Test match series. Moreover, Cricket is resembling with baseball in terms of rules and resembles hockey in terms of equipment (brooch, 2010). In every cricket match, many techniques of statistics are used, i.e., the probability of guessing the victorious or defeated team.
Currently, this study will provide a critical review of three cricket formats to understand the less viewership and business of the test matches. This review is based on the critical analysis of online websites and articles. The review concludes; there are several reasons, but among them, three are major reasons for the less viewership and business for the test cricket matches; (i) the wastage of time, (ii) the lack of attraction, and (iii) withdrawn test matches. The results are also followed by possible suggestions for the stakeholders. However, the limited authentic literature is available on the formats of Cricket; therefore, this research will be helpful for those people who do not know about cricket.
After the test match, one day (OD) is the second format for the cricket matches and has two sessions per innings. It is also known as a limited over the match, but it generally consists of 50-50 overs’ match for both teams in one inning (MCC the laws of crick fellow-on, n.d.). One session has 50 overs and all players of the batting team may out before completing 50 overs, while 40-45 minutes are left spare for lunchtime (Explanation of cricket, 2006). The second session starts after the lunch break. The white color ball is used in one day match (Cricket ball, n.d.), but the players of both teams wear colored kits. The one-day format has been introduced to deal with the heavy rain; therefore, it was reduced to 50 overs only.
People mostly like this format because it saves time by declaring the winning team on the same day. In 1975, the 1st ICC ODI World Cup was held outside England, and 60-60 overs were decided initially (Cricket World Cup, 2020). However, every ICC World Cup and ICC Champions Trophy was regularly held after four years. Australia is the only country that appears seven times in the world cup and was the winning team mostly, i.e., it wins 5 times out of 7. The one-day matches are played mostly in the evening, which also saves time.
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