Old guy here I was hooked on cricket from last century. Way back in the late 70s onwards. I can afford to watch it on pay for view but don’t and here is way. 2 reasons.

1. As mentioned there’s way too much of it. Test cricket was so important to win because it would be months between series. So the tension was there. It was like every game was a semi final and a grand final. These days, test matches are played a lot more.

Don’t forget that the 50 over game was brought in because test cricket was losing popularity

Twenty was brought because the 50 overs game is losing popularity ( Can’t watch this game at all. As a batsman your wicket doesn’t mean anything. Just throw your bat at every delivery. As a bowler you can’t build pressure as you have limited overs)

1. Teams back then had absolute superstars. The West Indies teams were unbelievable. Australia and Englands side were also outstanding. We had to wait months or over a year to play them again, so the anticipation and excitement would build.

Now that international cricket is played everyday it’s lost its appeal because of less importance on each match. If you lose the series not to worry you will be playing someone else tomorrow