Like the directors of this documentary, I am a passionate fan of cricket, and of the highest form of the game, Test Match cricket. Like them I have watched in horror the rise of the more explosive T20 form of the game, and how it has shortened the patience of audiences and players alike. I have also watched with horror as the power in world cricket has shifted toward the country with the largest and most passionate fanbase and the most corrupt culture of corporate governance - India - and how that power has been used to shore up the influence of the big three nations - India, England and Australia - at the expense of the smaller and less wealthy playing nations. For example, the cricket world cup is the only world tournament where qualifying places are carved up among the big boys. In football, for example, San Marino qualifies in the same way as Brazil. Free market forces ensure the best teams get through.
