Yesterday we saw another example of a team coming into a Test series with inadequate preparation (just 1 warmup game), and paying the price. Pakistan did the same against South Africa and there was of course a huge outcry about how we needed to get to South Africa earlier and play more practice games.

Realistically though, with the international calendar as it is, it's difficult to schedule in more first-class games, & we have to accept that it simply won't happen for most series.

A possible solution to this would be to ensure we ALWAYS play the ODIs/T20Is before the Tests. This will give the players an additional couple of weeks in the country before the Test series starts. The players in the ODI squad will be getting match practice anyway, and the Test players that don't play ODIs can be practicing, perhaps with local club sides and getting used to the conditions.

Seems a sensible approach to me, but will Tests be given the importance they deserve?

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Pakistan's former cricket captain Inzamam-ul-Haq will return to action next month when he would lead the national veterans team against arch-rivals India in a two-match series in Sharjah.

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Test Cricketer Thilan Samaraweera handed over a letter to Sri Lanka Cricket Secretary Mr. Nishantha Ranatunga expressing his intention to retire from all forms of International Cricket.

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Fourteen years ago this day, Waqar Younis took 6 wickets for 78 runs against a formidable South African batting lineup.  Although, Pakistan lost that match by a significant margin, Waqar Younis ended the Test match with 10 wickets.

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The 'Top Fast Bowlers' is a relative term that depends the era in which you started to follow cricket.  While a comprehensive list of this will be inclusive of Australian, Pakistani, and West Indian bowlers - who are some of the fastest bowlers you've seen over the years?

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Former Pakistan fast bowler Waqar Younis believes that recent Test series defeat against South Africa is a clear sign that Pakistan cricket lacks a sense of direction

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Some Pakistani players looking to resurrect their careers by playing the 5 LOI matches

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Which 2 countries do you think will finish top of the table in the on going ICC World Cicket League, and gain automatic qualification for the 2015 World Cup?

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Michael Vaughan has seized the opportunity to mock the Australian cricket team on twitter post their innings defeat in Hyderabad.

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In you opinion who is the most valuable T20 player for Pakistan in the current st up? Would you agree that it is the skipper Mohammad Haez?

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