Former India captain Ajit Wadekar has asked the Cricket Board to concentrate more on promoting Tests than cash-rich Twenty20 tournament IPL. "These days, events like IPL have become more popular and important than Test cricket and the latter is losing its popularity," he said.

The lure of IPL's millions might be difficult to ignore but Australian batsman David Warner says it would never be good enough to distract him from national duty and he would always pick Test cricket over the cash-rich league when given a choice.

The perfect ambassador for the longer version of the game, Rahul Dravid feels that the future of Test cricket would be safe if it is planned in the right manner.

Rahul Dravid's glorious international career has come to an end, as the veteran batsman announced his retirement today.

England off-spinner Graeme Swann feels that one-day cricket needs be scrapped to ease the already-packed international calendar and instead emphasis should be on Test and Twenty20 versions of the game.

Former captain Ricky Ponting says he'll quit Test cricket before he's dropped from the Australian team, but is not considering retirement at the moment.

Having achieved their long-awaited aim of becoming Test cricket's top-ranked side, England captain Andrew Strauss warned his teammates on Thursday that the challenge of staying at the summit will be much more difficult.

Former West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding feels Test cricket will become "insignificant" in five years time and cited the ever-gaining popularity of the Twenty20 format for the bleak future of the longer version.

Sharjah will host its first Test in nine years this November, after Pakistan and Sri Lanka reached an agreement to play the last of their three Tests in the UAE at the venue. The Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium has hosted more ODIs than any other ground but has not had any international cricket between top teams since 2003.

A dominant all-round performance by Zimbabwe, capped by their bowlers slicing through the Bangladesh line-up on the fifth day, ensured victory in their comeback Test after an almost six-year exile from the format.