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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Melbourne, July 26 (CRICKETNMORE):<\/strong> Former Australia skipper Steve Waugh on Tuesday said he wants the world&#39;s leading cricketers to promote Test cricket first rather than the Twenty20 format of the game.&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">Eoin Morgan picks his all-time playing eleven.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Waugh believes the popularity of T20 and the financial windfall for players that comes with it is affecting the longest format of the game.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We have to hope senior cricketers in each country keep promoting Test cricket,&quot; Waugh was quoted as saying by a sports website on Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Australian players still always talk about the Baggy Green cap and playing for their country and the responsibility rests with senior players in every country (to do the same.)&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The World Cup winning skipper also used the decline of West Indies as an example of how prioritising T20s can have a negative effect on Test matches.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>What concerns Waugh is the fact that the West Indies are current World T20 champions but in Tests they are struggling to fight it out against top quality sides.&nbsp;<span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">Big Hitting, A Special talent of West Indies players.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Waugh also said kids who grow up watching the likes of Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo endorsing T20 will obviously take to the format.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;There is a danger there because obviously the Windies are fantastic at T20 and young kids see that. They see they can make a lot of money,&quot; he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The West Indies got into a bit of trouble when Chris Gayle, who was a great Test player, said his priority was T20, then other senior players say the same thing, young kids hear it and all of a sudden the focus is on T20.&quot;<\/p>\r\n",
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