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    "editor1": "<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) Twenty20 cricket tastes sweet but is &quot;like empty calories&quot;, says Gideon Haigh, one of the foremost cricket writers in the world.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;T20 cricket is like empty calories. It leaves a sweet taste in my mouth but does not harm me,&quot; said the Australian author of &quot;On Warne&quot; and &quot;Silent Revolutions&quot;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Haigh said he can remember quality test cricket for a period of time but forgets T20s in a day.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Test cricket is mainly alive because players value it and Test centuries are still considered as a benchmark for cricketing excellence, he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">According to Haigh, Test cricket is still followed by cricket enthusiasts across the world.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">&quot;In Australia, the Ashes are in constant demand, and the Border-Gavaskar trophy (between India and Australia) is popular too.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Haigh said Test cricket matches need to produce results, as the fans nowadays have become more result oriented and impatient.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size:14px\"><span style=\"font-family:arial\">Gideon is on a pan-India tour, with his last stop being Kolkata, where he visited the historic Victoria Memorial celebrating World Heritage Week.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n",
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