UNDATED (Internet): Six Test-playing nations are currently Involved In triangular series, with Srl Lanka hosting Pakistan and South Africa In the Singer Cup. and England taking on West Indies and Zimbabwe in the NatWest Series.

In light of the recent match-fixing scandals, many are claiming that triangular tournaments, particularly those played outside ICC countries, are responsible for an increase In corruption in the game, asking cricketers to play too many frames of little worth India lave already pulled out <>l tournaments scheduled for Singapore and Abu Dhabi in August.

However. 11 the reaction of Cricket Line's (an Internet cricket host) visitors is anything to go by. the fans want more, rather than less, of the one-day game, with its quick fix of action and excitement. Of 1278 votes cast over a 36-hour period around July 5, 56 per cent of voters felt that there should be more one-day trian-fular tournaments world-wide, hirty-five per cent said that they would prefer fewer tournaments while only nine percent said that the figure was fine at the moment.