Former Manchester United player Gary Neville recently opened up about watching cricket with the England player admitting that he had never been to an ODI match but had gone to watch a number of Test matches. According to Neville, he found modern cricket pretty confusing with all its formats, saying that he preferred Test matches.
“I don’t watch as much as I used to. Growing up, I think of the school holidays and I think of it being on and I think of lying there on the settee at my nan’s, watching cricket all day. Test cricket, all day. And now, I am a little bit confused by it. By everything. Like the different formats. I am not a fan of One Day cricket or 20-20 and all that stuff. I am just not a fan of it. I am sure there’s a place for it, people love it, they fill the crowds, brings more money which is great and television are paying more for it.
“I get that but I just think, I don’t know Test cricket is almost, I don’t even know when Test cricket, it seems to just slot into the One Day calendar rather than the Test calendar. I don’t know if that popular or unpopular opinion but it’s how I feel about it. I have never been to a One Day match,” Neville said in the Stick to Cricket podcast.
“I’m a little bit confused by it.” 😵💫
Gary Neville gives his honest take on modern cricket. 🏏 pic.twitter.com/wawryIpbyX
— Stick to Cricket (@StickToCricket) November 7, 2025
“I would say for me, I know that people want to watch more exciting forms of what would be sports. And I get it completely. Football’s coming under that spotlight as well with people watching highlights and packages. I just love Test cricket and always have. The endurance, the struggle, the fact that I know it would be tough to field for 2 days and then go out and have to bat and psychologically and then you know that you have done this all your life.
“Ups and downs and for me that’s why I love watching. So, I have never been to a One Day match in my life. But I have been to a number of Test matches,” he added.
