Smith calls it right (IMO):
http://www.cricinfo.com/iccct2009/content/current/story/425335.html

There is a lot of meaningless Cricket going on out there. I can recall
India touring BD a few years ago when SRT scored a double hundred and
Zahir Khan scored 70 odd runs.

If these meaningless tours are to be played then perhaps ICC should
let a B team play some of them. In the 70's when SL toured India we
used to play sort of a B side and test upcoming talent. I recall folks
at home talking about "Tony Opatha" making some Indian batsmen hop
around and "Anuora Tenekoon" playing some classy knocks.

India played just two Tests against England and just two against RSA
at home. And those four tests produced 3 results including a great
bowling performance (Steyn) and a fine 4th innings effort by India.
We could play more games if such silly tours are stopped. And equally
important, classy players and high intensity performers would be more
rested and perform at their peak more often.

If these meaningless tours are to be played then perhaps ICC should
let a B team play some of them. In the 70's when SL toured India we
used to play sort of a B side and test upcoming talent. I recall folks
at home talking about "Tony Opatha" making some Indian batsmen hop
around and "Anuora Tenekoon" playing some classy knocks.

On Sep 17, 12:48 am, Suresh K S <sureshkarathin... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:

If these meaningless tours are to be played then perhaps ICC should
let a B team play some of them. In the 70's when SL toured India we
used to play sort of a B side and test upcoming talent. I recall folks
at home talking about "Tony Opatha" making some Indian batsmen hop
around and "Anuora Tenekoon" playing some classy knocks.

Can somebody tell me what Smith is on about here? Who are the "we" who
played "a sort of a B side", presumably a Sri Lankan side, in the 70s.
Certainly it wasn't South Africa or anything to do with South Africa.

The "we" refers to India; it's the OP who's on about something, not
Smith.