A new cricket documentary, Death of a Gentleman, is trying to answer all those questions that bother traditionalists: Is Test cricket dying? Will Twenty20 take over the cricketing world? Will the phrase, “It’s just not cricket," mean anything anymore?

Two journalists and enthusiasts Sam Collins, Jarrod Kimber, along with Johnny Blank, have made this documentary that released internationally in August 2015. It will be shown for the first time in India as part of TVF Inbox Office, a division of The Viral Fever, a digital entertainment network known for its successful web series’ Permanent Roommates and Pitchers. The film will be available on TVF Play from Friday for ₹ 99.

Kimber and Collins set out to answer a fundamental question, is Test cricket dying, but get caught up in a larger story that they call the biggest scandal in sport. It leads them through stories and controversies well-documented in the Indian media over the last few years regarding the Indian Premier League and the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

The film, they admit, started without a script and just a camera, but takes them through England, Australia, India and Dubai to understand how national sports bodies and the International Cricket Council function. That understanding answers a part of their question about Test cricket’s future.

The narrative of Test cricket, or its future, unfolds through the tale of Australian cricketer Edward Cowan, who made his Test debut against India in 2011-12. He had a brief 18-Test career, including one century, before playing his last Test against England in 2013. He scored 0 and 14 in the match, Australia lost. Cowan’s batting style is typical of a cricketer whose only ambition was to play Test matches.

The story of cricket’s possible decay shows through the flamboyant IPL, its passionate fans, the controversies it has been involved in, the BCCI’s domination of world cricket and how “(Lalit) Modi changed a non-profit sport into a commercial free for all". While one school of thought in the documentary believes IPL and Tests can co-exist, another says not.

Made over the course of four years, Death of a Gentleman uses the voices of current and former cricketers, administrators and commentators in order to make sense of what’s happening in world cricket today. But, among others, cricketers like Chris Gayle, Kevin Pietersen, Rahul Dravid, commentators like Ian Chappell, Mark Nicholas, Harsha Bhogle, Michael Holding, administrators including former BCCI chief N Srinivasan, former chairman of England and Wales Cricket Board Giles Clarke and former IPL boss Lalit Modi, also leave many things unsaid.

Kimber says over a Skype call after a special screening on Wednesday that the filmmakers had to face sufficient resistance and criticism during the course of making this. “People said we were making life difficult for ourselves," he said, but they persisted. Kimber, who also writes for the website ESPNCricinfo, said there were times when they feared for their future and careers.

Most of the filmmakers’ conclusions have already been well reported in India, though as Kimber admits, much less so internationally. Death of a Gentleman brings all the various stories of greed, wealth, power and corruption together in one 100-minute film. Additionally, for those who like to see administrators look shifty and squirm, this has many such moments.

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