Test Cricket is dying out, in favour of the slogging. I expect it to fully die out if they don't become more relevant.

Often wonder how the likes of Hick and Ramprakash would have got on against the quality of bowling attacks in test cricket today. My bet is they would be scoring runs by the truck load.

I may be wrong but it's the one sport that seems to me to not be played to the standard it was in the past. Fielding and fitness have improved. However, there were better bowlers, in particular, in the past. They were genuinely quick and hostlie. Correspondingly there were batsmen who flourished. Even the Aussie team of 20/30 years ago would thrash the current side - and they're one of the best.
The West Indies teams of the past would easily beat any team today,probably within a day or two. The best current side are India but don't get me started on their pitch doctoring - which they don't need to do, as they are plenty good enough. However, they just can't help themselves.
Think of players like Pope, Stones, Crawley - they are nowhere near the standard of the seventies and eighties sides, yet have had a thousand times the coaching.