I know a lot of Samizdata contributors and readers are cricket buffs. So, what do you all think about the Twenty20 limited overs format now that it has had some more exposure since last being discussed here?
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Batting first is too much of an advantage. They need to make the toss decision more difficult. For example: The team batting first starts their innings at 0 for -20.
Then the toss-winning captain might actually have to think about it for a while.
Or for another angle: No fielding restrictions apply to the team fielding first.
Can we stay away from the subject of cricket for, ooh, about 2 years please?
I would be willing to echo Tim’s request but as a still hurting Englishman, I fear this will prove impossible. Oh well, Warne is gone, McGrath is gone, and hopefully a pack of dingo dogs will eat the rest of the Australian cricket team in a freak accident, while England’s Michael Vaughan will return to full fitness, Flintoff regain his form, and Simon Jones get back to full fitness.
Well, that’s my ideal scenario….
I love it. Especially on Ceefax, when several county games are going on at once. What is interesting is what a subtle game it is, which I don’t think was what was expected at all.
The essence of the subtlety is that there are so few balls available for each side to score off that every ball counts. Dot balls (i.e. balls not scored off), for instance, are routinely applauded by the bowling side’s supporters.
40 or 50 (limited) overs cricket had a big effect on test match cricket, by changing the whole balance of the (batting half of) the cricket profession away from blockers and towards stroke-makers. Result: more test results. (In my youth test cricket could be a lot duller to follow. Often an entire series would be settled by the one result game.) Also, the fielding has got massively better.
What effect will 20/20 cricket have on the rest of the game, I wonder? One effect is simply to get more people interested in it, because 20/20 is so much easier to fit into a regular busy life.
Cricket is often assumed to be a very hidebound and trad sort of activity, but the people running it have proved themselves to be very inventive in recent decades.
Twenty-20 is OK as far as it goes for a bit of fun, but test cricket is a truer test of a team’s and individual’s grit and determination. As far as opening the game up to new supporters and players, it is all good. One day cricket had a similar effect when that went international.
Adam Gilchrist doesn’t see a massive future in the format, and this coming from a man that has done some of the most at adopting one day tactics into test cricket. A hundred runs from 57 balls anyone?
Yaaawwwnn,
What’s on the other channel?
James
I took my son to the SCG on Tuesday to watch us get thrashed (again). However, he absolutely loved it and immediately placed a bat and pads on top of his 7th birthday present wish-list.
The crowd is much younger, less stuffy and more female. It’s great for the game. The purists can go and watch their front lawns grow if they dont like it.
20/20 is fun in small amounts. My American girlfriend loves it. But I’m hanging out for the real one-dayers.
Agree with Yobbo’s ideas
I think being Australian is too much of an advantage. Maybe no team should be allowed to field more than say, seven Aussies.
More cricket.
Bugger.
Do away with one dayers, have 2 matches each of 20/20 with each team batting first once.
If one team does not win both matches, the winner is decided by the hightest total of runs divied by the number of wickets lost.
4 to 6 hours of fun I should think.
btw has anyone noticed just how much part of the same the slower bowlers are, its also been a bit of a boon for the them along with the batsman.