Now a 9 Run Hit

[Athlai]

Oh God!! what crazy rules..........big chances for people like Chris Gayle and Yuvraj Singh.............

Long back I have heard about indoor cricket......and there was a crazy rule ie if the batsmen hit the ball on the roof they will get some big score ( not sure whether it is 6,9 or 100 ).......i am not sure whether the indoor game is played or not

They don't play ICL.

 

[anoop4real]

They don't play ICL.

Oops!!! Sorry....... I took the wrong league

 

[anoop4real]

Yes. It was 12 runs. Here is Afridi hitting a 12'er in the Power League Tournament

WOW this is cool.....thanx for the vid

 

[Richard]

How's the weather up there?

Much as you may like Twenty20 and also like cricket and not like the fact that it's not really designed for people like you, I fail to see how you (or anyone) can not notice that most Twenty20 crowds are made-up of people who never have and never will attend or take much if any interest in a cricket (ie, First-Class) match.

 

[Demolition Man]

How odd.

 

[NZTailender]

Much as you may like Twenty20 and also like cricket and not like the fact that it's not really designed for people like you, I fail to see how you (or anyone) can not notice that most Twenty20 crowds are made-up of people who never have and never will attend or take much if any interest in a cricket (ie, First-Class) match.

I wasn't so much referring to T20 and it's apparent gutteral following but more-so your holier than thou opinion of cricket and what is real cricket and what is not, and who are fans and who are not.



It's like saying someone who doesn't like Rachmaninoff is therefore not a true music fan. It's elitist bull****. I can accept in your opinion that people who go to a T20 and don't like tests, are, in your opinion, not 'true' cricket fans, but what is 'true cricket' is also your opinion. However what bugs me as you put this opinion across as if it is a widely held fact, and if it isn't, should be so. I think we should simply start calling King Dick since you seem to want to rule over cricketdom, determining what is and what isn't like a King over his subjects, most of who are peasants and too stupid to see what is the purest form of the sport

 

[Goughy]

Much as you may like Twenty20 and also like cricket and not like the fact that it's not really designed for people like you, I fail to see how you (or anyone) can not notice that most Twenty20 crowds are made-up of people who never have and never will attend or take much if any interest in a cricket (ie, First-Class) match.

Here is the thing. They would not have gone to FC games in the first place. It isnt like they are being stolen from 4 day cricket and being turned into evil T20 fans. I know this because noone watched FC cricket and still noone watches FC cricket.

Its a game for all people. Im a Test match elitist and I love T20, same as my American co-worker who doesnt like cricket but has watched a T20 game when living in UK.

Its an event, its a spectacle and it is still cricket.

I dont care whether the crowd like FC cricket or not. The fact they are watching our game and getting excited about it is a great thing.

The more the better.

 

[Arjun]

Hai guise wat's goin on in dis thred ?

twanty twentea crouqet ? me love twantie tventy crouket.

Inzi of the month? Or Skull? Or Afridi? I wonder...this will take out multiple awards...

 

[Langeveldt]

Here is the thing. They would not have gone to FC games in the first place. It isnt like they are being stolen from 4 day cricket and being turned into evil T20 fans. I know this because noone watched FC cricket and still noone watches FC cricket.

Its a game for all people. Im a Test match elitist and I love T20, same as my American co-worker who doesnt like cricket but has watched a T20 game when living in UK.

Its an event, its a spectacle and it is still cricket.

I dont care whether the crowd like FC cricket or not. The fact they are watching our game and getting excited about it is a great thing.

The more the better.

I don't see how you can possibly call it cricket but you're entitled to your opinion.. I also don't think they are getting too excited about "our game".. Put your average T20 fan on the spot for example and ask him/her to name the opposition for example.. Reckon you'd be met with a wall of silence and a 'whose jumping in the hot tub next?'

 

[Uppercut]

I can take my 11 year old brother to a T20 game without him complaining that he's bored. Somewhere down the line, there's a good chance he'll start to appreciate test cricket, moreso than if he'd never watched any cricket at all. From that perspective, it's gotta be good for the game.

 

[Langeveldt]

I can take my 11 year old brother to a T20 game without him complaining that he's bored. Somewhere down the line, there's a good chance he'll start to appreciate test cricket, moreso than if he'd never watched any cricket at all. From that perspective, it's gotta be good for the game.

Fair enough, but when crowds start rising for FC cricket and non Ashes cricket in the UK, then I'll believe you

 

[NZTailender]

I don't see how you can possibly call it cricket but you're entitled to your opinion.. I also don't think they are getting too excited about "our game".. Put your average T20 fan on the spot for example and ask him/her to name the opposition for example.. Reckon you'd be met with a wall of silence and a 'whose jumping in the hot tub next?'

So? Wouldn't it bother you more of these people were trying to masquerade themselves as test fans? If T20 is for what would apparently seem to be idiots and the common person who instead of caring about the names of players or stats but being entertained by bat on ball, then so be it. I'd rather that than tests being the only form of the game, where the only fans are people like you and Dickinson.

 

[James90]

Runs should be 1/10th of the distance the ball travels on the full. And you should be able to hit it off a tee.

 

[Top_Cat]

Here is the thing. They would not have gone to FC games in the first place. It isnt like they are being stolen from 4 day cricket and being turned into evil T20 fans. I know this because noone watched FC cricket and still noone watches FC cricket.

Its a game for all people. Im a Test match elitist and I love T20, same as my American co-worker who doesnt like cricket but has watched a T20 game when living in UK.

Its an event, its a spectacle and it is still cricket.

I dont care whether the crowd like FC cricket or not. The fact they are watching our game and getting excited about it is a great thing.

The more the better.

Agree with this.

Best part about 20/20, though, is that it hasn't just been the boring slogfest everyone Henny Penny'ed it would be. It's been fascinating to watch fielding and bowling tactics evolve to stop people just blindly slogging (the blokes who just go hell-for-leather have pretty much been the least successful players) and the response from batsmen not just tactically but technically has been equally interesting to watch. Especially the way games are stretched to the limit now. In the early days, if your team batting second was 4/bugger-all, the team basically gave up and the match was boring. Now, teams have become better at getting close to the opposition's score even with a bad start and then going for it in the last 5 overs, usually producing a really tight finish. There's almost no situation where the team bowling second can relax any more, the game, with fewer exceptions as time goes on, is almost always 'live'.

Put it this way; the final of the first 20/20 WC was more interesting for me than the entire 2007 ODI WC. test cricket is still the shiznit for me but I enjoy a good game of 20/20 too.

 

[NZTailender]

Agree with the above, really.

 

[Uppercut]

Fair enough, but when crowds start rising for FC cricket and non Ashes cricket in the UK, then I'll believe you

I don't understand how T20 could take people away from the good stuff any more than football does, its appeal is so different. Movies didn't stop everyone from reading. Tests have always been a somewhat niche market itbt.

The only concern i'd have is that so much more money is given to good T20ers, so there's more incentive for the most talented young cricketers to hone their skills towards that. As spectators go, i doubt T20 will have much effect.

 

[Richard]

I wasn't so much referring to T20 and it's apparent gutteral following but more-so your holier than thou opinion of cricket and what is real cricket and what is not, and who are fans and who are not.



It's like saying someone who doesn't like Rachmaninoff is therefore not a true music fan. It's elitist bull****. I can accept in your opinion that people who go to a T20 and don't like tests, are, in your opinion, not 'true' cricket fans, but what is 'true cricket' is also your opinion. However what bugs me as you put this opinion across as if it is a widely held fact, and if it isn't, should be so. I think we should simply start calling King Dick since you seem to want to rule over cricketdom, determining what is and what isn't like a King over his subjects, most of who are peasants and too stupid to see what is the purest form of the sport

I'm far from the only person to hold the opinion that Test and First-Class cricket is "real" cricket and that other things are not, and that unless you like the four\five-day game you're not a cricket fan. Perhaps I put it across more pompously and assertively than others.

 

[NZTailender]

I'm far from the only person to hold the opinion that Test and First-Class cricket is "real" cricket and that other things are not, and that unless you like the four\five-day game you're not a cricket fan. Perhaps I put it accross more pompously and assertively than others.

I know you're not alone in your opinion here Richard, but you do indeed put it across more pompously and assertively than most others. Most of those others can accept that people may be fans of T20 and have no clue about cricket, though.



Just like I accept people are fans of country and western music.

 

[Top_Cat]

I'm far from the only person to hold the opinion that Test and First-Class cricket is "real" cricket and that other things are not, and that unless you like the four\five-day game you're not a cricket fan. Perhaps I put it accross more pompously and assertively than others.

That anyone would presume to deign any form of cricket as 'the real game' has shades of pomposity, regardless of how it's said.

You love Tests and don't like 20/20. Good for you and I don't think you're wrong. I just disagree, that's all.

 

[NZTailender]

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