Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Not to mention South Africa 3-2 2 years ago.Well you have lost the Commonwealth Banks series twice in a row, also losing to New Zealand 3-0 last year as well.
Not to mention South Africa 3-2 2 years ago.Well you have lost the Commonwealth Banks series twice in a row, also losing to New Zealand 3-0 last year as well.
Much as I'd be happy to see the back of ARG-esque games like these... except maybe one every 4-5 years... it's certainly not the first thing I'd look to get shot of TBH.
Definitely, but I think its to do with money.. Sahara St Georges pays more than St Georges Park..Indian franchise leagues, but I'd like to say franchises in general. Stanford's already gone, so that's a start. But I don't see the point in SA cricket to have 'Cobras' and 'Titans'. What's wrong with Western Province? Or then WP Cobras. But this goes for rugby as well. (Don't even get me started on stadiums)
Sigh... As always.Definitely, but I think its to do with money.. Sahara St Georges pays more than St Georges Park..
Hate the names, it gives people less of an affiliation to their team for mine.. My friends dad who isn't a total cricketing nonentity was sat in front of the pro20 for half an hour the other night before asking "So which ones are we?"
It's a good formula, but it falls apart for the team with the best attack and the worst. The best attack would be able to take twenty wickets where most other attacks would be a draw. So in essence, the batsmen who are on the team with the best attack get the advantage of a flat pitch and no chance of a draw, while the other batsmen don't. Same thing happens to the team with the worst attack - a better attack might have forced a win, but they had to settle for a draw despite scoring a lot because their attack wasn't good enough to take 20.One of the reasons that I like to take draws out of the formula when statistically assessing players.
IMO, stats only become remotely comparable when one team is capable of taking 20 wickets in a game (ie there is a common theme that binds all the games). Otherwise it is comparing church spires with charm bracelets.
But the fans get neglected?.. Don't think it's that bad, just a bit short sighted, and the fact we are called the warriors allows us to have a warrior like addition to our hard hats.. I guess it's fairly obvious where the Cape Cobras and Highveld Lions come from anywaySigh... As always.
But this frustrates me so much. They want more money but the fans word afgeskeep (sorry, don't know the correct term in Eng). I mean, not even half the games get televised! They are driving cricket away from the masses, and it's very sad to see.
I know. My own mother, a great cricketing fan, only knows the Cobras and the Titans (where she lives and where she used to live). She doesn't even know the names of the rest. And now there's going to be 2 more, I hear.
Thanks, that's the word.But the fans get neglected?.. Don't think it's that bad, just a bit short sighted, and the fact we are called the warriors allows us to have a warrior like addition to our hard hats.. I guess it's fairly obvious where the Cape Cobras and Highveld Lions come from anyway
And as for fans getting driven away by games not being televised, well I think the Pro20 has a huge party atmosphere that seems to be bringing people to the ground, attendances are still very good for it, and TV coverage here is far more comprehensive than what the UK have to put up with