20/20 cricket

[bryce]

your mums a purist mate

 

[age_master]

Domestically it can add a lot of benefit in terms of crowd interest, and therefore the financial benefits that keep the game at grass-roots alive!

definatley, the crowds so far to twenty20 games out here have been awsome, a sellout at the WACA, close to at adelaide - and 5000 people to a grade ground in sydney on to see just the NSW players having a hit.

 

[Scaly piscine]

looks like sir viv somewhat feels the same way as me - well i always thought i batted like him
Richards warns against abandoning 50-over cricket

Not really he seems quite happy about it, I'm sure everyone will qualify statements with the usual guff about how they hope it doesn't replace 50 over cricket etc.

Dydl's mum obviously hasn't seen much Twenty20 either, there are plenty of cover drives in the game actually, especially in the first 6 overs when the field is in.

 

[Portugal_85]

20-20 is cool, just keep it to one game per touring side, so as not to squeeze 50-over cricket out (sorry if that's a cliche).

We cannot have this new shortened version of the game taking over the traditional game (woa, just had a 28 year flashback...)

 

[J.Coney]

i think 20/20 will follow a similar line to the rugby 7's circuit with 2nd string international teams will play in a competition over a weekend period fri-sat-sunday under a knock out schedule. 12 to 8 teams broken into two pools, where the finalist would have played 3 or 2 games depending whether it was a 12 or 8 team competition, the circuit just follows the sun around the would. - india - WI -sth africa - aust - nz - england, i dont know something like that, teams would collect points from their wins with an over all winner at the end of the circuit. icc members could partcipate to make the numbers up

 

[Jono]

There was an interesting chat on Tweny20 cricket on the Australian cricket show named "Inside Cricket" today. I thought Lawson (I believe it was him) made an excellent point which I have previously mentioned. He said something along the lines of him contemplating investing some money in shares of bowling machine companies, as Twenty20 cricket may as well use them since its even more bat dominated than the limited overs game, and offers hardly anything to the bowlers, mentioning that a bowler's role may as well be to bowl 4 overs and yorkers and that's that. He did acknowledge that Bracken's use of swing was effective in the Aus A vs. Pak game however.

Border and others commented on how 20/20 cricket could discourage the Warne's, McGrath's, Akhtar's etc. purely due to the fact that they get punished so badly. 8-9 an over is ridiculous.

Before the Twenty20 die hard fans jump on my back, they did acknowledge that in England the orthodox players have been the most successful, mentioning Hussey, but he's still a batsman. The status of bowlers in Twenty20 cricket truly worries me.

 

[Scaly piscine]

I don't really see the problem with bowlers having nothing to bowl for, they can still be successful just as they can in ODIs or any other format. All it means is bowling in Twenty20 is the goalposts are moved. The only thing you could complain about is the lack of opportunity for reverse-swing bowlers, but the bowlers will still have a newish ball throughout that'll do something.

 

[Linda]

My theory is that in 10 years time England will have an abundance of magnificant batsmen, but no decent bowlers. Purely for the fact that none of the kids want to be bowlers anymore.

 

[Deja moo]

It wouldn't kill international cricket, but it might well kill the 50 over ODI, which I don't think would be a particularly good thing. If 20/20 cricket really takes off as part of the international calender, there will have to be a reduction in 50 over ODIs to accomodate it, and eventually that will probably result in it being killed off.

50 over cricket will never be killed off.

Replace the words tests for 50 over cricket and 50 over cricket for 20/20 in your post, and you will get exactly what doomsday seers would have been parroting when limited overs cricket started taking off initially.

 

[Neil Pickup]

My theory is that in 10 years time England will have an abundance of magnificant batsmen, but no decent bowlers. Purely for the fact that none of the kids want to be bowlers anymore.

I can tell you from first hand experience that that just isn't the case!

 

[marc71178]

Do all your kids want to be fast bowlers so they can bounce you in the nets?

 

[Neil Pickup]

Do all your kids want to be fast bowlers so they can bounce you in the nets?

 

[Craig]

Has this ever happened in club cricket around the world that other people know about? Because about ten days ago the Gold Coast Cricket Association played played a charity Twenty20 over match as a Tsunmani Relief fundraiser match.

There you go, it is entering grade cricket.

 

[Swervy]

I don't really see the problem with bowlers having nothing to bowl for, they can still be successful just as they can in ODIs or any other format. All it means is bowling in Twenty20 is the goalposts are moved. The only thing you could complain about is the lack of opportunity for reverse-swing bowlers, but the bowlers will still have a newish ball throughout that'll do something.

very true about the goalpost being moved for bowlers. 25 years ago no-one would have thought a run rate of 4 an over wouldnt have been considered too rosey for a bowler, these days 4.5 is considered pretty good.

There is nothing in the rules of 2020 that stops a bowler from going for less than 7 or 8 an over, so if you bowl well, in general you will have decent figures relative to what is the norm.

 

[Scaly piscine]

The second season of Twenty20 cricket in South Africa starts again in 16 hours, should be interesting to see if the same sorts of differences that occurred in England's second season of Twenty20 are repeated in SA's second season - like an increase in crowds particularly and also an increase in scores.

 

[Langeveldt]

My theory is that in 10 years time England will have an abundance of magnificant batsmen, but no decent bowlers. Purely for the fact that none of the kids want to be bowlers anymore.

Interesting theory.. I know for a fact that I wouldnt be a leg spin bowler if I had to play continuous 20 over thrash games.. It just wouldnt happen.. It sucks having to bowl in 5 or 6 games a season which are only 20 overs, thats why I fear its expansion

 

[Blaze]

20/20 is sooooooooooooo lame

 

[psxpro]

20/20 is sooooooooooooo lame

I'd take a 50 over one day match over 20/20 any day.

But I was at the first 20/20 international, NZ vs aus and it was allright.
There should be a world cup for it, but nothing else. why not make a world cup for this end of this year or start of next year.
Just throw it in, could be exciting.

 

[Deja moo]

I'd take a 50 over one day match over 20/20 any day.

But I was at the first 20/20 international, NZ vs aus and it was allright.
There should be a world cup for it, but nothing else. why not make a world cup for this end of this year or start of next year.
Just throw it in, could be exciting.

For me, a ODI World Cup, with a proper format and no pullouts would be 10x more attractive than a 20/20 WC.

 

[psxpro]

For me, a ODI World Cup, with a proper format and no pullouts would be 10x more attractive than a 20/20 WC.

I completely agree, but 20/20 world cup with fun stuff like the hair that nz did would be hilarious and some good fun.