Jack Hobbs vs Steve Smith

[capt_Luffy]

I think this is wrong ftr. It's more in the vicinity of 0.3%.

I think you are severely overestimating the previous War cricket knowledge of you regular joes.

 

[DrWolverine]

Real cricket or not, T20 is the future of the sport.

Cricket survived because it evolved - Timeless tests, 5 Day Tests, 60 overs ODI, 50 overs ODI and now T20.

 

[kyear2]

Real cricket or not, T20 is the future of the sport.

Cricket survived because it evolved - Timeless tests, 5 Day Tests, 60 overs ODI, 50 overs ODI and now T20.

T20 may pay the bills, but the most important form of the game still remains tests. When that changes, the game is dead regardless.

 

[ataraxia]

I think you are severely overestimating the previous War cricket knowledge of you regular joes.

Yes and I think you are severely underestimating it. Watching a test, some statistic comes in that includes Jack Hobbs, and boom: everyone paying attention now recognises the quite memorable name Hobbs.

 

[DrWolverine]

T20 may pay the bills, but the most important form of the game still remains tests. When that changes, the game is dead regardless.

T20 is the reason the game is thriving today.

We have to accept the reality the vast majority of fans are not interested in test cricket.

 

[sayon basak]

Real cricket or not, T20 is the future of the sport.

Cricket survived because it evolved - Timeless tests, 5 Day Tests, 60 overs ODI, 50 overs ODI and now T20.

We are playing a lot of tests too....Don't think judging by a small saple of people around you proves anything.

@Johan could you provide some info about general people's perception about cricket in England?

 

[sayon basak]

Yes and I think you are severely underestimating it. Watching a test, some statistic comes in that includes Jack Hobbs, and boom: everyone paying attention now recognises the quite memorable name Hobbs.

Yeah that's a really good point.

 

[ataraxia]

Real cricket or not, T20 is the future of the sport.

Cricket survived because it evolved - Timeless tests, 5 Day Tests, 60 overs ODI, 50 overs ODI and now T20.

Hmm based on that it looks like the future of the sport is actually T10s.

Except it's disingenous. Pre-ODIs, tests used to frequently be scheduled for only three or four days.

 

[DrWolverine]

Watching a test, some statistic comes in that includes Jack Hobbs, and boom: everyone paying attention now recognises the quite memorable name Hobbs.

Jack Hobbs doesn’t really stick out in terms of statistics like Don Bradman.

The only place Jack Hobbs’ name may come up is batting averages. As great he is, he doesn’t stand out from the others like Don does.

 

[DrWolverine]

Hmm based on that it looks like the future of the sport is actually T10s.

T10 is just silly but if that is the future that’s okay. As long as it can fund money for test cricket, that’s good enough for me.

 

[sayon basak]

T10 is just silly but if that is the future that’s okay. As long as it can fund money for test cricket, that’s good enough for me.

Bother to explain why T10 is silly but T20 is not?

 

[DrWolverine]

I am used to t20 for a longer time so it seems fine

I have never watched a single t10 match so it seems silly

 

[sayon basak]

Jack Hobbs doesn’t really stick out in terms of statistics like Don Bradman.

The only place Jack Hobbs’ name may come up is batting averages. As great he is, he doesn’t stand out from the others like Don does.

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Be real, People in SC don't really care about don either, they'd go on and say he played with plumbers. And don't think most of them know anything outside Sachin, Kohli, Dhoni, Yuvraj etc.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Many Indian fans rate Sachin higher than Bradman or at least as good as him from what I’ve seen

 

[sayon basak]

Many Indian fans rate Sachin higher than Bradman or at least as good as him from what I’ve seen

Understatement.

 

[kyear2]

T20 is the reason the game is thriving today.

We have to accept the reality the vast majority of fans are not interested in test cricket.

The majority of fans who attend T20 don't even grasp or understand the sport, far less it's history.

So yes it pays the bills, but the day it becomes the primary and most important aspect of the sport, the game is dead.

Thankfully for the majority of the priminant players, that's still not the case.

 

[kyear2]

I am used to t20 for a longer time so it seems fine

I have never watched a single t10 match so it seems silly

I isn't watch either, well odi's either to be fair.

 

[DrWolverine]

Be real, People in SC don't really care about don either, they'd go on and say he played with plumbers. And don't think most of them know anything outside Sachin, Kohli, Dhoni, Yuvraj etc.

Like Don or not but you can’t ignore him - He is literally at the top of every possible statistic that he will never be forgotten.

 

[Johan]

We are playing a lot of tests too....Don't think judging by a small saple of people around you proves anything.

@Johan could you provide some info about general people's perception about cricket in England?

Cricket is still viewed as the rich man's sport in England as it's not taught in most school's and is pretty locked off to the general public, tests I feel are still the most respected format but might be due to the Ashes.

 

[sayon basak]

Cricket is still viewed as the rich man's sport in England as it's not taught in most school's and is pretty locked off to the general public, tests I feel are still the most respected format but might be due to the Ashes.

Sounds alright to me.