***Official*** Sri Lanka in England

[Lostman]

i dont think tharanga can play 20//20, he doesnt look like a slogger.

 

[Scaly piscine]

i dont think tharanga can play 20//20, he doesnt look like a slogger.

Twenty20 isn't about slogging it's about shotmaking.

 

[dinu23]

Tharanga got to be there somewhere for me, arnold to miss out maybe.

hmm... I don't know. Tharanga doesn't strike me as a batsman who can do some big hitting.

 

[Lostman]

Twenty20 isn't about slogging it's about shotmaking.

if you say so

 

[Barney Rubble]

if you say so

He's right. Slogs only go on one region, between long-on and deep square leg. If that was all it took to get runs in Twenty20, teams could just stick three men on the leg-side boundary and that'd be it. You have to play shots all around the wicket if you want to succeed.

 

[Lostman]

He's right. Slogs only go on one region, between long-on and deep square leg. If that was all it took to get runs in Twenty20, teams could just stick three men on the leg-side boundary and that'd be it. You have to play shots all around the wicket if you want to succeed.

teams always stick 3 men on the leg side boundary in any ODI, there are usually 3 on the leg side and 2 men deep on the off side. Still in the latter parts of an ODI most boundaries come from the ball pulled into midwicket. In most 20/20 this starts around the 8th over so it is nothing more than slogging with the occasional glance into the 3rd man boundary.

 

[Barney Rubble]

teams always stick 3 men on the leg side boundary in any ODI, there are usually 3 on the leg side and 2 men deep on the off side. Still in the latter parts of an ODI most boundaries come from the ball pulled into midwicket. In most 20/20 this starts around the 8th over so it is nothing more than slogging with the occasional glance into the 3rd man boundary.

Four men on the boundary then, or five - it doesn't matter. And the best ODI batsmen score runs all around the wicket in the late overs. Look at Andy Flower with the reverse sweep, or Pietersen's mixture of cover-drives, steps down the wicket and leg-side flicks - Twenty20 is an extension of those skills - improvisation, adaptability, shot selection and natural talent.

 

[Goughy]

There has already been an evolution in the 20 over game.

After the 1st season in England and then SA it was noticed that the ones expected to succeed (ie the sloggers and pinch hitters) did not.

What was realized was that the players with the ability to hit orthodox shots hard (especially straight), the ability to improvise and run hard were the most successful.

20/20, Sloggers need not apply.

In fact, the most refreshing thing about this form of the game is that the excellent players in the other forms of the games are able to perform better than the 20/20 'specialists'

 

[JASON]

my lineup for the twenty20
1.sana
2.kapugedara
3.sanga
4.mahela
5.dilshan
6.arnold
7.maharoof
8.vaas
9.dilhara
10.malinga
11.murali

I would rest Murali and probably Vaas or Malinga . Dilshan, Sanath, Arnold should be able to complete 1 bowler's over requirements .
Would play Tharanga instead. (particularly given SL's batting struggle so far even in One Day games)

 

[Barney Rubble]

In fact, the most refreshing thing about this form of the game is that the excellent players in the other forms of the games are able to perform better than the 20/20 'specialists'

I think it just puts players' skills under the microscope - it makes it more obvious who has the talent and who doesn't.

 

[marc71178]

There has already been an evolution in the 20 over game.

After the 1st season in England and then SA it was noticed that the ones expected to succeed (ie the sloggers and pinch hitters) did not.

And the type of bowling predicted to be the most expensive isn't!

 

[andyc]

I think it just puts players' skills under the microscope - it makes it more obvious who has the talent and who doesn't.

Could've sworn that was what test cricket was for.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Could've sworn that was what test cricket was for.

What I meant is that every ball counts for more because it's such a short game - every fielding error, every play and miss, every loose ball.

There's so much less margin for error - in Test cricket you can bowl a bad ball, and the batsman might leave it alone and you'll get away with it. You can hide a poor fielder at third man and he might only cost you five runs an innings, whereas in Twenty20 he'd cost you about 20, and they could easily cost you the game. In Twenty20 you've got to be on the spot all the time.

 

[dinu23]

hey, what time is the twenty20 in GMT?

 

[JASON]

hey, what time is the twenty20 in GMT?

Don't know about GMT but I know it starts at 5:30 AM NZ time , so Alarm Clocks and early wake up for quick shower , get into work clothes and then front of Telly for 2 1/2 hours before work (in between looking at World Cup soccer ) - That's my programme early tomorrow morning NZ time.

 

[wpdavid]

Shame to read Gough's latest whinge on Cricinfo about his nonselection for the ODI's. Previously our players at least had the decency to wait until retirement if they were intent on becoming self-obsessed myopic miserable old gits, but Goughie seems to be in a bit of a hurry. Someone shut him up please .....

 

[marc71178]

hey, what time is the twenty20 in GMT?

7.15pm - put back a bit so as not to clash with the Football.

 

[marc71178]

Shame to read Gough's latest whinge on Cricinfo about his nonselection for the ODI's. Previously our players at least had the decency to wait until retirement if they were intent on becoming self-obsessed myopic miserable old gits, but Goughie seems to be in a bit of a hurry. Someone shut him up please .....

Perhaps that they could point out that:
a) he's been injured for weeks
b) he's been almost totally crap for the last 2 or 3 years in ODIs
c) he lied his way out of touring last winter in order to give his "personality" a boost and Duncan has a long memory

 

[wpdavid]

Perhaps that they could point out that:
a) he's been injured for weeks
b) he's been almost totally crap for the last 2 or 3 years in ODIs
c) he lied his way out of touring last winter in order to give his "personality" a boost and Duncan has a long memory

Minor details, I'm sure, in Goughie's world. Actually, it's a pity the next WC isn't in the subcontinent, if only because then he wouldn't be interested in going anyway.

 

[wpdavid]

7.15pm - put back a bit so as not to clash with the Football.

Isn't that BST? I'm only asking because the previous guy was asking about GMT.