Why hit and giggle for me is a hit and miss
January 9th 2007 11:12
I have to admit that I don't enjoy 20/20 cricket. I don't like it for the following reasons.
1. When I was growing up, batting was about timing, footwork and patience. None of which seem to be needed in 20/20. If you want a batsman to become someone who can slog and have not a bit of patience as a test batsman feed him on a constant diet of 20/20. The more a batsman feeds on slogging and less on timing and patience, the harder it will be for him to fit into the mold of a patient batsman whether he plays junior, grade, state or test cricket. Any junior cricketer who is taught to play this way exclusively can almost kiss their dreams of international test cricket goodbye. if you want an example of poor test batting look at the careers of two similar players - Andrew Symonds of Australia and Ricardo Powell of the West Indies. They are the future of cricket. Guys who have been known for their poor shot making, timing and lack of footwork. 20/20's not a game of class or strategy but more of a game of hit and miss. If people really want to watch a game like that why don't they just watch something just as non sensical as baseball?
2. The fact that 20/20 is a batsmans game. Why have a bowler at all? Why not just have a bowling machine at one end of the pitch and let the batsman have a free for all.
3. 20/20 is a sign that people's lives have become so busy and that cricket has to fit into peoples lives by squeezing in a three hour game. Apparently there needs to be excitement in every ball these days. What a shame that the greatest game in the world has to go this way to attract supporters!
1. When I was growing up, batting was about timing, footwork and patience. None of which seem to be needed in 20/20. If you want a batsman to become someone who can slog and have not a bit of patience as a test batsman feed him on a constant diet of 20/20. The more a batsman feeds on slogging and less on timing and patience, the harder it will be for him to fit into the mold of a patient batsman whether he plays junior, grade, state or test cricket. Any junior cricketer who is taught to play this way exclusively can almost kiss their dreams of international test cricket goodbye. if you want an example of poor test batting look at the careers of two similar players - Andrew Symonds of Australia and Ricardo Powell of the West Indies. They are the future of cricket. Guys who have been known for their poor shot making, timing and lack of footwork. 20/20's not a game of class or strategy but more of a game of hit and miss. If people really want to watch a game like that why don't they just watch something just as non sensical as baseball?
2. The fact that 20/20 is a batsmans game. Why have a bowler at all? Why not just have a bowling machine at one end of the pitch and let the batsman have a free for all.
3. 20/20 is a sign that people's lives have become so busy and that cricket has to fit into peoples lives by squeezing in a three hour game. Apparently there needs to be excitement in every ball these days. What a shame that the greatest game in the world has to go this way to attract supporters!
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