18-02-2005 04:22									#1
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Last night the first Twenty20 international was played between Australia and New Zealand at Auckland to a full house. Is this the future of crcket?

What do any of you cricket fans think of the format?

Maybe not good cricket, but great fun

I think the fashion crimes shoult be outlawed though
Twenty20's 1980s-style triumph

	18-02-2005 04:40									#2
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I doubt it somehow.

It looked like a bit of a laugh more than anything and seemed to be a crowd pleaser but I imagine it'd lose some of its appeal were it to occur more frequently.

IIRC a few years ago we had a domestic 'Action cricket' series - rather similar to 20/20 but with the addition of a second innings for both sides, so effectively a 20/20/20/20 I guess.
It seemed to go all right for a round or so but I don't think they repeated it.

Perhaps if they were to play only on odd years or so it mightn't drain public enthusiasm so much?

	18-02-2005 04:44									#3
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Its been quite a success here in county matches.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cri...ies/4006369.stm

And why not good cricket?

I found a nice quote

"Success at 20-20 cricket involves high skills and the ability to turn it on at once: it's the distilled essence of the game in a powerful shot."

	18-02-2005 05:15									#4
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Well cricket is a bit long... who has all day to watch a one day international (and that's the shortest one otherwise)?

	18-02-2005 05:18									#5
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ODI's are fifty overs apiece though - this format reduces it to 20.
In theory, with the same over rate, the game's finished in 3 hours.

	18-02-2005 05:18									#6
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it's doing well in the UK, I'm a big sports fan generally but never had much time for cricket but I've got into 20/20.

I think it was a case of evolve or die for the CCB.

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Mmm. Very clever dp.

	18-02-2005 05:21									#8
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3 hours is workable.. that's not too much more than other sports.

	18-02-2005 05:21									#9
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quote: Originally posted by ravagon In theory, with the same over rate, the game's finished in 3 hours.

Suits me fine

it's not just the time factor though, people like to see battlers hitting out, needing to get runs, test match and to a lesser extent 50 over cricket is all foreplay and no orgasm, more often then not the games just peter out.