Tuesday, September 11, 2007

New paper cricket called Twenty-Twenty !

My friend said it correctly it is indeed like paper cricket and in that name they have really spoiled the class of the game. Twenty-Twenty was started with the only purpose to attract more people to the already dying County Cricket in England. When it first came into the scene no one expected this to have made such a mark, well the Aussies and then the South Africans recognizing it just did it for the game. The pitches in One-dayers these days are already tailor-made for the batsmen, in this form of the game it is even worse. It is like playing on a concrete floor nothing that the bowlers can do. Like my friend and I were discussing there needs to be few modifications to the game to make it better. One of them could be making only 6-8 batsmen bat and not all the 11. My friend went to an extent of saying one beamer per over (Although I still think that can be very dangerous). There should be no field restrictions at all, like test matches. From the first over place the fielders where ever you want. Finally play on green tops just to test the batsmen really. These changes makes Twenty-Twenty much more fun than just a mere turn the page and add whatever you get there, Oh My God it is so inane.