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20-09-2007, 03:57 PM
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not sure how many cricket fans are on here but thought i'd post up some comments anyway. 20/20 not really for the purists anyway.
in the game last night, england v india, indian batsman youvraj singh hit reached 50 in 12 balls (58 off 16). hit 6 6's in one over. thats a record 50 that will take some beating. |
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20-09-2007, 04:04 PM
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Damn.
I really like 20/20 cricket. Itll catch on, just like one dayers did.
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20-09-2007, 04:16 PM
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That first six was HUGE, just watched it on youtube.
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20-09-2007, 04:30 PM
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20-09-2007, 04:37 PM
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Who saw the girl Ponting go down the other night.hahaha.Sorry i thought it was funny
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20-09-2007, 04:45 PM
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Just had a watch of that, what an awesome over. That might teach Flintoff not to mouth off at batsmen just before they go in.
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20-09-2007, 05:19 PM
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here's a link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bob85WbW8cU&NR=1 they're not just clearing the rope but going way back. awesome stuff. |
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20-09-2007, 08:00 PM
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20-09-2007, 11:20 PM
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20-09-2007, 11:36 PM
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Not a fan of microwave cricket. Good to see the over of 6's.
Good to see it catch on and the fast pace n all. Whats next though? Tip n run? One bounce one hand?
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20-09-2007, 11:39 PM
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20-09-2007, 06:06 PM
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Not for the purists but 6 in 6 is still quite an effort, regardless of the mockery they're making out of the game. :P
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20-09-2007, 10:24 PM
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Don't mess with India
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20-09-2007, 11:10 PM
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Great to see Australia SMASH Sri Lanka tonight. Biggest win in twenty/20 I have seen yet.
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21-09-2007, 07:35 AM
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21-09-2007, 07:54 AM
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6 sixes is bl00dy good in any form of the game. Ive played ALOT of good cricket and the timing /luck to do this is awesome. My best.....4 sixes 2 fours. Even then i was a legend but only for the day!
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21-09-2007, 08:44 AM
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20/20 is the worst thing for cricket ever.......Just think of all the young kids watching this circus of a game, how many do you think will want to be bowlers????? NONE!!! I hope this 20/20 millionaire backyard game dies off soon...
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21-09-2007, 08:51 AM
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While I absolutely love Test cricket, Twenty20 brings a new audience to cricket that might not have even previously watched one-dayers. I enjoy it for what it is - a bit of fun and a bash around. Not sure if it will be detremental to cricket in the long run, but so long as over summer we still get lots of tests and one-dayers, Twenty20 just gives me more cricket to watch overall, and I'm not going to complain about that
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21-09-2007, 09:12 AM
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Maybe the 20/20 format will generate money for crickets development (and profile) in the lesser developed countries. In 5-10 years or so, maybe Counties like Aus, England, SA and NZ may find much closer competition in the 50 over and test level from teams we that we don't currently have a serious thought about lossing to. This 20/20 does seem to level the playing feild and thats got to be good in the long run for the game in any format. I don't mind watching the 20/20 games, but I could not care less if we were sent home last night. Good tv, not doing much for our game, but how good would the ZIm team feel after beating us by 5 wickets, normaly this would be unheard of.
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21-09-2007, 03:18 PM
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20/20 is a good game but i think its just all based on luck and that any team can win. But i like that the aussies now have some competition.
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21-09-2007, 03:52 PM
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Love watching 20/20.
Test cricket became too stale for me, and one day cricket was heading in the same direction.
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21-09-2007, 06:42 PM
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bah, all 20/20 is, is glorified backyard cricket with 30,000 odd spectators
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22-09-2007, 07:06 PM
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21-09-2007, 07:02 PM
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It's actually quite refreshing and seeing Sri Lanker hit 260 of 20 overs & the Indian cricketer hit 6 sixs in an over, very exciting stuff. Being a batsman a little while ago now im loving it. Brett Lee's hatrick was top stuff also. Im loving this T20 world cup. But for the uneducated that reckon it spell's the death of test cricket (pull your head in).
At the end of the day give me an Ashes test @ Adelaide Oval anyday.
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25-09-2007, 05:09 PM
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Nice try but a little before his time, not much though...
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25-09-2007, 05:30 PM
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LOL he was good but the honours go to Sir, Garfield Sobers, of the west indies who went on to score 365 runs i believe...
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21-09-2007, 07:03 PM
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I think Peter Roebuck summed it up pretty well.
Action Galore but a game without Soul. If you want a game where the whole point is to listen to loud music, watch everything be smacked out of the park and participate in the purchasing of merchandise, then the Yanks have a sport called Baseball that you should look into. The 50 overs version barely features enough up and down and this 20/20 carryon is just a single pace, very fast. Sure it's exciting but its also incredibly banal. I will remember Gilchrist's century at the WACA against England for many, many years. Yet even now I am struggling to remember what countries were playing when some bloke hit six 6's in an over in 20/20, let alone who said bloke was. Cricket is a much more nuanced game than this. Test matches contain so much in the way of tactics and mind games over the ebb and flow of a match it's almost a disservice to the real game to call this childish pajama game 'Cricket' Lumpy
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