Anyway a joke to conclude our coverage on the Twenty20 WC:

**knock knock**
Who’s there
Misbah
Misbah who?
Mis bah 5 runs>

maybe it’s beginner’s luck (the format, not India) but this tournament produced more excitement than the entire ODI WC marathon earlier this year.

You have to agree that the game is played for the fan and if this excitement proves to be sustainable, why not?

I’ve often thought of preserving aged balls from previous matches and giving them to bowlers in 20/20 format, say after 10 overs or so, to allow for (conditions permitting) some reverse swing and wonky movement in the air.

Somewhere above I mentioned it, use two batting and bowling teams.

20 overs is pretty much the longest that we weekend cricket warriors will attempt, if given the bounty of a full 11/22 warm bodies to work with. (it usually ends up being 10-12 overs and taking up the same amount of time–no penalties for slow over rates!)

30 regularly, but the problem was that at times, the team batting second would collapse (which was us) and then it was not fun. You stand out there for two- three hours fielding and then you bat for two balls and you are ready to go home.

ODIs have become the gold standard for new fans (like myself) but as long as the majority of great players view Test cricket as the greatest test of cricketing ability, we’ll continue to see test and ODI matches.

I’ve often thought of preserving aged balls from previous matches and giving them to bowlers in 20/20 format, say after 10 overs or so, to allow for (conditions permitting) some reverse swing and wonky movement in the air.

20 overs is pretty much the longest that we weekend cricket warriors will attempt, if given the bounty of a full 11/22 warm bodies to work with. (it usually ends up being 10-12 overs and taking up the same amount of time–no penalties for slow over rates!)

Having said that, it might decrease popularity of one-day cricket. Heck, we might even see different teams for 20-20 and one-day.

I was thinking that they should have different batting and bowling teams for the 20-20. In my opinion it would be way more fun.

if only because a game isn’t given any time to..breathe.

Isn’t that a part of the excitement? In a one day the middle 30 overs are normally slow… Here you just play the first and last 10 overs. I think it is a lot of fun.

Having said that, it might decrease popularity of one-day cricket. Heck, we might even see different teams for 20-20 and one-day. This may happen if the number of matches are increased for its reduced duration. But I won’t bet on it.