Malan, Wood raise concerns over 100-ball tournament

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Dawid Malan :"It's not to say that it won't work but the T20 tournament for me is the one that will be recognised around the world, that all the players will play, that you'll be selected to play internationally in T20 cricket, and I can't see 100-ball cricket having a place if I'm honest," Malan said during the launch of Vitality IT20, which is going to kick-off with the one-off T20I against Australia at Edgbaston on 27 June.

"I just think it's the unknown of what happens if we don't get picked up, where are we going to be, where are we going to play, will we play 40-over cricket, 50-over cricket, are we going to have five weeks off, what are we doing? No one really knows what's happening and I think that's why a lot of us are standing up and asking relevant questions," he observed.

"You've got to deal with the pressure and the scrutiny from the media and the thing that T20 teaches you is that you have to be able to handle pressure. If you can handle those pressures and be able to go out there and express yourself while you're under pressure, while you're being judged, while you're definitely being looked at and broken apart in every aspect, it gives you that opportunity and gives you that mental strength that you need to succeed at Test level," he noted.

Mark Wood, another notable exclusion from England's T20 squad, also agreed with Malan's views on the 100-ball format and feels that the format might enable an opportunity for the batters to dent the confidence of the already-under-pressure bowlers.

"I think a lot of batters are queuing up for this in the competition. For me personally I'm not a massive fan of that, I mean I'd give it a good go but to think you could go for 60 in ten balls... especially if the first two balls go for six, you'll be thinking 'oh no, I've got eight balls to go here' so it's not going to be the best.

"It's not the physicality, it's more the mental state of getting hit for a couple of sixes early doors but if it is a ten-ball over then it could change the game dramatically, couldn't it? Why not just have two bowlers that just bowl from one end each. You play nine batsmen and have two bowlers, we'll get smacked and you can just keep," he noted.

 

[YCCC]

Will the ECB listen? No. It's like the government with Brexit. Ploughing on without a thought for the irreparable damage it will cause and refusing to listen to those that matter and have the most knowledge of the situation and damage it will cause

Edited June 26, 2018 by YCCC

[sandeep]

3 hours ago, YCCC said:

Will the ECB listen? No. It's like the government with Brexit. Ploughing on without a thought for the irreparable damage it will cause and refusing to listen to those that matter and have the most knowledge of the situation and damage it will cause

Imagine how much pressure a player would feel to even say this much in public about the 16.4 farce that is clearly the ECB's pet new project.   In their desperate desire not to be seen as copying the IPL, they've simply gone too far with the stupidity.  

[GolGappe]

They need to can this 16.4 overs rubbish.

Their limited over team is on fire. Reduce the number of home test matches to 6 (3 a piece against two visiting side) and schedule in triangular or even quadrangular limited overs tournament. 

[Forever Indian]

How different will a 100 ball game be from a 120 ball game? Of course other than 20 less balls?

[Sachinism]

Can't believe they're still pushing ahead with this moronic idea