i pity the fool who think T20 decides a team's worth

[bones]

15 minutes ago, goose said:

i'm with you until the last line. 50 overs will always be the perfect compromise between the long form and knockout WC competition. test series should always start with three 50 over games. lose T20 internationals altogether.

2 formats of the game is enough for me. I'm going to be honest, since the advent of T20 cricket, which I completely agree is not real cricket, I don't watch 50 over cricket anymore. In fact I get up for the T20 WC even though I know it's meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but I don't even watch much of the 50 over competition, even when England and NZ served up that gripping final at Lord 2 years ago, I watched about 10 overs in total.

 

If 50 overs cricket is scrapped, I'd not bat an eyelid to be honest.

 

[goose]

4 minutes ago, bones said:

2 formats of the game is enough for me. I'm going to be honest, since the advent of T20 cricket, which I completely agree is not real cricket, I don't watch 50 over cricket anymore. In fact I get up for the T20 WC even though I know it's meaningless in the grand scheme of things, but I don't even watch much of the 50 over competition, even when England and NZ served up that gripping final at Lord 2 years ago, I watched about 10 overs in total.

 

If 50 overs cricket is scrapped, I'd not bat an eyelid to be honest.

 

 

T20 cricket is a dopamine hit. we tune in when the stakes are introduced (money, WC trophies). bilateral 50 overs have lost their appeal. i do want a 50 over WC though and i'm not sure you can do away with that format in that case.  test series struggle to get warm ups now which is overlooked and very damaging to the sport. three ODIs before the tests ticks those two boxes.

 

[New guy]

1 hour ago, goose said:

 fair to say a league played over several matches should lead to clear winners and losers at the end of the season. 

Why would that be if teams are evenly matched? I would say an ODI league between top 6 cricket playing team would give similar results today

[goose]

13 minutes ago, New guy said:

Why would that be if teams are evenly matched? I would say an ODI league between top 6 cricket playing team would give similar results today

the T20 format makes them 'evenly matched'.

[goose]

and the fruit machine keeps spinning

[Khota]

I guess I am a fool.

[speed_thrills]

Teams play to win. If a win in a format is not worth, simply dont play it.

 

Why to play and then look like a fool.

[Frustrated]

I pity the fools who celebrated India' T20 WC win in 2007. Including Yuvi, Dhoni & Co. 

[coffee_rules]

3 hours ago, goose said:

and the fruit machine keeps spinning

Come on, it’s the flavor of the season. Go with the flow, stop peeing into the wind!

[vvvslaxman]

Yes the result of this format are not meant to be taken seriously which is precisely why we shouldn't be playing washed up oldies. They are playing to stay relevant in IPL

[raki05]

Ya BCCi is fool who are playing their star boys in this format. Also created a league out of it which it wants to play for 6 months. They are also planning to curtailed the much celebrated 50 overs outside of wc to play more of this fool format