After reading this article, I thought to myself, why on earth would people respect ODIs anymore? Scoring at six an over is an achievement in ODIs but it is the equivalent of failure in twenty20 and most teams can do it without trying in twenty20s.
Test matches fail to produce results, time after time again and yet, twenty20 can produce a result in the face of a tie with a bowl out. Who would want to play test cricket (except the purist of course) when twenty20 is more fun and promises way more $$$ for less than 1/20th of the time.
Twenty20 never produces 3 (or 7) hour thrashings, any destruction of a team is over in 1 hour and a half (Australia Vs Sri Lanka) and most of the time, the matches are extremely close since one good over can put you back in the game.
Fast bowlers display their pace and spinners, their guile more than any other form of the game and I am sure we can all appriciate that good line and length has a place too (Pollock Vs India, Asif Vs India), as it does in the test game.
How (and why) can ODIs and Tests survive when twenty20 is more fun, has less one sided affairs, more upsets, bigger crowds and a bigger display of talent from the cricketers?
Disclaimer: I have merely posed questions here, my views on what should happen will become apparent soon...
Test matches fail to produce results, time after time again and yet, twenty20 can produce a result in the face of a tie with a bowl out. Who would want to play test cricket (except the purist of course) when twenty20 is more fun and promises way more $$$ for less than 1/20th of the time.
Twenty20 never produces 3 (or 7) hour thrashings, any destruction of a team is over in 1 hour and a half (Australia Vs Sri Lanka) and most of the time, the matches are extremely close since one good over can put you back in the game.
Fast bowlers display their pace and spinners, their guile more than any other form of the game and I am sure we can all appriciate that good line and length has a place too (Pollock Vs India, Asif Vs India), as it does in the test game.
How (and why) can ODIs and Tests survive when twenty20 is more fun, has less one sided affairs, more upsets, bigger crowds and a bigger display of talent from the cricketers?
Disclaimer: I have merely posed questions here, my views on what should happen will become apparent soon...