Cricket should hold a six hitting contest similar to Baseballs Home Run Derby.

[Shane Warne]

Would any of you go for such a concept?

 

[Langeveldt]

Yes

We're already playing glorified baseball in 20.20, so why not go the whole hog?

Next, we'll be giving them mitts...

 

[Natman20]

It should be an Allrounders contest e.g Cairns bowls to Flintoff for 3 overs and then the other way round. That would be cool.

 

[twctopcat]

Next, we'll be giving them mitts...

Well they are used in training.....

 

[Shane Warne]

I think they should use a bowling machine on the same settings for everyone, then have the biggest hitter from each nation.

 

[steds]

As someone HUGELY biased towards bowlers and spinners in particular, I wince at the hitting of every 6 I see. A competition like that might kill me.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

We had an all rounders contest in England 20 years ago. It included Botham, Rice, Imran, Marshall and a couple of others. They all bowled at each other and got points for wickets divided by runs. I can't remember the exact number of overs but Ian Botham made 202 for 5 times out. Clive Rice won by making 60 for 0 in the same number of overs.

 

[age_master]

yeah why not hold one as a warmup to 20/20 games

 

[AndrewM]

Would any of you go for such a concept?

We could just play a game of rounders instead...

 

[kof98]

There was something like this in South Africa a few years ago. Shaun Pollock and Jacques Kallis were in the final. As far as I can remember that was the only time it happened here.

 

[Shane Warne]

There was something like this in South Africa a few years ago. Shaun Pollock and Jacques Kallis were in the final. As far as I can remember that was the only time it happened here.

Yeah, it would have to be done with the right players or else it would be pretty pointless really.

Having those two in the final would be like Giles Vs Russel Arnold in a biggest turner of a ball contest.

 

[Craig]

Just watch the Hong Kong Sixes.

Plenty of Sixes indeed (although Robert Croft took the best caught and bowl I have seen a couple of years back).

 

[Macka]

There's absolutely no need to Americanise cricket.

 

[King_Ponting]

Would any of you go for such a concept?

Why not change the name completely and call that form of cricket " the driving range"

 

[Burpey]

I think it would be a good one-off event, possibly done in conjunction with the Super Series.

 

[Jamee999]

What's so amazing:

1. Flintoff
2. Pietersen
3. Harmison

 

[King_Ponting]

What's so amazing:

1. Flintoff
2. Pietersen
3. Harmison

Nope.

Flintoff-Gilchrist= Gilly
Pietersen-Symonds= Symonds
Harmison?-Lee= Lee by about 25 metres

 

[Shane Warne]

There's absolutely no need to Americanise cricket.

That was done 35 years ago.

 

[tassietiger]

Nope.

Flintoff-Gilchrist= Gilly
Pietersen-Symonds= Symonds
Harmison?-Lee= Lee by about 25 metres

When Ponting's eye, and the situation needs it, he'll whack the ball a fair way. Probably further than any of those six could.

 

[King_Ponting]

When Ponting's eye, and the situation needs it, he'll whack the ball a fair way. Probably further than any of those six could.

Yeh for sure. Also ive seen marto hit the ball a fair way as well