10 overs a side matches

[slippy888]

What you guys think about these leagues, a bad product or harmless fun of cricket.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Harmless fun until someone gets injured

 

[Bijed]

I'm not quite sure why they've come into existence and they don't particularly interest me, but neither do I object to their existence. Harmless and inconsequential.

 

[trundler]

They're a far too diluted form of cricket for me. Each bowler gets only 2 overs and batsmen slog out blindly from ball one. Makes it one dimensional and shallow tactically.

 

[ankitj]

What will be the next stage of evolution? T-toss? You just toss and decide winner? Takes out all boring phases of cricket.

 

[jimmy101]

What will be the next stage of evolution? T-toss? You just toss and decide winner? Takes out all boring phases of cricket.

I enjoy it when the players & umpires walk out on to the pitch, and when they return to the pavilion, but the toss itself can go on for a bit long. I'd like to see a shortened version of it tbh.

 

[the big bambino]

Really they should just cut a deck of cards. Aces high.;

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

They're a far too diluted form of cricket for me. Each bowler gets only 2 overs and batsmen slog out blindly from ball one. Makes it one dimensional and shallow tactically.

Money trumps the quality of cricket.

An orgasm of six hitting is what 'fans' want


Perfect match made in heaven.
Hope it triumphs over Hong Kong Sixes

 

[mr_mister]

T20s are already the perfect length for commercial/casual fan consumption

This is just silly

 

[cnerd123]

What will be the next stage of evolution? T-toss? You just toss and decide winner? Takes out all boring phases of cricket.

Well obviously the next phase would be 5 over cricket. 1 over per bowler. No powerplays. Entire game done and dusted in under 45 minutes

Or basically the Hong Kong Sixes

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Go out to the local golf driving range, set up a bowling machine on it's slowest and easiest setting, see who can slog one the furthest.

Can't be too far off at this rate

 

[Daemon]

The good thing is I don't think the viewership numbers are great. Other than Shahzad the other day no one really seems to give a ****. It's basically a tournament created for spot fixing imo.

 

[cnerd123]

Go out to the local golf driving range, set up a bowling machine on it's slowest and easiest setting, see who can slog one the furthest.

Can't be too far off at this rate

It's a year old and has 1.1 million views

 

[Daemon]

Yeah there are tons of these. The ones where the balls bounce make for better viewing though.

 

[srbhkshk]

It's a year old and has 1.1 million views

Mitch Marsh failing to even defend an underarm full toss is easily the best part of the video.

 

[srbhkshk]

T20s are already the perfect length for commercial/casual fan consumption

This is just silly

I think the perfect length is more ~1.5 hours.

I don't understand all this crying about the bowling being a non-factor in going from T20 to T10 or whatever, When has it ever been a factor in T20s? - and if it has been at moments those would shine through just as much in a smaller format too - there's nothing magical about 20 overs.

 

[Borges]

there's nothing magical about 20 overs.

20 over games are a lot better than 50 over games, these days.
Go to much less than 20 overs and we get abominations, like the aforementioned (hopefully extinct) King Kong circus.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

So Lamichanne's 2 overs went for 47 today...

 

[jimmy101]

So Lamichanne's 2 overs went for 47 today...

Yeah solid effort from Lamichanne. Really kept it tight during those last three balls. Quality, economical T10 bowling from the youngster.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Lamichanne did a lot better today; bowling only one over and going for 20 runs.