Reasons why test cricket > Twenty20

[Jono]

^ I love SS, but how is he not a guy who rags about other games as if tests are objectively better?

 

[four_or_six]

Because the queue for the ladies is okay during tests, but during T20s it's ridiculously long.

 

[Top_Cat]

^ I love SS, but how is he not a guy who rags about other games as if tests are objectively better?

What does a 'Test snob' mean anyway? The fact that some of us only enjoy Tests and don't like T20 and ODI? Where is it written we must enjoy every sport? I consider Tests, ODIs, and T20s three separate sports, and I personally prefer one of them.

Was my first clue, tbh. I know he rags on other forms of the game but I take it as tongue-in-cheek.

 

[aussie]

Because the queue for the ladies is okay during tests, but during T20s it's ridiculously long.

If i go to a cricket match at a ground (test mainly) thats the ONLY occassion i dont want to see any *****.

Perfect example when i went to the 5th Day of the Old trafford test in 05 Ashes, that was seriously nervous day of cricket, turned off my phone didn't want to speak to none of my hoes.

 

[NZ Guy]

If i go to a cricket match at a ground (test mainly) thats the ONLY occassion i dont want to see any *****.

Perfect example when i went to the 5th Day of the Old trafford test in 05 Ashes, that was seriously nervous day of cricket, turned off my phone didn't want to speak to none of my hoes.

Word homie

 

[Pothas]

If i go to a cricket match at a ground (test mainly) thats the ONLY occassion i dont want to see any *****.

Perfect example when i went to the 5th Day of the Old trafford test in 05 Ashes, that was seriously nervous day of cricket, turned off my phone didn't want to speak to none of my hoes.

Sometimes I think you must be an act or something, awful awful post.

 

[Jono]

What does a 'Test snob' mean anyway? The fact that some of us only enjoy Tests and don't like T20 and ODI? Where is it written we must enjoy every sport? I consider Tests, ODIs, and T20s three separate sports, and I personally prefer one of them.

Was my first clue, tbh. I know he rags on other forms of the game but I take it as tongue-in-cheek.

Notice how he said he considers them all different sports.

He doesn't view the ODIs and T20 as cricket. SS is a test snob

Sometimes I get the feeling that if he were here in Aust at Christmas and we were playing backyard cricket he'd insult everyone for not playing for 5 days straight

Luckily I still like him anyway.

 

[duffer]

What does a 'Test snob' mean anyway? The fact that some of us only enjoy Tests and don't like T20 and ODI? Where is it written we must enjoy every sport? I consider Tests, ODIs, and T20s three separate sports, and I personally prefer one of them.

I don't like golf either but like the NFL, that doesn't make me an 'NFL snob'.

You become a snob if you look down on the other games and their fans imo. Seperation is fine, but perceived elitism is probably what makes people throw the snob term around.

 

[duffer]

Word homie

 

[Smudge]

If i go to a cricket match at a ground (test mainly) thats the ONLY occassion i dont want to see any *****.

Perfect example when i went to the 5th Day of the Old trafford test in 05 Ashes, that was seriously nervous day of cricket, turned off my phone didn't want to speak to none of my hoes.

Seriously, you're not impressing anyone with your trash-talk towards women. Grow the **** up.

 

[aussie]

Sometimes I think you must be an act or something, awful awful post.

Haa whats so awful about that. Put yourself in that situation you are at Old Trafford 05 test on the last day, its was the last over the test Harmison to McGrath & some ***y hoe came walking past in short skirt & blocked out your vision & made you miss a ball, wouldn't you be pissed?

 

[Howsie]

No not really.

 

[Richard]

It's getting rather tiresome indeed. Although I like T20 I prefer tests by a very, very big margin, but nearly all of the criticisms of T20 are dubious at best and usually don't even make any sense.

The only criticism I need is it's all attack and no defence. That makes perfect sense and is unequivocally true. Cricket in my book has to be about a balance between attack and defence to be interesting.

There are plenty of other legit reasons to criticise Twenty20 but that's the biggest thing I dislike about it.

 

[Richard]

How is it taking place at the expense of tests? Has the frequency of tests played dropped since T20 arrived (genuine question)? Is the proliferation of T20 cricket preventing test fans from watching test cricket at the ground or on the television?

The worry isn't that it's taking place at the expense of Tests, the worry is and always, always has been that its importance will come to outweigh the importance of Tests in players' minds, and players will thus gear their skillsets that way.

Such an outcome would not have its impact for at least a decade. Whether such a thing happens at all remains to be seen; I obviously sincerely hope not.

 

[Top_Cat]

The worry isn't that it's taking place at the expense of Tests, the worry is and always, always has been that its importance will come to outweigh the importance of Tests in players' minds, and players will thus gear their skillsets that way.

Such an outcome would not have its impact for at least a decade. Whether such a thing happens at all remains to be seen; I obviously sincerely hope not.

Already happening with some players. We will see more.

 

[Goughy]

If i go to a cricket match at a ground (test mainly) thats the ONLY occassion i dont want to see any *****.

Perfect example when i went to the 5th Day of the Old trafford test in 05 Ashes, that was seriously nervous day of cricket, turned off my phone didn't want to speak to none of my hoes.

Just a heads-up FWIW. It is possible to be the most insightful and knowledgeable person in the world on cricket but noone will respect what you say or listen if language like this is used.

Not only is it inappropriate but it comes across as uneducated and crude.

 

[NZ Guy]

I dont think the reason players play T20's is because they like it more but the money, perhaps not as much for richer countries but in NZ etc so really just more money needs to be put into tests.

However I think that T20 will eventually fade away so Im not too worried

 

[aussie]

No not really.

Ha nah man. That last over was nerve wrecking, a bit like the recent ENG vs SA test @ capetown. That is one period you dont want to miss a ball..

Just a heads-up FWIW. It is possible to be the most insightful and knowledgeable person in the world on cricket but noone will respect what you say or listen if language like this is used.

Not only is it inappropriate but it comes across as uneducated and crude.

Haa allright camn down uncle, this is not English clash so i can free up a bit. Once you get what i'm saying its all cool..bullet!!

 

[silentstriker]

Hmm, the thread has become what does SS think? Don't try to get into my mind, you won't come out of that little exercise a sane person.

What does a 'Test snob' mean anyway? The fact that some of us only enjoy Tests and don't like T20 and ODI? Where is it written we must enjoy every sport? I consider Tests, ODIs, and T20s three separate sports, and I personally prefer one of them.

Was my first clue, tbh. I know he rags on other forms of the game but I take it as tongue-in-cheek.

^ I love SS, but how is he not a guy who rags about other games as if tests are objectively better?

Well, yes, and no. I don't like Golf, but other than that **** faced overrated about-to-get-owned hype riddled moron Tony Romo, I really enjoy watching NFL. Do I think NFL is 'objectively' better? I don't know what that means, but I don't think they are the same sport, and I don't like paying attention to one of them. If one is on at the expense of the other, I'm going to be a little upset and make snide remarks about it. If my favorite NFL player leaves to become a golfer, I'd be a little ticked, not necessarily at his choice, but that I want him to play the game I enjoy.

No, it's nothing to do with what you like but the way some people who prefer Tests view those that prefer the shorter games

If you want T20Is as your sport, well, it's more power to you. Sport is entertainment, and it is what you put into it in the end. Whatever sport emotionally moves you more, or keeps you more entertained, or whatever it is you're looking for, that should be your favorite sport.

Notice how he said he considers them all different sports.

He doesn't view the ODIs and T20 as cricket. SS is a test snob

I don't. They're not. I sort of think of it as saying a soccer player and an olympic sprinter play the same sport because they both run.

Just like I wouldn't give a crap if the Sixers (basketball) lose every game from now until the end of time as long as the Eagles win one superbowl, I don't care if India lose every T20I and ODI from now until the end of time, if they win a Test series in Australia.

Other people have the exact opposite opinions about basketball and NFL, and the same thing, I assume, applies to T20I vs. Tests. I am fine with that.

And yes, truthfully, I do consider it like basketball and football. I know many of the same players play it, but I watch T20I and ODI with as much indifference as I watch basketball games.

Sometimes I get the feeling that if he were here in Aust at Christmas and we were playing backyard cricket he'd insult everyone for not playing for 5 days straight

Luckily I still like him anyway.

I'd probably throw banana peels at you and bring extra bottle caps and punch the umpire.

You become a snob if you look down on the other games and their fans imo. Seperation is fine, but perceived elitism is probably what makes people throw the snob term around.

I think that's an iffy term. Liking your sport more than another sport is not snobbish, it's personal preference. I do think cricket takes a long while to really immerse yourself in, and in that way, it is both a small and sort of exclusive community, especially those of us (and there aren't many, even on this forum) who watch almost every single Test match live regardless of who plays (and ruins entire weeks by staying up from 8pm-8am to catch back to back test matches like the recent ones between Aus-Pak and RSA-Eng). Frankly, I'm not even sure if anyone else, even on this forum, is doing that.

What that means, aside from having no life whatsoever for the past few weeks, is that I get a bit defensive about my hobby, and maybe that leads to some more than warranted snide remarks, but in the end, I don't see that as snobbish because I don't see them as the same sport.

 

[silentstriker]

Haa allright camn down uncle, this is not English clash so i can free up a bit. Once you get what i'm saying its all cool..bullet!!

Mate, he is just saying that sometimes that language can mask the point you're making, and automatically cause many people to dismiss both the post and the poster without giving the due consideration that the idea in question may demand. In general, if the point is to get your idea across and accepted, that language simply gets in the way rather than helping.