If ODIs had never existed....

[Burgey]

Australia weren't really dominant until the late 90s till about 2009

From the late 70s to early 90s the WI ruled the roost in ODIs

Aside from a cumulative period of less than ten years, the best teams in the world since WW2 have either been Australian or West Indian, in both tests and then ODIs as well. It's only the format which least resembles "real" cricket in which Australia has not been top of the pops.

Australia mostly dominated between the wars as well, in the only format then available.

History would suggest I'm not mistaken here.

 

[Cevno]

You aren't exactly disagree with him there.

 

[Burgey]

No, this is true.

It's just I'm saying that had T20 been the dominant format of the game, I don't have much doubt that those two teams would mostly have dominated it, because historically they've had the best players/ teams in the other formats.

 

[Jono]

Yeah pretty reasonably argument.

 

[smash84]

Aside from a cumulative period of less than ten years, the best teams in the world since WW2 have either been Australian or West Indian, in both tests and then ODIs as well. It's only the format which least resembles "real" cricket in which Australia has not been top of the pops.

Australia mostly dominated between the wars as well, in the only format then available.

History would suggest I'm not mistaken here.

You aren't exactly disagree with him there.

lol.....yeah....

maybe we should replace the term Cevnoing with Burgeying

 

[sledger]

lol.....yeah....

maybe we should replace the term Cevnoing with Burgeying

Though, it's actually you who's cevnoed the thread, with this comment.

 

[Cevno]

It was a pretty Sledged thread to begin with ITBT.

 

[Jono]

Brutal reading.

 

[Burgey]

I don't see what's so controversial about the notion that if one format of the game hadn't existed, the likelihood is the team(s) which had the best players during those eras would have dominated that format.

 

[smash84]

It was a pretty Sledged thread to begin with ITBT.

 

[Jono]

I don't see what's so controversial about the notion that if one format of the game hadn't existed, the likelihood is the team(s) which had the best players during those eras would have dominated that format.

It's not controversial.

 

[uvelocity]

I think we'd still treat it like the joke format it is tbh

 

[sledger]

It was a pretty Sledged thread to begin with ITBT.

Hurry up and let's go bowling ffs.