Scaly piscine said:
It's an example of how the game is already in favour of the batsmen because of the amount of flat pitches out there - Tests and ODIs. So Twenty20 would not really be "dementing cricket from essentially what it should be" any further.
yes it does.
The game is designed for the crowds and attracting new supporters to the game.
One of the biggest problems attracting new supporters to the game is the length of time the game lasts. Those who are bought into the game love the battle between batsmen and bowler.
Attracting new people to the game comes through batsmen, and not a batsmen grinding out a hard fought century to bring his team back from a 250 run deficit on a dodgy wicket to give his team something to bowl at in the fourth innings.
They want to see sixes and big hits, and big swings - baseball style.
As a bowler, a don't want to have four overs at a batsmen. That requires just putting the ball in good areas and hoping the batsmen misses. There's not really any planning for a bowler and a big chunk of taking a wicket is luck - will the batsmen connect or not.
But in the longer form, it's much less about luck. It's about setting a plan to a particular batsmen and working to that plan. About getting to that 6th over when you start to the feel the pain and fatigue kicking in, but still pushing on to that 12th over when your not absolutely rooted but your captain just wants another 2 or 3 overs out of you because you haven't strayed from your line at all.
I don't like looking into the fixture book and seeing we've got a one-dayer next week as opposed to a two-dayer because i know i'm only gonna be in the game for 10 overs at the very most.
I could understand the bastmen enjoying 20/20 cricket. Come out and try hit as many sixes as you can, if you get it well whatever, there's gonna be another game 2 days down the track.