Dont know if this has been mentioned before. 20-20 is a great format to get some action but may leave some cricket fans wanting more ie those that like sitting through a whole one day match. An idea would be to put a womens 20-20 match straight after the mens match for those cricket fans. Plus we may get another popular womens sport to watch out of it, like womens tennis. Any comments ?
"flat tyre" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message news:eov491h0kajqungkcns89rb73na59im13h@4ax.com...> Dont know if this has been mentioned before. 20-20 is a great format> to get some action but may leave some cricket fans wanting more ie> those that like sitting through a whole one day match. An idea would> be to put a womens 20-20 match straight after the mens match for those> cricket fans. Plus we may get another popular womens sport to watch> out of it, like womens tennis. Any comments ?
Sounds like you need a two-innings 20-20 match (a 20-20-20-20 match). Martin Crowe's Cricket Max was played over two innings (10 overs per innings).
On Tue, 24 May 2005 14:10:00 +1200, "Andrew Dunford" <adunford@artifax.net> enraptured with the Election of Cardinal Ratchaser decided to post the following:
"flat tyre" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message>news:eov491h0kajqungkcns89rb73na59im13h@4ax.com...>> Dont know if this has been mentioned before. 20-20 is a great format>> to get some action but may leave some cricket fans wanting more ie>> those that like sitting through a whole one day match. An idea would>> be to put a womens 20-20 match straight after the mens match for those>> cricket fans. Plus we may get another popular womens sport to watch>> out of it, like womens tennis. Any comments ?>
Sounds like you need a two-innings 20-20 match (a 20-20-20-20 match).>Martin Crowe's Cricket Max was played over two innings (10 overs per>innings).
We have gone from having only Test cricket.
then One Day Internationals were introduced.
Now International 20-20.
Next development in the progression is the two captains going out to toss a coin to decide who wins the game, no play will be necessary.
Note: in this final format of the game any captain late to the toss forfeits.
"Colin Kynoch" <colinkynoch@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d745919e15hu1i57g1qh4vq0qnl88drdba@4ax.com...> On Tue, 24 May 2005 14:10:00 +1200, "Andrew Dunford"> <adunford@artifax.net> enraptured with the Election of Cardinal> Ratchaser decided to post the following:>
"flat tyre" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message> >news:eov491h0kajqungkcns89rb73na59im13h@4ax.com...> >> Dont know if this has been mentioned before. 20-20 is a great format> >> to get some action but may leave some cricket fans wanting more ie> >> those that like sitting through a whole one day match. An idea would> >> be to put a womens 20-20 match straight after the mens match for those> >> cricket fans. Plus we may get another popular womens sport to watch> >> out of it, like womens tennis. Any comments ?> >
Sounds like you need a two-innings 20-20 match (a 20-20-20-20 match).> >Martin Crowe's Cricket Max was played over two innings (10 overs per> >innings).>
We have gone from having only Test cricket.>
then One Day Internationals were introduced.>
Now International 20-20.>
Next development in the progression is the two captains going out to> toss a coin to decide who wins the game, no play will be necessary.>
Note: in this final format of the game any captain late to the toss> forfeits.
No, you're jumping the gun. First we would need a format where each innings consists of a single ball.
I agree that in general (i.e. the mens' game) test cricket and ODIs are still the best form of the game (I prefer ODIs but that's a matter of preference, based basically on how much time you have (being at uni, not much)).
The point being made was that womens' cricket needs a boost. 10000s of people might go and watch the men play for 5 days, but the attendance at womens' cricket is terrible. By putting Twenty20 games for women in after the men, people will become used to watching the women and hopefully will be encouraged to go and watch full ODIs and, eventually, tests.
Well I see some people hate the idea of 20-20. Some like it. I like a good slogfest which is pretty much the last ten overs of a one day game. 20-20 should extend that. Personally I dont like too many variations of a sport, but maybe it could be limited to 3 - less of test matches (subtle -good for radio), same amount of one day matches (good compromise), and say four 20-20 matches a year (for some real excitement - remember current future generation is the "now" generation). About the womens game. I think womens tennis has almost reached the power game level of mens tennis, but they still do things differently. The reduced power perhaps leading to a bit more subtlety. And anyway it would be a choice - those not interested would turn off after the mens game. It probably has a good chance more of succeeding as a television sport than netball because men (and women) already like cricket (in cricket playing countries).
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_________________________________________________________________ On 25 May 2005 04:49:14 -0700, "Mike Holmans" <mike@jackalope.demon.co.uk> wrote:
Dave Taylor wrote:>> The point being made was that womens' cricket needs a boost. 10000s of>> people might go and watch the men play for 5 days, but the attendance at>> womens' cricket is terrible. By putting Twenty20 games for women in>> after the men, people will become used to watching the women and>> hopefully will be encouraged to go and watch full ODIs and, eventually,>> tests.>
My, my, but you're optimistic, and you also have a funny idea about the>scheduling of support acts.>
Imagine: you've just watched Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff>belting the Indian bowlers all round the park, with an equally>rumbustious reply from Sehwag and Agarkar.>
Now you want to bring on the women, whose obvious lack of power will>graphically demonstrate how much less exciting women's cricket is as a>hit-and-giggle spectacle, and you expect that seeing this will>*encourage* people to go and see longer women's games?>
The lack of brute strength tends to make women's tennis more>interesting than men's tennis, but with cricket it's the other way>around. Placing the two forms next to each other like that will only>make this uncomfortable fact more obvious.>
flat tyre wrote:> Well I see some people hate the idea of 20-20. Some like it. I like> a good slogfest which is pretty much the last ten overs of a one day> game. 20-20 should extend that. Personally I dont like too many> variations of a sport, but maybe it could be limited to 3 - less of> test matches (subtle -good for radio), same amount of one day matches> (good compromise), and say four 20-20 matches a year (for some real> excitement - remember current future generation is the "now"> generation). About the womens game. I think womens tennis has almost> reached the power game level of mens tennis, but they still do things> differently. The reduced power perhaps leading to a bit more> subtlety. And anyway it would be a choice - those not interested> would turn off after the mens game. It probably has a good chance> more of succeeding as a television sport than netball because men (and> women) already like cricket (in cricket playing countries).>
Hey! What's wrong with men playing netball?!
I definitely agree. Mens' cricket will inevitably be more popular, but watching womens' games introduces variety (even if they don't have the slogging strength of the men).
On Thu, 26 May 2005 04:16:31 +1000, flat tyre <nospam@nospam.nospam> enraptured with the Election of Cardinal Ratchaser decided to post the following:
Well I see some people hate the idea of 20-20. Some like it. I like>a good slogfest which is pretty much the last ten overs of a one day>game. 20-20 should extend that. Personally I dont like too many>variations of a sport, but maybe it could be limited to 3 - less of>test matches (subtle -good for radio), same amount of one day matches>(good compromise), and say four 20-20 matches a year (for some real>excitement - remember current future generation is the "now">generation).
Try more Test matches, a few less ODO's and one token 20-20
