posted Jul 13, 2008

Is that the same BCCI who were reluctant to set up a domestic 20/Twenty league because they said it would devalue one day cricket Mumbai?! The same BCCI even who where the only board who submitted a team to the 20Twenty World Cup not having an officially sanctioned 20Twenty league established and were forced to do so by the ICC?

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posted Jul 13, 2008

1 word sums it up.. JOKE.

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posted Jul 14, 2008

County Cricket maybe a joke but no one is doing anything to improve it and I think that is the point the Glamorgan chairman is making. It is the same with test cricket. Test cricket like county cricket is marketable, but they insist on having no real structure with meaningless matches. That is surely the biggest problem. For a while the ICC have had a very sellable product in one day cricket, yet have completely messed it up. I mean a world cup spread over two months?! That is just ridiculous. And basically this is why they have to make the game more 'exciting' because they don't know how to make the best of what is already a good product.

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posted Jul 14, 2008

I hear what you're saying Travis and agree to a point. But we've not got 3 versions of the game floating around and as things stand that will mean even more meaningless games.

I am and will always be a test match fan first and foremost. I see 20/Twenty as a throw away game but with the potential to bring in the money to benefit all levels of the sport all over the World. So my suggestion is to scrap 50 over cricket and milk the cash cow for all it's worth!

Conversation in the pub the other night - Q: "Do you remember that quick fire 50 Andrew Symonds got against the West Indies the other day?" A: "No"

Sums up one day cricket I thought.

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posted Jul 15, 2008

Yet another completion of a boring test match.

yesterday's match was the main reason why test cricket is so hated in Asia and most of the world.

i think most people dont remember test innings unless it is from one of their countrymen. e.g, Indians remember Laxmans knock against the aussies in Kolkata. And most Indians still remember Jayasuirya and his ODI innings, like that against England and the one in the IPL.

If people in your 'pubs' dont understand ODI cricket and the nuances of it then there is no point explaining it to them. I really doubt your 'pub' friends will eve

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posted Jul 15, 2008

Yet another completion of a boring test match.

yesterday's match was the main reason why test cricket is so hated in Asia and most of the world.

i think most people dont remember test innings unless it is from one of their countrymen. e.g, Indians remember Laxmans knock against the aussies in Kolkata. And most Indians still remember Jayasuirya and his ODI innings, like that against England and the one in the IPL.

If people in your 'pubs' dont understand ODI cricket and the nuances of it then there is no point explaining it to them. I really doubt your 'pub' friends will even let you talk about boring test cricket.

So do you think yesterday's test match was any interesting?
I hope not.

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posted Jul 15, 2008

You certainly have a colourful way of putting things Mumbai, if not a little closed minded. I didn't realise test cricket was so hated in Asia for example!

My friends and myself have been watching cricket in all its forms and at all levels from all over the World for 20 odd years, both live at the ground and on TV. I myself have been all over the World to watch international cricket, including twice to India.

So you'll understand if I feel a little offended when you suggest we don't understand the nuances of one day cricket.

One day internationals were invented to appeal to the casual watcher so that they could pay out their money and get a result on the same day. It became popular thanks initially to Kerry Packer but ultimately due to India winning the World Cup in 1983 and having the biggest fan base of any cricket playing country.

I wonder also whether the IPL would have been the success it was had India not won the 20/Twenty World Cup.

But the number of boring draws in test cricket are thankfully on the decline and I for one am not disheartened by yesterday's game, still being more keen to watch a test match rather than yet another one day international.

Yet another 7 match series anyone? Maybe this time we might remember that 40 off 20 balls that Dhoni got in the 4th game!

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posted Jul 15, 2008

I really enjoyed watching the IPL. One of the big appeals for me was that it didn't matter to me who won as I had no affiliation to any team and so could just enjoy the cricket being played by some of the best players in the World.

What did leave a bad taste in my mouth though was how partisan the crowds were. If a member of the away team got a boundry or a wicket for example it was always met with deathly silence from the crowd. That tells me that the vast majority of people there weren't interested in good cricket at all.

I'd like to get away from this commonly held opinion therefore that India are the biggest cricket fans in the World, they are in fact the biggest INDIAN cricket fans in the World.

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posted Jul 15, 2008

first of all, i think your comments on Indians as only 'Indian cricket fans' is in poor taste. It is borderline racist and should not be part of any civilized debate.

it is always like the British and aussies to criticize the Indian fan, saying they are not true fans of the game, e.t.c. The Indian cricket fan always acknowledges good performances from the cricket field, even from opposition players, even from Pakistani players as well. So your comments on Indian cricket fans is very unfair.

what about australian fans? I know for certain that they NEVER acknowledge a good performance from the opposition, particularly if they are not of the same skin colour. How come your dont single out aussie fans for their behaviour?

I have watched cricket in many parts of the world too and I know that the English are the most knowledgable fans. I feel that the aussies are the worst cricket fans so it gets me angry when nobody mentions them as bipartisan followers of the game.

-surely you saw the last SA-aus series when SA toured australia, remember the racial abuse. or remember the tough time Murali has had in australia before you comment on Indians being bipartisan and all that bs.

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posted Jul 15, 2008

Mumbai I've seen your comments on here many times before and you are NEVER constructive, ALWAYS offensive and show a distinct and abject LACK of cricketing knowledge.

You only ever attempt steer debate towards Indian cricket and complain about posts which you don't agree with, probably pulling out the racist card each time. So you are very helpful in proving my point that Indian cricket fans aren't interesting in cricket, if you were you'd be up for reasonable debate.

I'm done with you now, run along and play while us grown ups talk about cricket.

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