Twenty20 World Cup

[Coxy]

Agree Jeb. Until they abandon the real Cricket world cup then I have no problem with Australia treating the T20 world championship as a time filler.

But still, hilarious to be bundled out. Particularly given how abysmal Brett Lee was against the West Indies. LOL

 

[Bucking Beads]

Why is there a 20/20 world cup in 2009 when they had one 2007?? Stupid bloody Indians all they want to do is play 20/20's.

 

[Sabu_2008]

Yeah how dare they want to make money...

People need to face facts, 20/20 is the future.

 

[fenomeno]

Why is there a 20/20 world cup in 2009 when they had one 2007?? Stupid bloody Indians all they want to do is play 20/20's.

It takes place every 2 years, whats wrong with that?

 

[Jeba]

Yeah how dare they want to make money...

People need to face facts, 20/20 is the future.

See, I'm not entirely sure that it is. Definately in the subcontinent it would be, but in Australia I think that 20/20 games are only sell-outs (and they aren't always) because they only happen a few times a year. If you replaced the summer's ODI series I reckon the public would get over it quite quickly. Have a look at the shit ratings for the first IPL tournament and you can see how quickly were bored with the tournament.

In Australia at least, nothing will ever replace Test Cricket as the number one form of the game.

 

[Coxy]

Yeah, IPL had very little appeal to me. I was excited with it when I heard about it, and the player auction etc, watched the first game and thought "I don't give a **** whether the Delhi Bellyachers or Mumbai Mofos win".

The problem Test cricket faces in Australia is that very few visiting nations are competitive at that form of the game, and thus it's hard to attract a crowd. No better (or worse) example is the West Indies.

I can remember growing up and whenever the Windies came to Oz it was huge news. A ticket to the Test was a hot item. To see Richards, Ambrose, Walsh, Marshall, Greenidge, Haynes, Lara, Richardson...fucking superstars. You watch this summer coming, you'll be flat out getting a decent crowd on day 1.

Pakistan won't be much better.

Sri Lanka? Who gives a crap.
New Zealand? Please, the only people who go are ex-Kiwis.
Bangladesh? There's a reason we play tests against them in Cairns and Darwin.

The only drawcards here are England: traditional rivalry, helped greatly by their 2005 fluke.
South Africa and India - our closest and fiercest rivals.

ODIs are boring. But they do bring in bigger crowds than Test cricket, even against minnows. That said, playing 5-match series is risky. If one team leads 3-0 who wants to see dead rubber ODIs? They're relatively boring and formulaic as it is - despite all sorts of weird arse rules manufactured to try and make the game more exciting (power plays, free hits etc).

But at the same time, if you don't play 5 ODIs against each visiting nation, then the major capitals in Australia don't all get some cricket.

The way the programme has worked in recent years it's sucked being in Brisbane. In 2007-08 we got Sri Lanka. In 2008-09 we got New Zealand. Meanwhile Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide got India and South Africa respectively.

I don't know what the answer is. But I am concerned that the more ODI and T20 that gets played, the less nations are going to bother working on the longer form of the game and so the 3-way contest for best in the world will remain.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Why is there a 20/20 world cup in 2009 when they had one 2007?? Stupid bloody Indians all they want to do is play 20/20's.

It takes place every 2 years, whats wrong with that?

As far as I am aware all other world cups are played every 4 years.. WHy shoudl this 20/20 shit be any different.

 

[Coxy]

Except Rugby League.

1954
1957
1960
1968
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1972
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1988
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2013

.................... :-)

 

[ethos]

As far as I am aware all other world cups are played every 4 years.. WHy shoudl this 20/20 shit be any different.

Because it's a shorter tournament perhaps? It'd probably be easier to organise and accommodate in the international schedule. And why not cash in on the popularity of 2020 while it's still in vogue.

 

[Sabu_2008]

^^^Exactly. Its making money, getting viewers, why not cash in before it becomes stale like the Sevens has in Union.

 

[The Brizz]

Except Rugby League.

1954
1957
1960
1968
1970
1972
1975
1977
1988
1992
1995
2000
2008
2013

.................... :-)

You mean the Australia vs "Whoever is playing least shit at that point in time" Cup

 

[Coxy]

Except the first year yeah. Final was Great Britain vs France in 1954!

 

[The Brizz]

I think the Australian team all contracted Swine in 1954.