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jackpunch said:
That's cack mind. The idea that every ball in test cricket doesn't count.

The whole idea of T20 is that its quick. Taking 3.5 hours for 40 overs is garbage.



It'll be finished after the first season when no one is going to the games and no one is watching on TV. Ecb should be abused relentlessly for this shit. I'd have Graves and Harrison paraded round the boundaries of the County grounds on the back of a slow moving truck whilst the crowd are allowed to throw cricket balls, rotten fruit and fire horseshit from elephant guns at them.
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I’ve still to get an explanation of how it’s spreadng the game. Whole areas of the country will only see any of it on tv. How will kids watch this, then want to go to games get there?

It’s simple really, crowds will come to see England players, but we will be filling the pockets of Gayle, macullum, de villiers etc etc, the usual suspects

It’s a tapping up charter for the chosen 8.
 

jackpunch said:
Sorry, but you said every ball in T20 counts not like test cricket. I'm not sure how I'm twisting what you said. Apologies if I've misinterpreted something.
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Obviously every delivery counts in all formats.
But think back to the last few test matches you've watched where the entire match has come down to the last few overs of the 5th day.
Recall how much time they took over each delivery then.

Most 2020 games are like that by default, one bad over, even delivery can cost you the match.
I wish England had took more time in the final over of the world 2020 final, maybe then Stokes wouldn't have done what he did.
 
Is tonight game on any sports networks?

Edit: Ignore that, for some bizzare reason I thought Sky weren’t covering it :lol:
 
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stephen cartwright said:
I’ve still to get an explanation of how it’s spreadng the game. Whole areas of the country will only see any of it on tv. How will kids watch this, then want to go to games get there?

It’s simple really, crowds will come to see England players, but we will be filling the pockets of Gayle, macullum, de villiers etc etc, the usual suspects

It’s a tapping up charter for the chosen 8.
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A couple of thousand kids missing out on cricket in the flesh versus hundreds of thousands extra getting exposed to it on TV. A good exchange for them.

The current ECB are doing much better than the last one. It's Giles Clarke and David Morgan you want to be blaming for the mess the game is in.
 
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