Cricket should introduce a World Club Twenty20 comp

By blocker reid
June 25th 2008 @ 2:50am

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I believe international Twenty20 cricket should only be played either at a special Twenty20 World Cup or not at all. It is detracting too much from the 50-over game

The introduction of a World Club Cup would feature the top four teams from Australia, the top 4 from England, the top 4 from India, the top 2 from Sri Lanka, 1 or 2 from New Zealand and 2 from West Indies and South Africa to make up the cricket Twenty20 tournament

Each country would host a few games

How good would it be heading out to North Sydney or the SCG to see a full-strength NSW side playing a full strength county side in Twenty20?

It brings cricket back to personal levels, and brings the crowds into it.

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MrB said | June 25th 2008 @ 10:05pm | Report comment

They are doing a similar thing to this in October in India

mgb said | August 18th 2008 @ 11:53pm | Report comment

I disagree. The more distraction we get from ODI the better it is. I watch 20/20 and ODI for slogging only, and 20/20 is the best at producing that. ODI is too boring through the middle and is too predictable. An ODI game is pretty much decided 10-15 overs into the 2nd innings, and you just watch to see if the game goes as you expect, which it usually does. The only true cricket is Test cricket!!

priya said | September 6th 2008 @ 6:03am | Report comment

then my friend ,you dint get to watch the twenty twenty world cup match between india and pakistan.it was a nail biting finsh.in the last 5 overs,pakistan could have easily won it.but,a slog shot from misbah had done them in.20 20 is unpredictable