Comments on: Twenty20 can be fun, but only if you’re winning

By: GARY PORTER

GARY PORTER — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:11:05 +0000

hI ,
Are the Aussie fast bowlers jaded after the India tour ? They lack their usual zip

GARY PORTER

By: Allen

Allen — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:02:58 +0000

I think the ‘fun’ comment has been a throw away line used by the guys in the Australian squad who knew that they were not entirely suited to the T20 game, but have been put in the T20 team by default in the past.

If you asked Dave Warner, D. Hussey, White, Bracken and Nannes, guys who are making international names for themselves through being T20 specialists, i think you would find that they consider it to be a little more serious than just a bit of ‘fun’.

Thankfully the selectors have also started to take T20 more seriously by picking these specialist players who have proven their T20 ability in the Big Bash and IPL.

By: Brett McKay

Brett McKay — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:05:32 +0000

Spiro, that’s exactly why I’ve written today that the move to 40 overs makes sense for ODIs….

(Sorry to hijack your T20 column, Geoff…)

By: Spiro Zavos

Spiro Zavos — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:51:51 +0000

With English cricket reducing 50 oversw matches to 40, will we see T20 cricket replace the one-day game as the main short form of cricket? My hope is that this doesn’t happen. In retrospect the 50-over game allows for real cricket, the building of an inning and bowlers getting a real chance to effect the outcome of a match with their 10 overs. The much-criticised slowness of play in the middle overs has become, in retrospect, a nice change from the hit-or-miss stuff we get from T20 cricket.