Posts Tagged "Twenty20 Big Bash"

When Adam Gilchrist flew across the Nullarbor to surge his career he needed to prove his loyalty to his Western Australian team mates.

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With reports of sprint king Usain Bolt apparently set to enjoy some T20 cricket “Big Bash” style, it made me think about other sport stars from around the globe that could be a hit in the shortest form of the game.

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The Big Bash is doomed. And if it isn’t, well, it damn well deserves to be. The first problem is Twenty20 itself.

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No sooner were Andrew Strauss and his team celebrating England’s convincing retention of the Ashes in Australia this year, than Australian cricket fans turned their attention to Cricket Australia for answers to the national team’s failure.

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As my name here suggests, I follow rugby most closely of all sports. But I am a sports fan in general and cricket is actually the first sport I had a passion for. Recently I have started to question where our game is headed and who is making the decisions for us.

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Was I the only person totally not amused by Cricket Australia’s announcements on Tuesday (Feb 8th) about next summer? Let’s dissect the good, the bad and the downright brilliant bits of what we know so far.

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Unlikely hero Cameron Borgas blasted a half-century as South Australia ended 15 barren years with victory over NSW in the Twenty20 final in Adelaide on Saturday night.

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Victoria coach Greg Shipperd says officials need to think very hard about how to avoid a “tragedy” in next summer’s expanded Twenty20 competition.

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The rain-affected Sydney Ashes Test has again revealed the havoc that can be played on a match schedule when the weather intervenes, but that is nothing compared to the pain being experienced by residents of regional Queensland who have been inundated by rising floodwaters in recent weeks.

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Defending Twenty20 champions Victoria outclassed Queensland to record a convincing 33-run win in their season-opener at the MCG.

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Victorian coach Greg Shipperd has declared the Bushrangers deserve to be outright favourites for the Twenty20 title ahead of their clash against Queensland at the MCG on Sunday.

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In all of the post-mortems into Australia’s dismal attempt to regain the Ashes it appears that the blame has been sheeted home to the Captain, the batsmen and the selectors. Very little attention has been paid to the critical issues hindering the development of both our batsmen and bowlers at the second and third levels [...]

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Tim Paine made a stunning return from injury to inspire Tasmania to a thumping 63-run Twenty20 victory over Western Australia at the WACA Ground on Thursday night.

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Bright lights. Capacity crowds. Electric Atmosphere. Blaring Music. Big Hits. No, this is not an all-in brawl in the crowd at an Akon concert. This is the Twenty20 Big Bash and it’s about to capture the attention of every Australian cricket fan.

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Despite an avid interest in the existing Ashes series, in recent times cricket has struggled for supremacy in the Australian marketplace. However, the game is set for a major boost next summer with the Big Bash Twenty20 competition to be revamped.

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The advent of the Twenty20 format on the international sporting scene has gifted cricket with a great opportunity to spread its influence across the globe. With all the talk of expansion of the football codes, there has been little chatter regarding the growth of cricket domestically and around the world.

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The only bulls Andrew Symonds will be near this season will be the ones he brings to his north Queensland farm after pulling the pin on his Twenty20 Big Bash commitments.

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A subtle expansion of the Australian domestic Twenty20 competition for the upcoming season is nothing compared to the revolution that will follow it.

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Australia Day saw the return of some normality to the domestic cricket scene after the fireworks of the Twenty20 Big Bash. A decent crowd of just over 2,500 ventured to Wollongong to see South Australia chase down 295 in a highly entertaining contest against New South Wales.

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The Twenty20 Big Bash is going to take over the Australian summer, not because Twenty20 cricket is so great, but there is a void that needs to be filled.

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