After watching the two Twenty20 internationals between Australia and India, I would like to offer a 17-year-old’s opinion on my preferred style of the game.
I found the three-hour slog-fest lacked the skill and tactics involved with the longer formats of the game that involve far more precision.
Batsmen threw their wickets away, and instead of high quality bowling, we have seen batsmen become victims of their desire to increase the run rate, not the desire to protect their stumps.
In stark comparison, Test cricket values each and every individual wicket and ensures a tantalising five-day contest in which the bowler is trying to force the batsmen to make a mistake.
Another popular support of the shorter form of the game is its entertainment value, claiming the younger generation are fed up with the slow pace of Test cricket and the new breed of fast pace, big hitting cricket is more appealing, especially to us youngsters.
As a teenager in the intended market for the game, I would much rather spend five days of primed value cricket, watching a contest that takes days to unfold then to watch batsmen bombard sixes for three short hours.
Cricket should be held during the day over a longer period of time, hence giving people like myself the chance to watch five days of long quality contest.
In summary, I would like to say that despite the call that Twenty20 cricket is a new age in the game, as a youthful representative I believe that the most traditional form of the game is both much higher entertainment value and provides far more excitement.
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