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It is time to ban international Twenty20 cricket

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7th November, 2018
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The current landscape of cricket is changing. Fewer people are attending Test matches and 50 over cricket – and more are going to T20 matches.

Outside of India, Australia and England, cricket-playing nations struggle to attract fans to turn up to games that are not in the Twenty20 format. If Test matches are the pinnacle of the sport, then why are so many teams struggling to fill stadiums when these games are played?

The shortest form of the game has overtaken the game. Every cricket playing nation now has a T20 tournament. It has completely overtaken the sport, with youngsters now dreaming of playing T20 cricket rather than suiting up in the whites.

The ICC should consider whether T20 international games are a good thing. So much cricket is played these days. This makes me think international T20 games should not be played at all.

50 over games seem to be less significant to the average viewer. Until there’s a World Cup not as many people seem to care about this form, especially in Australia with more people attending the Big Bash and fewer 50-over games.

Deciding to have no T20 internationals means there should be more interest from the public to see 50 over games.

I am not calling for the death of Twenty20 cricket completely however.

The Big Bash has shown Australia just much entertainment can be had with the sport. While some are upset with this form of the game and consider it to be a novelty, there is obviously interest from the public.

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It would give people their fix of the short form, and save the players’ energy for the longer forms of the game. Just think about it – more players would be available for Test cricket which would help the original form of the game.

It’s a question that hasn’t be asked of the ICC, but I think Test and 50 over matches need to be the focus of the next few years. What do you think, Roarers?

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