Re: 20/20 - Now I like it, now I don't
Cricket is a sport of bat and ball. No matter what format, situation or number of overs, it's the batsman's ability to play the ball and the bowler's ability to stop that from happening. Good cricketers adapt to any situation presented to them. The more condensed the format the more pressure on the players. I love this added factor of "pressure" in the Twenty20 and less room for error and recovery. This is a phenomenal development in the history of cricket and we are lucky to be witnessing it.
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One reason why everybody here seems to have fallen for this format is because India/Pak did not get booted out by two-bit teams in the preliminary rounds like in the 50/50 WC.
But believe you me....this format has the ability to throw up upsets much more than ODIs. Its a blessing for minnows......in this form of game even Australia is vulnerable to Zimbabwe as we found out. It is only a matter of time before we see "upsets" becoming a regular feature in this format.
Again I quote Symonds - *"It is easier to be good when you have to be good only for a very short period of time". *
I hope our public remains just as awe-struck by Twenty20 even when India is beaten by BD in not so distant future.