The Future is Here  

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The recent remarks of Chris Gayle and Mathew Hayden on T20 and the recent exit of Australia in the ongoing T20 World Cup have once again confirmed my long standing belief that it would not be long before the oldest form of the game (the newer baby, ODIs has begun its journey long back, hence am not mentioning about it here) begins its journey into Extinction.


Australia's recent exit confirms the point that even good or even great Test players can actually be a misfit in T20s and this fact is further supplemented by the successes of players who will not actually make it into a Test Side.

Wat does this mean? It means that T20 requires not only a different mindset but also a completely different set of Technique and the best part is that it is not as difficult to master as the technique required for Test Cricket is.

That makes it easier to learn from the players stand point.

On the monetary front, well well, we all know which format of the game rakes in all the Big Bucks, don't we? With players showing more Interest in taking to this form of the game as it is much more simpler and much less complicated than the 5-day format and the People( Read as General Audience ) showing more Interest in T20s because the format is more Interesting and takes much less time to produce a result.T20 is really light on their purse too when pitted against the burden which the 5-days or for that matter the ODIs place on the audience:).

There we go,with so many factors going for it, Test Cricket may not be replaced by T20s for that matter it never will be, rather T20s will in my humble opinion bulldoze Test Cricket and in some years time, I believe that the 5-day format will soon be history.

It so might happen, that Test Cricket might Re Invent or Mutate Itself into a 2-day game or max 3-day game, but I am pretty sure that the game is never going to be the same again and the 5-day format is not going to be around for a long period of time.


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2 comments

Ganesh  

While I agree that a not so good player in Tests can actually shine well in T-20s,but I don't think Test cricket experts can be a misfit here.The one thing about the greats who excelled in Tests is that they excel in tests only because they are highly skilful and it is this skill which can help you stay long as a sportsperson,if they've the adaptive skills(I mean the case of batsmen increasing their strike rate.),they can easily give these T-20 'bachas' a run for their money,as is proved by the success of Hayden,Gilchrist in IPLs who surprisingly have retired more than a year ago and still going great guns in IPL.
That's enough to prove that real talent(Which gets exposed to its maximum in a Test Match) is the thing which can help you survive in the long run in any format.
And as for the extinction of Tests/ODIs;I shall comment later.:)

June 20, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Ganesh  

As for the Australian's 1st Round defeat,actually it's now a 'Team-under-construction;with just one great batsman left(Ponting) and other legends like Glichrist,Hayden,Shane Warne,McGrath have retired making things difficult for Aussies in all formats of Intl. cricket.Add to it,they've excluded another great player like Symonds(The man who never throws away his wicket easily and can play the spinners much better)
And they must have a regular spinner now,as the domination of pace bowlers have reduced conderably(I'll post an article on this in my blog later.).
They must change well to face the newbowling strategies.

June 20, 2009 at 10:05 PM

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