2022 Abu Dhabi T10

[Mijurkat]

What was Rohan Mustafa doing?

Strip Teasing?

I think, he thought that ball will not come to him. That's why he was changing his jersey! It's really funny & most rare incident in the history of cricket. Now, people will use it as meme.

 

[Aislabie]

Sunil Narine just completed his hat-trick. Three consecutive golden ducks.

His tournament batting so far:

vs Pune - 1 • W (bowled)
vs Abu Dhabi - 4 (not out)
vs Qalanders - W (caught)
vs Delhi - W (bowled)
vs Warriors - W (bowled)

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Can't believe Pune almost managed to get bowled-out in a 10-over game.

Warriors beat Pune Devils, Warriors won by 8 wickets (with 33 balls remaining)

NW 98/2 vs PD 97/8 - Warriors won by 8 wickets (with 33 balls remaining) in Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi T10 2021, February 03, 2021

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Anyone watching. I'm going to check it out.

Graeme Swann is already annoying and it's only been on 3 minutes.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

I think this is incredibly dull. There's a point where you reduce something so much it ceases to be cricket.

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

I think this is incredibly dull. There's a point where you reduce something so much it ceases to be cricket.

Super Over Format is the future

 

[wasteyouryouth]

Super Over Format is the future

 

[Bevab]

I think this is incredibly dull. There's a point where you reduce something so much it ceases to be cricket.

That’s why my proposed idea for T10s (if it ever comes to that) has the number of wickets halved, more lenient wides, bigger boundaries and bowler friendly pitches.

This means that you get back to something approaching T20 levels of risk where you can afford to lose a wicket every two overs and have more leeway because even your last wicket will be an established batter at worst. This also allows for interesting tactics where you don’t need an all-rounder necessarily as you could have just five pure bowlers who would never be called to bat or else you could play a specialist keeper who isn’t that good at batting and have an all-rounder in the batting half of the team instead. I’m sure it could get crazier with the tactical sub rule that the SMAT has for instance but that’d be tacking too much on to a format that’s already new.

What I think these organisers who have no clue about cricket often miss is that viewers most like it when there is an even competition between bat and ball instead of just who racks up the highest score with the most number of sixes for crowds to cheer to. This is something that only the ICC seems to have a grip on with how their tournaments recently have been more bowler friendly compared to bilaterals and the subtle nudge in test cricket towards spicier pitches and more helpful balls. In my hypothesised format you would have the value of a wicket being low that promotes aggressive and risky cricket for batting whilst also promoting the bowlers via pitches, boundaries and wides helping them be a bit more error prone. In short, it tests batting in a way that modern ODIs and T20s don’t do as the latter are nothing more than a test of the extent to which bowlers can tolerate being humiliated. I think the reason why current era tests are compelling is because batting is the skill that is primarily tested and any format that manages to replicate that within a shorter time period will be the true winner in the near future.

 

[wasteyouryouth]

That’s why my proposed idea for T10s (if it ever comes to that) has the number of wickets halved, more lenient wides, bigger boundaries and bowler friendly pitches.

This means that you get back to something approaching T20 levels of risk where you can afford to lose a wicket every two overs and have more leeway because even your last wicket will be an established batter at worst. This also allows for interesting tactics where you don’t need an all-rounder necessarily as you could have just five pure bowlers who would never be called to bat or else you could play a specialist keeper who isn’t that good at batting and have an all-rounder in the batting half of the team instead. I’m sure it could get crazier with the tactical sub rule that the SMAT has for instance but that’d be tacking too much on to a format that’s already new.

What I think these organisers who have no clue about cricket often miss is that viewers most like it when there is an even competition between bat and ball instead of just who racks up the highest score with the most number of sixes for crowds to cheer to. This is something that only the ICC seems to have a grip on with how their tournaments recently have been more bowler friendly compared to bilaterals and the subtle nudge in test cricket towards spicier pitches and more helpful balls. In my hypothesised format you would have the value of a wicket being low that promotes aggressive and risky cricket for batting whilst also promoting the bowlers via pitches, boundaries and wides helping them be a bit more error prone. In short, it tests batting in a way that modern ODIs and T20s don’t do as the latter are nothing more than a test of the extent to which bowlers can tolerate being humiliated. I think the reason why current era tests are compelling is because batting is the skill that is primarily tested and any format that manages to replicate that within a shorter time period will be the true winner in the near future.

The Sixty has the wickets reduced. Completely agree that when it's basically a hitting contest that it is not interesting

Suresh Raina just got out for a duck to Peter Hatzoglou.

 

[Bevab]

The Sixty has the wickets reduced. Completely agree that when it's basically a hitting contest that it is not interesting

Suresh Raina just got out for a duck to Peter Hatzoglou.

It’s maddening that these blokes with money believe that it’s the hitting contest that gets people interested. Whilst having pure test leagues is impractical I’m still shocked that nobody has even tried to capture the essence of what makes it great and port it over to one of the shorter formats. Truly believe that whoever has the lightbulb moment with this will make a big killing from it especially if they can get it going in a country like Bangladesh.

Raina is a walking meme these days and Hatzoglou is quietly becoming a good spinner for the Scorchers so not surprised at all. Sad to see what‘s happened to the bloke.

 

[mohsin7827]

Jos Buttler signed by Deccan Gladiator to play in T10 league
Why I remember him playing in earlier season but can't find it