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You should patent that as it's really a very valuable strategy which might be used by other countries.
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You should patent that as it's really a very valuable strategy which might be used by other countries.
sohum
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Wow, this worshiping of English domestic Twenty20 is quite a beaten topic, isn't it? Too points that I have mentioned too many times in the past:
1. This is the IPL's first season. English Twenty20 bowlers have had almost a decade of playing to figure out how to bowl ideally in Twenty20 cricket. If you expect that knowledge to be acquired overnight by the bowlers in the IPL (many of whom have never played international cricket in their lives), then you are really setting high standards for the IPL, far higher than English Twenty20.
2. The tournament features some of the world's best players. In fact, I'd say any one game of the IPL features more stars (both Indian and international) than the whole English Twenty20 tournament.
Tongue-in-cheek but I cannot agree that the quality of cricket has been as pathetic as been made out by some of you members, especially after you have claimed to have stopped watching it. Memories of the Twenty20 World Cup, anyone? Mumbai, for example, have lost three games on the trot that went down to the final ball. Oh my god, that's so boring!
I'll get off my soap-box now.
1. This is the IPL's first season. English Twenty20 bowlers have had almost a decade of playing to figure out how to bowl ideally in Twenty20 cricket. If you expect that knowledge to be acquired overnight by the bowlers in the IPL (many of whom have never played international cricket in their lives), then you are really setting high standards for the IPL, far higher than English Twenty20.
2. The tournament features some of the world's best players. In fact, I'd say any one game of the IPL features more stars (both Indian and international) than the whole English Twenty20 tournament.
Tongue-in-cheek but I cannot agree that the quality of cricket has been as pathetic as been made out by some of you members, especially after you have claimed to have stopped watching it. Memories of the Twenty20 World Cup, anyone? Mumbai, for example, have lost three games on the trot that went down to the final ball. Oh my god, that's so boring!I'll get off my soap-box now.
Harrypotter_fan
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No. The mistake England made that they selected more T20 specialists and forgot that only big hitters won't win you T20.
Arunava
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agree with Sohum here, there is no quality loss in Cricket, all the guys complaining have very wierd reasons which they won't be able to defend when questioned 
sohum
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IMO, England didn't do anything wrong. Everyone just realized that the general ability of a player in English domestic Twenty20 isn't that high when compared to the talent of international cricketers.
Harrypotter_fan
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Had they picked more or less the ODI squad they have, they would have gone further. And they didn't go into the semis only because of Yuvraj's 6 sixes. Yuvraj hit them in the 19th over and England needed 36 runs off the last over.
sohum
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That's not how it works. You can't just selectively remove one thing from the past and pretend like everything that occurred afterwards would have been as before. How do you know someone wouldn't have pulled off a first over hat-trick if Yuvi hadn't hit 6 sixes?
Harrypotter_fan
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I'm just pointing at the difference.
well i agree totally with Shreyas what he has said so far because england had only odi players in 20-20 world cup and everyone thought england would win this one they have played 20-20 for sometime then selection came and they odi team basically
sohum
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And I'm pointing out that it is not Yuvi's 6 sixes that stopped them from progressing.
Chetan0304
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it is something thought by the bcci (indian) that no other cricket board can thought
every one os in profit
lol y cant a english cricket board thought of this
it is something thought by the bcci (indian) that no other cricket board can thought
every one os in profit
lol y cant a english cricket board thought of this
Harrypotter_fan
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And I'm pointing out that it is not Yuvi's 6 sixes that stopped them from progressing.
But it certainly helped the cause
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If there was an English Premier League, I think it would be a better spectacle than the Indian one.
The home players would have the experience of 6 years in the Twenty20 Cup, so the quality of play would be higher than in the IPL. Similarly, the international players would have the experience of 2 years in the IPL.
There would be no cheerleaders because the spectators will be there to watch some exciting cricket, something learned over the years of the Twenty20 Cup.
Most matches will be played in daylight, since for most of the summer it doesn't get completely dark until around 9:00pm in England. If some matches did finish in the dark, the floodlights would be of better quality than the ones at the Indian grounds.
It would get the media coverage it deserves. The world class television coverage of Sky Sports would show it to the world, with all matches in high definition.
So, all in all, if there was to be an EPL, it could thank the IPL for the quality of cricket, and learn from its mistakes.
The home players would have the experience of 6 years in the Twenty20 Cup, so the quality of play would be higher than in the IPL. Similarly, the international players would have the experience of 2 years in the IPL.
There would be no cheerleaders because the spectators will be there to watch some exciting cricket, something learned over the years of the Twenty20 Cup.
Most matches will be played in daylight, since for most of the summer it doesn't get completely dark until around 9:00pm in England. If some matches did finish in the dark, the floodlights would be of better quality than the ones at the Indian grounds.
It would get the media coverage it deserves. The world class television coverage of Sky Sports would show it to the world, with all matches in high definition.
So, all in all, if there was to be an EPL, it could thank the IPL for the quality of cricket, and learn from its mistakes.
What's up with you Lee? Next thing we know, you'll spontaneously start reciting God Save our Queen whilst waving the British Flag.
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