The washed out match between Australian and England in Manchester on Sunday
represents possibly the only day in the year when a meaningless
T20 game has not been played somewhere on the planet.
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About Peter Crossing
Peter Crossing loves the pure 'n natch'l blues. He is a member of the silver fox faction of the Adelaide Uni Greys. He is something of a cricket tragic although admitting to little interest in the IPL or Big Bash forms of the game.
Yea and amen to that, Peter!
Am in the UK at the moment. There’s very little appetite for the T-20s. Everyone is focussed on the football. And I agree re saturation of meaningless T-20 matches!
Never a truer word written – Noughts !
You don’t need to convince me, Peter. Happy travels and you might even run into Barry Nicholls while you’re in the same hemisphere.
Thanks Bernard. May not see Barry but catching up with an English cricket friend (Manchester lad) in Umbria of all places.
Neither T20 or The Hundred ( or whatever they call it) will rate a mention. Bazball will be derided.
The diminishing of 50 overs per side cricket came after there were many meaningless matches and competitions in this format.
I still wonder if T20 will (eventually) suffer the same fate.
I also wonder if or when the Hundred becomes the next “big thing”, and if the cycle (of the rise and fall of a shortened format) repeats itself.
Long live first-class cricket!