Don't tell me I didn't try...

Yep, another americanised sport. As I describe it to my US born family, T20 is the junk food of the cricket world, whereas test matches are a 12 course chinese banquet.

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Originally Posted by bacicat

So, some here may know I'm an avid cricket lover - of the test match variety. Tonight I sat down to watch the T20 match between the Adelaide Strikers and the Hobart something or others. I really did try to keep an open mind...

Got to say, it was MORE disappointing that I thought it would be. I was thinking a bit of hit & giggle, I could live with that, but holy ****! WTF are they on???

Between the bull**** music blasting out and the cuts to the commentary team between every ball, I couldn't make head nor arsehole of the whole affair.

Roll on the Sydney test - TEST CRICKET RULES!!! I can live with one day matches, but geez, this 20/20 crap is just a farce.....

Anyone who likes this **** need a bullet... Sorry about that - I tried, but as they say 'It just ain't cricket'.

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I think your being polite here. I was given a ticket to the 'Gabba, last year , to watch a T20 & it was the worst experience I've had ( & I went to a Sherbert concert with a young lady in the early '70's). Noise, noise, noise, people "dancing" in a boxing ring, flame throwers. I couldn't even talk to my BIL beside me for the noise.
Test cricket I love. I reckon it's the 2nd most tactical game played, after chess.
Thanks for making me realise that I'm not the only T20 hater.
Steve

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Originally Posted by Saitch

it was the worst experience I've had ( & I went to a Sherbert concert with a young lady in the early '70's).
Steve

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Jeezs, is T 20 that bad?

Test cricket on TV, with the ABC commentary. That would work. Bob

Big cricket fan. I umpired for 6 years as a teenager and early twenties. Sadly my enthusiasm for the game didn't result in any real talent so I umpired instead. Always watch the test matches and a lot of the one dayers but can't really take to T20.

We went to the first T20 game at the WACA which was WA v Victoria and thoroughly enjoyed it. For me it's the commentators both for the Big Bash and the internationals. I don't like hearing footy commentators trying to talk up the play and its bad enough having Brayshaw during the tests let alone listening to him carrying on in a T20.

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Originally Posted by bob10

Test cricket on TV, with the ABC commentary. That would work. Bob

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And we could go back to the days of having a camera at one end only.

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Originally Posted by Saitch

I think your being polite here. I was given a ticket to the 'Gabba, last year , to watch a T20 & it was the worst experience I've had ( & I went to a Sherbert concert with a young lady in the early '70's). Noise, noise, noise, people "dancing" in a boxing ring, flame throwers. I couldn't even talk to my BIL beside me for the noise.
Test cricket I love. I reckon it's the 2nd most tactical game played, after chess.
Thanks for making me realise that I'm not the only T20 hater.
Steve

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You beat me to it. Like chess, test cricket is a game of tactics. I like watching test cricket and the one day variety. But that 20/20 stuff is just crap. I like to play chess also, but not too clever at it. Thinking two or three moves ahead takes some skill.

I reckon we need a forum for cricket.

im watching the T20 now.
its still cricket. it just uses different tactics to test cricket
i like both

It's not real cricket - it's more like tiperty run that you used to play in grade 6... It requires about the same amount of tactical skill as well...