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One should not ignore the fact that cricket is fast losing its charm as a game which allowed the players to showcase skills associated with legendary players.It’s now turned into pure entertainment , ensuring big sums of money for both the corporate giants as well as the players. Definitely, time constraints or,for that matter, limitations forced by the modern times cannot be ignored but that should not come at the cost of the better aspects of game.No wonder really talented batsmen like Dravid and Tendulkar would become a thing of past if commercialization is allowed to dictate the game.
T-20 type matches may provide some real entertainment to viewers besides ensuring huge sums of money for the players and sponsors but this all come at a heavy cost.The players turn into puppet in the hands of corporate bigwigs.Their shot selection is not based on cricketing skills but based on an urgency to provide some thrilling moments to the viewers.I don’t know whether game like cricket are simply aimed at entertaining crowd.
In other words,ICC should ensure that sanctity of test matches and one dayers should remain intact.Anyway,it has always been the case that superstars who play well in one dayers fell like pack of cards in test matches -something which demand refined skills not just the ability to hit sixes and fours !
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Yes these are not good for talented players. Particularly in the T20 format players don't have enough time to show their talent. You will have to hit right from the beginning.
(Global Perspectives)
@Chris
Yes, problem start when you expect batsman to play according to the need of the hour rather than playing in league with one’s natural tendencies.There are now more takers of rashness of a batsman then likes of Dravid or Steve Waugh offering a good forward defensive shot to a stunning delivery by a quality pace bowler !!
Yes, problem start when you expect batsman to play according to the need of the hour rather than playing in league with one’s natural tendencies.There are now more takers of rashness of a batsman then likes of Dravid or Steve Waugh offering a good forward defensive shot to a stunning delivery by a quality pace bowler !!
(Local Perspectives)
arvind
The changing formats are according to the economic realty. People don't have time to watch the five day long tests. They don't have the time to see even the 50 over matches. If we have to keep the people's interest alive in cricket these changes are pertinent.
The changing formats are according to the economic realty. People don't have time to watch the five day long tests. They don't have the time to see even the 50 over matches. If we have to keep the people's interest alive in cricket these changes are pertinent.
(Local Perspectives)
These changes were not so pertinent but the market forces have made them so. People want to see their favorite players hitting boundaries all the time. They can't digest their failures.
What to say about the economic reality. Do you think cricket players are facing any financial crises these days?
What to say about the economic reality. Do you think cricket players are facing any financial crises these days?
(Local Perspectives)
@Sumit
Your argument is similar to one offered by movie producers.They say that we don’t make meaningful movies ((read Art movies)because people are not interested in watching them.Make movies that have loads of sex and violence.Why?Because that sells.
However,the truth is that there will always be takers of good movies or test matches.
Your argument is similar to one offered by movie producers.They say that we don’t make meaningful movies ((read Art movies)because people are not interested in watching them.Make movies that have loads of sex and violence.Why?Because that sells.
However,the truth is that there will always be takers of good movies or test matches.
(Local Perspectives)
Nitesh
Yes,we are all being ”used” by the market forces.They are deciding the fate of a talented soul!!
We have become like condom.USE AND THROW.
Yes,we are all being ”used” by the market forces.They are deciding the fate of a talented soul!!
We have become like condom.USE AND THROW.
(Local Perspectives)
That’s a strange angle to observe the game. Cricket’s Constant Format Changes Not Good For Talented Players LOL
It is talent that lets you adapt to any given situation. You cannot be a flook to hit Six Sixes in an over. And no matter how eager you are to entertain the crowds, if you do not have the right talent, you cannot just do it.
A talented cricketer will not just be a champ in 20-20, he will be a champ in all formats and that is what Talent is.
I’ve played this game at higher levels and our best players performing in a 3-day game or a 40 or a 50 over game were the same. And they are talented and are still doing good. A format change just comes across as a challenge a modern cricketer needs to look up to. I am sure if Vivian Richards still played, he would been the happiest to showcase his talent in 20-20 and that would have in no way marred his greatness.
A B Devieliers or JP Duminy are two great examples of adaptability. These two players stunned the Aussies in the test matches with some high-class batting and then upstaged them as a duo in the One dayers and now we know how capable t-20 players they are (IPL was a good example). So where is the talent problem.
If you are only good for 20 overs and not beyond....it clearly means you are not talented.
Dravid is the best test batsmen for me and he was stunning in IPL2 ...so where is the Talent problem. Some said he will never be successful in T20 but he sent the ball to all corners of the park and scored at an admirable rate.
So where is the Talent problem... And just for your records...he is back in the ODI Squad...
It is talent that lets you adapt to any given situation. You cannot be a flook to hit Six Sixes in an over. And no matter how eager you are to entertain the crowds, if you do not have the right talent, you cannot just do it.
A talented cricketer will not just be a champ in 20-20, he will be a champ in all formats and that is what Talent is.
I’ve played this game at higher levels and our best players performing in a 3-day game or a 40 or a 50 over game were the same. And they are talented and are still doing good. A format change just comes across as a challenge a modern cricketer needs to look up to. I am sure if Vivian Richards still played, he would been the happiest to showcase his talent in 20-20 and that would have in no way marred his greatness.
A B Devieliers or JP Duminy are two great examples of adaptability. These two players stunned the Aussies in the test matches with some high-class batting and then upstaged them as a duo in the One dayers and now we know how capable t-20 players they are (IPL was a good example). So where is the talent problem.
If you are only good for 20 overs and not beyond....it clearly means you are not talented.
Dravid is the best test batsmen for me and he was stunning in IPL2 ...so where is the Talent problem. Some said he will never be successful in T20 but he sent the ball to all corners of the park and scored at an admirable rate.
So where is the Talent problem... And just for your records...he is back in the ODI Squad...
(Local Perspectives)
@Atul
That’s a very interesting response.However,I like to add that every product is indicative of certain mentality.It’s not that easy to know the negative consequences.It’s take time to intercept the real colours.That’s the case with these smaller versions.They have not come into existence to showcase the talent of talented cricketers but to ensure quick money to both players and big companies.
We are in nascent stages of such formats but sooner or later it’s bound to be clear to all of us that how good they have been for spirit of real cricket.
I am not talking about talent in terms of adaptability.I am trying to suggest that we should have some real talent who know the art of playing in Test Matches with right technique and right mindset.Only because it’s not these smaller formats but Test matches that define the greatness of a player.
I have no problem with Richards hitting sixes and fours in T 20 matches.However, history will remember him for the statistics associated with the Test matches and not the way he came to play in shorter versions.
In other words,it’s not necessary for Gavaskar or Border or Gower to hit big shots in T 20 to prove they were exceptionally talented players.
That’s a very interesting response.However,I like to add that every product is indicative of certain mentality.It’s not that easy to know the negative consequences.It’s take time to intercept the real colours.That’s the case with these smaller versions.They have not come into existence to showcase the talent of talented cricketers but to ensure quick money to both players and big companies.
We are in nascent stages of such formats but sooner or later it’s bound to be clear to all of us that how good they have been for spirit of real cricket.
I am not talking about talent in terms of adaptability.I am trying to suggest that we should have some real talent who know the art of playing in Test Matches with right technique and right mindset.Only because it’s not these smaller formats but Test matches that define the greatness of a player.
I have no problem with Richards hitting sixes and fours in T 20 matches.However, history will remember him for the statistics associated with the Test matches and not the way he came to play in shorter versions.
In other words,it’s not necessary for Gavaskar or Border or Gower to hit big shots in T 20 to prove they were exceptionally talented players.
(Local Perspectives)
This is some level of deviation from what you wrote and now you say that you are not talking about adaptability...
Your cricketing knowledge really needs to be revamped
I have no problem with Richards hitting sixes and fours in T 20 matches.However, history will remember him for the statistics associated with the Test matches and not the way he came to play in shorter versions.
Vivian Richards has always been known as the greatest ODI player as per critics....
Your cricketing knowledge really needs to be revamped
I have no problem with Richards hitting sixes and fours in T 20 matches.However, history will remember him for the statistics associated with the Test matches and not the way he came to play in shorter versions.
Vivian Richards has always been known as the greatest ODI player as per critics....
(Local Perspectives)
@Atul
I have seen Richards playing when West Indies visited India after losing the 1983 World cup.However,while making the above statement I had the importance of Test matches in my mind.That does not mean I was oblivious of the greatest One day player tag owned by the Richards.In other words, what I was actually trying to state that if a player comes to play both the versions of game,the performance in test matches alone would determine what sort of batsmen or bowler the player is.
I have seen Richards playing when West Indies visited India after losing the 1983 World cup.However,while making the above statement I had the importance of Test matches in my mind.That does not mean I was oblivious of the greatest One day player tag owned by the Richards.In other words, what I was actually trying to state that if a player comes to play both the versions of game,the performance in test matches alone would determine what sort of batsmen or bowler the player is.
(Local Perspectives)
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A good player is one who adjusts himself with the changing situations even the changing formats of the game. It can never be an excuse.
I agree that the best all-rounders can play all types of game.
But the fact remains that all the formats demand a different type of game from test matches.
All this ”soundbite” cricket is slowly but surely eroding the quality of test match cricket in my humble opinion, with phrases like ”Patiently and intelligently building a wonderful innings” becoming less and less common.
I don’t think it can be treated as excuse.It’s an unavoidable reality.True,a good player can adjust in all circumstances.However,I am not discussing about ability of making adjustments.
It’s all about birth of distorted mindset that views everything under lens of commercial interests.It’s about a mentality that treats Harbhajan Singh as better player than Rahul Dravid just because he hits more sixes and fours in T 20 type tournament.
Do you know that it’s a very humiliating experience for talented players when they have to offer explanations to likes of SRK and Jintas who know nothing about cricket!! Reason?They couldn’t play big shots like ordinary player like Misbah! Who is SRK to explain cricket to Gavaskar ?
It’s a harsh reality that we are living in age that treat ordinary as extraordinary.Both fast food and ”pahtapat” cricket are not good for our well-being ...hehe
@Michael
I know you are a great lover of football. But it appears that you know lot about cricket as well!
Anyway, the term ”Patiently and intelligently building a wonderful innings” has lost in world that has no respect for slowness. It’s a jet age. No wonder, cricket too has become like rocket on fire.
How come they find so much time to act in commercials?
Why don’t they spend time with family by running less after money?
I was brought up in English villages with lazy village cricket afternoons, kids playing, the ladies chatting and us guys talking about the game without shouting about it.
Like everyone else I know the game has to evolve and make money, so I have nothing against any form of cricket as long as the ”essence” of cricket is not lost in test match play.
They can do what they like with T-20 cricket, and the best of luck to it, but top class cricket is not a game that relies on sensation and slashing out for 45 max innings.
It’s more about finesse, understanding and predicting the weather (choice of bowlers/batsmen) tactics and fair play.
But I can’t agree on your fast-food analogy though.
I love a good MacDonalds from time to time!! With loads of ketchup!
YUM!!
:)
Take care of your health Miachel.Many surveys have unambiguously stated that fast food is not at all good for health :-)