My thoughts on…Stanford 20/20 cricket
Cricket, a game that’s as British as crumpets, crooked teeth and Big Ben. Mainly played by Britain and her former colonies, it is one of the world’s oldest sports, and is desperately in need of a makeover. Enter Stanford 20/20 cricket, a new form of cricket that hopes to revolutionize the game. It is so named because each game lats for 20 overs instead of the usual 50. It is currently in the form of an intra-Caribbean competition. I saw the ads on TV, but never saw an actual match. Not being a cricket fan, I never really followed up on it. That is, until yesterday, when Jamaica faced Bermuda. The match instantly caught my eye, as it was unlike any form of cricket I had ever seen before. The uniforms were brightly coloured, instead of the usual bland white. The bats were black, the balls were orange, and the stumps and bails were silver. The game stats had a futuristic look to them.
But once I got past the eye candy, I still wondered about the match. Would it be exciting? It was. There was remarkable batting, sometimes causing the spectators to duck for cover, not to mention some agile fielding. The fans were loving it, as they burned with a passion for the sport not seen since the Windies’ heyday. And to add to the excitement, Beenie Man performed at the match. In the end, Jamaica won, thanks to Marlon Samuels, Chris Gayle and Jerome Taylor. Personally, I like 20/20 cricket, despite what Brian Lara says. It’s a new spin on the game, and seems to have revived people’s enthusiasm for the sport, just in time for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. It truly is cricket, evolved.
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“The match instanly caught my eye, as it was unilke any form of cricket I had ever seen before. The uniforms were brightly coloured, instead of the usual bland white.”
Maybe you’re forgetting one day (and day-night) cricket. They don’t wear white
One day cricket is where it’s at.
But then I’m Aussie and we love our cricket here.
Cricket….not me at all.
Ah Cricket, that what I call the beautiful game..
I love it, and it is interesting this new conception of 20/20, but there is much more to be done yet..
Yow, Leon. The linkup is to be at La Kabana tomorrow night, that is, Wednesday, July 25th… It was said that we would meet up at 9:00pm, but I have had a request for an earlier meeting time. Hopefully you can you make the linkup earlier, say 7:00 or 8:00PM. See the details on the same post on my blog… Right click and select “Open in a new browser window” here.
Very interesting… if the subject were baseball and a different kind of game, I would be all freaked out — tradition, you know. I’ve only seen cricket played a few times — I totally didn’t get it.
Yes Nyssa. It is true that they don’t wear white in one-day cricket. But that’s what they wear in most cricket matches.