this seems to be the mantra of playing short version of game these days…
the boundaries are getting shorter…where even tailenders fancy their chance to tonk front line bowlers almost at will…and less said about pitches the better…
all in the name of providing great spectacle…
we are made to believe that this is the type of matches spectator wants to see…by ‘protectors’ of game…by ‘producers’ of game…
but ask any cricket fan…what he/she wants to see…
the maximum no of sixes scored in a day where bowlers are there to make up for the numbers…
when batsmen will have to earn their runs...
when bowlers too look forward to bowl their quota of overs…
when its battle between bat and bowl and not between your bat and mine…
when hitting six can really be called ‘skill’ and not just putting bat on ball in air…
the answer will be simple…
we want to see the battle…not slog fest…
we want the worth of time and money we invest and we want to see a cricket ‘match’…
are we asking too much...?
PS:
the most succinct post on the state of affairs in new zealand...
