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Originally Posted by flanflinger Which is why Twenty20 works... it is short, you do need to take the day off and can be done in the evening. |
Well they will need to build floodlights at all the grounds first!!!
The first ever day night match in the WI is scheduled for May next year.
My point about having to take the day off was not about it being played at day anyhow.
It was about wanting to take a day off knowing the team is liable to play poorly
That's a waste of a day off!
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I know the Players possibly need to learn how to play longer, but Twent20 Cricket is a great way of getting buns on seats, getting young people watching Cricket, and hopefully get them playing!!
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Lots of young children watch cricket there. Many a Test match in the WI will have lots of youngsters given the day off to go and watch cricket.
Every major high school in the Caribbean plays cricket.
Therre is no shortage of kids playing cricket.
WI problem is transferring those good kids into good young cricketers and then into fully fledged Test/ODI players.
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The fact is that when you look at the average West Indies Crowd it is full of old men. You need to get excitement amongst all ages and both sexes.
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You must be joking.
A far higher % of young women are at cricket than are say in England.
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As for this investment, this will be independent of the WICB.
Not entirely a bad thing, but do we wish to see a Kerry Packer-esque situation?
What happens if he is able to permanently nab the better WI players for his tournament and the WICB is left with even worse players to play in the ODIs and Tests??
Will it be a good thing for WI cricket or cricket on the whole then??
Just questions that need to be asked before the claim that this is good for WI CRICKET can be made!!
I am not saying these things will happen and potentially a lot of benefits can be had from this, I will just reserve judgment until the experiment bears fruit.