Great — now Virat Kohli can start chasing *6th stump* balls.
The sixth stump is a pretty fun idea, mainly to rile up people who are overly traditionalist. But why not first consider more conservative changes, like fewer field restrictions?
Hiya Simon. I agree with the complaint that T20 can be rather dull, even if it’s a sea of sixes being hit. The observation extend to all top tier T20 games and not just the IPL.
The impact Player rule is daft and should be revoked for the reasons you outline.
To make it more compelling, the balance between bat and ball could be restored by changing the conditions of play so that a batter is given out when they hit a six. The maximum they can score with a single shot is four. So if they cart it over the rope, they score four and have to walk.
I think also it might be beneficial to limit the weight and depth (thickness) of bats. Their width and material are restricted at the moment and so players’ bats are inspected before the game. What those limits should be is TBC, but making them a bit thinner would reduce the number of mishits going to the boundary and discourage crap technique. All formats of the game could benefit from that.
Failing that, how about a single exploding ball per innings? The unfortunate batter gets covered in dye powder and given out.
Old woman raging against the dying of the light here.
Methink you do protest a little too much. Already laws and playing conditions are different in IPL, and you propose further changes. This betrays that, despite you taking up the cudgel for IPL, clearly you find it needs fixing!
Surely it would be very difficult to adapt to an extra stump as a batter or bowler. Which format would suffer more from that adaptation- the (fewer) Tests played (by fewer nations), or the plethora of instantly forgettable incessant T20 leagues multiplying across the calendar?
Changes like an extra stump are 'thin edge of the wedge' factors that bleed into the supporting architecture. It is a change that is mooted solely because there are faults in the format.
Nobody who watches IPL dreams of becoming a bowler. What is there to inspire a young McGrath or Anderson? Why would you do it to yourself?
I agree the YouTube comments sound racist, and this diminishes their other points, but they're not wrong about everything. And not everybody who dislikes T20 feels that way due to racism!
Why castigate people if they just don't like T20? Those same people probably also don't like the Hundred. As much as I respect you, it seems you've decided you can no longer ignore the IPL gravy train and have jumped aboard. Fine. But know that plenty of people don't enjoy that type of cricket, and they're not all racists.
Surely there must be many spectators for whom bowling a ball so wide to be unreachable is not the peak of achievement in the game we love. The game we love for how much longer?
Players don't care about T20, apart from World Cups. They don't. Many have admitted this in discussions with crews like The Grade Cricketer in the past - when TGC weren't expecting to make a living out of what they did, players were honest with them because they thought only people like me were listening.
The boards may be at fault indeed, but not in the way you intimate - rather, they have supinely failed to navigate to support what is, in Australia at least, a successful multiday format. Their hands are forced by player greed and the need to pay everyone who is on the gravy train. What would be board success to you? We've had a well resourced domestic T20 league in Australia for many years - would board success be to have .. another one? Or to cave in to player greed, have more fireworks, and glossiier helmets?
I feel we're in a bubble, and contraction could occur - actually is already occurring, with broadcast deals widely predicted to fall in value. The sport currently services broadcasters and gambling conglomerates. What will be left after a contraction - once it barely resembles 'proper cricket'?
You've decided (so have TGC, and they won't get those honest interviews anymore) that you can't ignore the eyeballs in India and are now covering IPL. Fine. Don't use your financial choice to castigate people for not liking it. You might as well argue about what beer someone enjoys.
I just watched and listened to a fabulous Sheffield Shield final.
I'd rather watch my local club threes than this over-hyped, squalid thrash-fest. And, you know, maybe that's what we should all be doing. Vote with our feet. And our eyeballs.
Great — now Virat Kohli can start chasing *6th stump* balls.
The sixth stump is a pretty fun idea, mainly to rile up people who are overly traditionalist. But why not first consider more conservative changes, like fewer field restrictions?
Yes that too.
Hiya Simon. I agree with the complaint that T20 can be rather dull, even if it’s a sea of sixes being hit. The observation extend to all top tier T20 games and not just the IPL.
The impact Player rule is daft and should be revoked for the reasons you outline.
To make it more compelling, the balance between bat and ball could be restored by changing the conditions of play so that a batter is given out when they hit a six. The maximum they can score with a single shot is four. So if they cart it over the rope, they score four and have to walk.
I think also it might be beneficial to limit the weight and depth (thickness) of bats. Their width and material are restricted at the moment and so players’ bats are inspected before the game. What those limits should be is TBC, but making them a bit thinner would reduce the number of mishits going to the boundary and discourage crap technique. All formats of the game could benefit from that.
Failing that, how about a single exploding ball per innings? The unfortunate batter gets covered in dye powder and given out.
Crazy idea!! But thanks for the suggestion
Old woman raging against the dying of the light here.
Methink you do protest a little too much. Already laws and playing conditions are different in IPL, and you propose further changes. This betrays that, despite you taking up the cudgel for IPL, clearly you find it needs fixing!
Surely it would be very difficult to adapt to an extra stump as a batter or bowler. Which format would suffer more from that adaptation- the (fewer) Tests played (by fewer nations), or the plethora of instantly forgettable incessant T20 leagues multiplying across the calendar?
Changes like an extra stump are 'thin edge of the wedge' factors that bleed into the supporting architecture. It is a change that is mooted solely because there are faults in the format.
Nobody who watches IPL dreams of becoming a bowler. What is there to inspire a young McGrath or Anderson? Why would you do it to yourself?
I agree the YouTube comments sound racist, and this diminishes their other points, but they're not wrong about everything. And not everybody who dislikes T20 feels that way due to racism!
Why castigate people if they just don't like T20? Those same people probably also don't like the Hundred. As much as I respect you, it seems you've decided you can no longer ignore the IPL gravy train and have jumped aboard. Fine. But know that plenty of people don't enjoy that type of cricket, and they're not all racists.
Surely there must be many spectators for whom bowling a ball so wide to be unreachable is not the peak of achievement in the game we love. The game we love for how much longer?
Players don't care about T20, apart from World Cups. They don't. Many have admitted this in discussions with crews like The Grade Cricketer in the past - when TGC weren't expecting to make a living out of what they did, players were honest with them because they thought only people like me were listening.
The boards may be at fault indeed, but not in the way you intimate - rather, they have supinely failed to navigate to support what is, in Australia at least, a successful multiday format. Their hands are forced by player greed and the need to pay everyone who is on the gravy train. What would be board success to you? We've had a well resourced domestic T20 league in Australia for many years - would board success be to have .. another one? Or to cave in to player greed, have more fireworks, and glossiier helmets?
I feel we're in a bubble, and contraction could occur - actually is already occurring, with broadcast deals widely predicted to fall in value. The sport currently services broadcasters and gambling conglomerates. What will be left after a contraction - once it barely resembles 'proper cricket'?
You've decided (so have TGC, and they won't get those honest interviews anymore) that you can't ignore the eyeballs in India and are now covering IPL. Fine. Don't use your financial choice to castigate people for not liking it. You might as well argue about what beer someone enjoys.
I just watched and listened to a fabulous Sheffield Shield final.
I'd rather watch my local club threes than this over-hyped, squalid thrash-fest. And, you know, maybe that's what we should all be doing. Vote with our feet. And our eyeballs.