Blogs TIME TO CHANGE THE WHOLE PATTERN OF THE GAME!!!!!
July 31st, 2009 by ashokphatakThere was Test Cricket only in the past and was very popular. Stadiums used to be full and there used to be mad rush for tickets. People used to buy tickets with on money. Then came ODI, people comented adversely for this type cricket but it got popular with time because of the excitement involved and certain result. The game lost its technicality with ODI and scoring runs was the only aim, no matter how you score. The test cricket lost its charm. Then came the world cup of ODI and other tournaments of limited overs. The charm of 5 day cricket gone completely and stadiums started to be deserted. There was more money in ODI and Test cricket was thought waste of time by crickerers as well as spectators. It was natural phenamenon. Then came T20 Cricket and got popularity very soon and soon came T20 World Cup. Now everybody is worried about ODI and Test. In short there is confusion all over. Every player wants to play for money, it is natural, when whole world is after Money and ready to do anything for it.
What is the remedy to this problem????? The remedy should satisfy all sections of people, players and sposors.
My suggestion: The match/Contest should have a combination of all these forms of the game in one match. Like one game of 100 overs each, one game of 50 overs each and one game of 20 overs each. these to replace Test, ODI and T20. these games should be played one after other with proper breaks. the rules for 100 overs match should be designed and rules for 50 and 20 overs should be same as today. there are going to be in all 340 overs in a match which is less than 450 overs meant for 5 days test cricket. means this match can get completed definitely in 5 days. this will test the team and players in all forms of the game and the winner will be a genuine winner or allrounder winner.
The main question is how winner is to be decided???
Option1: on points: 5, 4,2 points respectively for 100,50,20 overs match winner. winner will be decided on max points scored.
Option2: on runs scored: match will be decided on total number of runs scored in all three matches together, the maximum the winner, the minimum the looser.
We can decide the Man of Match, man of each game etc as well as winner of each game and finally the winner of the match.
I hope everybody in cricket will like this idea and expect lots of comments. who knows ICC, one day will design the same thing.
One thing is certain, this is the time for change and change is the only stable thing in the universe.
BYE, enjoy cricket!
August 1st, 2009 at 5:01 am
I will call this the Triathlon Of Cricket!! What a concept!! I love it!! Cricket rocks….
August 2nd, 2009 at 6:14 am
What if the players want to play the three matches in a staggered manner? They can argue that it is after all three different matches that they are playing. What if the spectators turn up only for the 20 over format? How can you decide the ‘true winner’ - for example , if a team wins in the 20 and 5o over format and loses the longer version, who is the ‘true winner’. What about the rules? Will you allow more bouncers in the longer version and none in the other two?
Instead of all this , the simplest solution lies in making test cricket elitist. Play it only in a few select places. In India it could be in Bangalore, Chennai , Mumbai, Hyderabad and Kolkatta. Make it an event that everyone looks forward to. Money is not the only motivation for sportspersons. One good similar example can be found in tennis. Wimbledon is the only grass court tournament. The prize money in Wimbledon is less than that of other grand slams. Yet any player would give his right arm to win the Wimbledon trophy. Now , that is elitist. Make test cricket an event that is looked forward to.
August 3rd, 2009 at 7:51 am
There is going to be a rule that all games to be played one after another, no choice to players. there can be diiferent teams for differnt form of games. the winner team(or teams)or contestant will be one who scores max runs in all three game s together. The rules will be different for all three games. for example Team India AND TEAM lanka are playing. team India can have three different teams for 3 games and lanka will have or can have three diiferent teams. or they can have team of 20 players, out of which they can 11 players for each game. Suppose TI(team India) wins the toss for 100 over game and elects to bat and score 400 runs. TL(team Lanka) gets out scoring 350 runs. after decided break there is going to be seperate toss for 50 overs match.TI is already leading by 50 runs. suppose TL wins the toss and bat first score and score 280 runs and TI playing second score 240 runs. Then at the end of the 2nd game TI will be leading by 10 runs. after stipulated break 20 overs game starts with seperate toss. TL wins the toss and scores 170 runs, then TI will have a target of 161 runs to win. The tickets will be for all the 3 games. There is going to be excitement throughout the Match and will be popular. In 100 overs game it will test of patience and skill more than shear hitting and teams have to apply different strategy and have to last for 100 overs and still score maximum crucial runs to win the match. in 50 overs game strategy will be different and it will drifted towards more agressive batting. in 20 overs game it will be total hard hitting batting. The total match will have all the excitement all forms of game and i am sure people may like it.
August 4th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
I like the idea but not sure if carrying forward runs as is (including lead etc.) is a good idea because from Test to T20 it will get harder for the trailing team to recover/catch-up….Might need to Pro-rate the run difference so it becomes more competetive and fair game…
August 5th, 2009 at 8:43 am
it is right what prashant says. Let us modify the rules.
runs scored in 100 overs will be reduced proportionately for 50 overs. ie if team A scores 400 and team B scores 350 then carry forward scores are 200 and 175 or their carry forward difference of score is For A +25. means team A is +25 before the start of 50 over game. now in 50 overs team A scores 240 batting second and Team B score 255 runs. then their total score at the end of 50 over match is; A =240+25=265 and B=255. this diff of 10 can reduced to proportionately for 20 overs match to (divide by 2 or divide by 10/4, let us take factor 2 for convinience). so at the end of 50 over game or start of 20 over game Team A is +5 and Team B +0. now every thing is simple as any 20 over game. It can be furthered redesigned depending upon the weightage we give to each type of game.
If 10 people sit together and design the pattern considering all aspects of game then it can turn out to be a good Trithlon Match of cricket as Prashant called it
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:52 am
@googlyprabhakar: It is an interesting idea to make test cricket elitist. But that would mean killing the game in the remote areas. If only the metros have that sport, then ppl in the remote areas will lose interest in it because not all the ppl in the remote areas will be able to afford traveling to a metro just for watching a match.
Also, if we reduce the number of Test matches, then also there is a problem of the game eventually dying. I have written about this concern in one of my blogs recently titled “Is This The Beginning Of The End?”.
September 2nd, 2009 at 8:53 am
I think the only way Test Cricket can be saved is to have more Test Matches. But how to fit those matches in the already busy schedule? And here is what I suggest… which may be laughed at.. but might be the right way to go ………..
ELIMINATE THE ODI FORMAT!
Yes… I think this is the only way to save Test Cricket and also get more people to have interest in cricket. Eliminate the ODI format and increase the number of Tests and T20s. Embrace T20 completely and promote both the formats equally. T20 can be used to attract people to cricket (especially in countries where sports matches end in 3 hours or so). Once people are hooked on to T20, then can get attracted to Test Cricket because of the skills involved in the longer format.