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Loading ...A bit one-sided in the end. Dave Mohamed took 4-20. I really can’t understand why he isn’t in the West Indian team- or at least one proper spinner.
Stanford 20/20 final, Antigua
By Will 5 months ago Leave a comment on this post
I’m not around much for the next week but, quite by chance, I have a whole evening to myself to watch the final of the Stanford 20/20 between Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago. T&T have won the toss and elected to field - rather boldly, they’ve decided they can chase down whatever Jamaica set them. Under lights. In a final.
Look out for William Perkins. He is a bit special, by all accounts.
Tune your tellyboxes to Sky 401, read the comms on Cricinfo and generally have a spiffing time of it. Incidentally, Chris Gayle is developing a magnificent afro. What with the mullets some of the England squad are sporting, big hair is back.
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5 Responses to “Stanford 20/20 final, Antigua”
February 25th, 2008 at 1.38 am
February 25th, 2008 at 8.28 pm
Marcus, wrist spinners do well in 20/20 because batsmen have to take risks which they wouldn’t in longer forms of the game.
This will be reflected in the bidding next time for the Indian money-printing machine.
Talking of which, I wonder how long those in charge of it will tolerate the “five bowlers” requirement. (Unless they think crowds only want to see sixes, not wickets falling as well.) I can’t think of any other sport which actually prohibits players from doing what they’re in the team to do. Can you imagine rugby introducing a law that stopped a player taking successive kicks at goal for his team, for example?
It was introduced - way back in the 1960s when one-day cricket at county level was introduced - supposedly to protect that endangered species, the all-rounder. Of course what happened was that when overseas players were introduced into the English county game, they simply bought in the all-rounder - Sobers, Proctor, Imran Khan etc etc.
I’d like to see the overs limits scrapped in all one-day English domestic cricket for a couple of seasons, see what difference it makes. Why should the spectator be compelled to watch any bowler other than the one the fielding captain thinks is the player for the job at that particular point in the game?
February 26th, 2008 at 4.39 am
I’m aware that wrist-spinners will come under fire in the T20 form of the game, but I still think that picking up wickets while only going at 5 an over is an impressive feat. In any case, I certainly believe that one of the basic selectorial pronciples is that you always play a spinner.
Regarding the over-limit; in ODIs, I think letting players bowl 12 overs, or 15 overs, or possibly more, increases the risk of injury and player burnout. It isn’t such a problem in T20s, but I think it makes it more interesting when the captain has to juggle his bowlers. So I’m all in favour of keeping it.
February 26th, 2008 at 11.15 am
The best games were the semi finals, and after Jamaica beat Guyana as usual with West Indians they partyied all night long.
There should have been a break between semi`s and final
February 28th, 2008 at 10.01 pm
The lackluster performance of the Jamaican cricket team during the 2008 Stanford 20/20 finals (following their narrow one-run victory over defending champions Guyana, in the second semi-final game) leads me to conclude that they were exhausted, among other things. That said, I have a suggestion that the future semi-final games should be held on Thursday and Friday, respectively. The losers of the two semi-finals can play a third-prize consolation game on Saturday, thus giving the team that won the second semi-final game on Friday some time to savor their victory and regroup for the final game on Sunday.
I am a Guyanese residing in the United States who attended the games, in person, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. While I am still disappointed with the hard Guyana loss, I look forward to 2009 and many more Stanford 20/20 cricket to come. With the current momentum and gaining popularity of the sport, I envision the US hosting one of these tournaments in the not too distant future.
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