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Post by coverpoint on Sept 6, 2021 17:05:33 GMT
Micky Mouse cricket competitions like the Hundred produce Micky Mouse standard cricketers. Michael Vaughan @michaelvaughan · 14h 5 County teams bowled out for under 150 today !!!! It’s fine saying we need more 4 day cricket but we have to play on better pitches to prepare Test match standard players .. It’s not good for Bowlers or Batters .. Pitches need to be better . Is the T20 a Mickey Mouse competition? No because it is a format played across the world unlike the hundred.
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Post by flashblade on Sept 6, 2021 18:01:42 GMT
Is the T20 a Mickey Mouse competition? No because it is a format played across the world unlike the hundred. But you are blaming "MM comps" for the decline in red ball standards, aren't you? I don't believe red ball standards have suddenly fallen since The Hundred was played. They've probably declined over the years as a result of top players' year round involvement in T20 cricket. That's why I thought you were calling T20 a MM comp.
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Post by coverpoint on Sept 6, 2021 21:38:50 GMT
No because it is a format played across the world unlike the hundred. But you are blaming "MM comps" for the decline in red ball standards, aren't you? I don't believe red ball standards have suddenly fallen since The Hundred was played. They've probably declined over the years as a result of top players' year round involvement in T20 cricket. That's why I thought you were calling T20 a MM comp. I cannot remember ever seeing over 100 wickets falling in a single day across seven CC matches which only further highlights the decline in the quality of batsmen in county cricket.
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Post by flashblade on Sept 7, 2021 7:45:17 GMT
But you are blaming "MM comps" for the decline in red ball standards, aren't you? I don't believe red ball standards have suddenly fallen since The Hundred was played. They've probably declined over the years as a result of top players' year round involvement in T20 cricket. That's why I thought you were calling T20 a MM comp. I cannot remember ever seeing over 100 wickets falling in a single day across seven CC matches which only further highlights the decline in the quality of batsmen in county cricket. I agree, but you can't blame The Hundred. If any comp is to blame, it's T20, and there's no way that's going to decline. Cricket is evolving, and we're living through that evolution. Whether one likes it or not is up to the individual. In terms of audiences, T20 is far more popular than red ball cricket, so that's the 'direction of travel' - to use the latest cliche.
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