Re: A T20 Franchise League in England
Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2017 3:57 pm
maybe T20 could be played as a diamond, like baseball, then every footy ground in the country could host it
the ramp shot would have to go, of course, along with the reverse sweep, the spoon and the egg timer (somebody will invent the egg timer later), unless they put giant hoops in the stands behind the corner and award the batsmen runs for flicking/edging/spooning/ramping/tickling/reversing through the hoops (delete as appropriate)
making them play in funny costumes with giant polystyrene heads would give things a nice 'Jeux Sans Frontiere but without the paedo' feel about it, without at any stage trivialising or diminishing either the game of cricket, or the skill sets involved
the ramp shot would have to go, of course, along with the reverse sweep, the spoon and the egg timer (somebody will invent the egg timer later), unless they put giant hoops in the stands behind the corner and award the batsmen runs for flicking/edging/spooning/ramping/tickling/reversing through the hoops (delete as appropriate)
making them play in funny costumes with giant polystyrene heads would give things a nice 'Jeux Sans Frontiere but without the paedo' feel about it, without at any stage trivialising or diminishing either the game of cricket, or the skill sets involved