Just wondered if I am the only cricket fan here!!!!

The game is going through one of those phases at the moment that is making it suddenly a popular product with lots of debate - so heres a thread to debate it on.

What about those Peiterson shots? Holding believes they should be outlawed, but I disagree. I played against Holding many years ago and he loved taking the mickey out of batsmen of our standard (way below his). Why shouldn't a batsman take the mickey out of a bowler?

What about Twenty20? Is it the saviour of the game, or the death knell of cricket as we know it? I know which I think it is.

What about the Texan billionaire and his winner takes all format? Can that really be applied succesfully to a uniquely team game that is the sum of individual performances, or is it a recipe for disuniting teams and animosity in the dresing room?

Lots to talk about, but I think I may be in a minority in being fascinated by our strangely British sport.

Let us know what you think. Are you new to cricket, enticed by the 3 hour slog fest of Twenty20, or a seasoned league player watching the changes with more than a little worry (like me).

Harry,
The question is, has all the money really done anything good for football?
It has for the players, but its questionable whether the sport has really benefitted.

thats way cricket is starting with indian league with 6 figure salary for 1 game.

my local cricket team has a fair gathering on a decent sunny day and most people r friendly there and have a wee chat and ask how they r doing in life.......thats another thing thats wrong as most people dont communicate as much as say even 20 years ago....i notice esp fems walkin g down streets hitting buttons on mobiles etc staggering as they do so. yes, i know blokes do it but fems seem to do it continually even if they have a guy next to them.

right thats it, society/footy/cricket rant over, ahhhh

oh.....and teams in internationa sport should be that nationality!
i watched poland the other night and they had a black guy that scored for them....yes a blaCK GUY!!!
anything goes as long as u win these days.....just ask the italians at football, lol

Comments on THAT run out???

Pieterson gets in the way of Elliot. Elliot is run out. Collingwood is asked if he would like to withdraw his teams appeal. Elliot given out.
For me the umpire had no choice but to give him out, but Collingwood should have withdrawn. He admitted as much afterwards.
The team have a responsibility to the game in general, and this sort of thing has a nasty habit of getting bigger in the lower levels of the leagues.
Cricket is a gentlemans game.
One of the things I love to see is when a batsman walks, even though the umpire is not sure or not giving him out.
We see it all the time at our level, because it is accepted practice at the highest levels.
Funnily enough, we saw a similar event in our match about 6 weeks ago, when an opposition batsman had made his ground, but as the throw whistled in, he saw it late and dived aside to avoid the ball. He had left his ground and our bowler whipped the bails off.
Technically out, and the umpire gave it when the bowler appealed, but voiced his discontent to both bowler and captain. Our captain did not withdraw (claiming later he did not know he could) but he has been formally disciplined by our committee for acting outside of rule 1 (the famous spirit of the game law).
The committee and captain have sent an open letter of apology to both the opposite team and the umpire concerned, which has been graciously accepted.
In much the same way, Collingwood has accepted responsibility and taken the honourable course with the Black Caps, who were just as gracious.
This is right and proper, and why cricket will always be a cut above football, where nobody admits to anything and winning is more important than honour.