whufc wrote:Gozu wrote:whufc wrote:I definitely will watch the test match first and flick occasionally onto the t20
I don't mind t20 so much as it doesn't impact on test match cricket, which at the moment I think there is still a good balance in scheduling and players have chosen to play test cricket when it's clashed with t20.
Something has to pay the bills in world cricket and if it get kids onto cricket who may then have an interest in test cricket it's not the worse thing
The true test will be in the next 5-10 years whether we get a generation of kids who start choosing state t20 over international test cricket
I would never judge a cricketer on his t20 form just like I wouldn't judge them on their indoor cricket ability
For me Test cricket will always be the truest, greatest and most entertaining form of cricket
Fair enough and don't get me wrong Test cricket shits all over T20 cricket but I just thought because it's the Strikers which is now essentially the Redbacks T20 team, I could understand a neutral BBL match.
I have West Indian heritage so I always watch as much of them as possible
Unfortunately I just can't get into the whole made up franchise thing especially when players play first class for one side and then play for the strikers in the same season.
I don't share the feeling that the strikers are an extension of the Redbacks
No probs that's understandable but I do think the Strikers are basically the Redbacks, they're 'our' team from SA and probably made up of 80% Redbacks players and the same coach (unfortunately).