Threepeaksphil
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Just watching hi lights of day two of the test match an amazing battle between two great teams.
I watched both days in full. Nothing like a yawn fest.Highlights maybe but try watching a full days test. Yawn fest.
T20 far more exciting.
CluelessHighlights maybe but try watching a full days test. Yawn fest.
T20 far more exciting.
It can be . . But not this test. Totally gripping stuff.Highlights maybe but try watching a full days test. Yawn fest.
T20 far more exciting.
Yep mine tooEasily my favourite form of the game .
I go to OT fairly regularly these days and my favourite county comp is the One Day Cup. Which has been marginalised to bits. 50 overs allows for a better quality of cricket imo than T20 and a result on the day. But 50 over cricket seems to be on the way out.Each to their own of course, but to me, the idea of preferring 20/20 to a test match feels like choosing to watch penalty shoot outs without the context of the actual football.
They are dramatic, and they're great in their own way - I just can't imagine only watching penalty shoot outs all the time sustaining the attention of the world.
I don't hate T20. It's good fun - but I don't like the way it's predominant because in my very honest view, it's a shadow of the game test cricket is.
50 overs is extra time in my analogy I guess.I go to OT fairly regularly these days and my favourite county comp is the One Day Cup. Which has been marginalised to bits. 50 overs allows for a better quality of cricket imo than T20 and a result on the day. But 50 over cricket seems to be on the way out.
Echoes the opinion of manyHighlights maybe but try watching a full days test. Yawn fest.
T20 far more exciting.
what a wicket that was of Kawaja - ridiculous field got in his head50 overs is extra time in my analogy I guess.
My stream has just caught up!!!Echoes the opinion of many
what a wicket that was of Kawaja - ridiculous field got in his head
Without the cramp and time wasting.50 overs is extra time in my analogy I guess.
Spot on.Highlights maybe but try watching a full days test. Yawn fest.
T20 far more exciting.
I'd say it was exciting because of the positive attitude of Stokes and McCullum. Also because the two teams are very well matched.Spot on.
Could and should have played 10 T20 matches.
This test match is only exciting because of the T20 players in it.
Pleased the Beeb have got the highlights programme - no ads and you seem to see a lot more of what actually happened rather than Channel 4's over-analysis!Highlights maybe but try watching a full days test. Yawn fest.
T20 far more exciting.
I watch the full live coverage on Sky Sports.Pleased the Beeb have got the highlights programme - no ads and you seem to see a lot more of what actually happened rather than Channel 4's over-analysis!
I live in Manchester near OT and have no affinity with Manchester Originals.Test cricket is by far my favourite too. I like one day cricket and T20 as well, but I have to say, I'm watching in dismay as franchise cricket around the world seems to be taking hold like japanese knotweed, strangling everything in its path.
Franchise anything leaves me cold. I just can't get excited about a money based Indian franchise side, any more than I can Manchester Originals in the soulless "The Hundred". I have no affinity with Manchester whatsoever, any more than I do any other city. Franchise up Blackpool Blasters and I'll see if I can muster any interest!
Old man mode off