Sep 18, 2012

T20 should be seen as a separate sport

Cricinfo: On his blog, A Cricketing View , Kartikeya Date argues that 20 overs is too short a duration to maintain the fine balance between bat and ball, which has helped Test cricket endure for so long

Jul 1, 2012

Watching a contest vs enjoying a party

Cricinfo: It is with great pain that Robert Shrimsley, writing for Financial Times , calls a Twenty20 match a game of cricket, as his boy loves it, untouched by the absorbing potential of the 'real game'

Jun 15, 2012

The end game has begun for international cricket

Cricinfo: Former Pakistan batsman Ramiz Raja, writing in the Dawn , says that a majority of players around the world are treating international matches as a springboard to be picked for a T20 league.

Jun 14, 2012

Twenty20 .... now that’s what I call entertainment!

Cricinfo: Former England allrounder David Lloyd, writing in the Manchester Evening News , says that while the Twenty20 format has great entertainment value, it isn’t really cricket.

May 18, 2012

Gayle: Twenty20's WG Grace

Cricinfo: If not Twenty20's Bradman, then Chris Gayle is its WG Grace, its Ranjitsinhji, says the Old Batsman, in his blog : in the format's infant years, Gayle is a conceptual force, its vision of the future.

Nov 30, 2011

Old Australian dogs, assorted mongrels and lesser-spotted biffers

Page 2: Hello and welcome to the animal farm that is our glorious game

May 18, 2011

The last four overs

Page 2: This is it for Shane Warne then

Apr 10, 2011

Twenty20 needs a different spin

Cricinfo: The recent emergence of the Twenty20 game has confronted traditional cricket with the equivalent of a reverse swinging yorker, writes Greg Dyer in the Sunday Herald

Aug 18, 2010

Exclusive: Australia's seven-point winning plan leaked

Page 2: And you thought Long Handle was just a fan's diary

Aug 4, 2010

A spy, a travesty, a blanket for Shastri

Page 2: More musings and observations from the last few days gone by

Jul 14, 2010

An in-depth look at Twenty20 results

The Cordon: A detailed study of Twenty20 results indicates the matches haven't been as close as you'd expect

Jul 7, 2010

Twenty20 a passing fad

Cricinfo: After seeing fairly small crowds at many domestic Twenty20 games in England this season, Martin Samuel writes in the Daily Mail that the format is a passing fad

Jun 19, 2010

The ten Doeschate issue, and cider-like skies

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Jun 12, 2010

Twenty20 as you don't know it

Page 2: With the Test in West Indies getting interrupted by rain, Andrew Hughes switches to domestic Twenty20 action in England, a world with its own set of rules, no floodlights and faraway music

May 11, 2010

Will we see more innovation in Twenty20?

The Stands: The moment Dilshan executed his shot, the bowler's final sanctuary was lost, and what was the batsman's no man's land was conquered

Apr 10, 2010

Greatness in a lightweight format?

Cricinfo: Peter Roebuck asks in the Hindu whether Twenty20 players can achieve greatness, though the stage is smaller

Apr 9, 2010

IPL? I'll take the Aberdeen Evening Cricket League instead

Cricinfo: Gale force winds, uncovered pitches, pensioner batsmen, and the sight of public toilets as sightscreens cannot be replicated in the International Pomposity League

Mar 2, 2010

'Twenty20 will become the dominant format'

Cricinfo: Donald McRae, of the Guardian , caught up with Lalit Modi, the IPL Commissioner, in Mumbai

Feb 10, 2010

What the Royals 2020 could mean for cricket

Cricinfo: The Royals' plan to establish a global franchise shows that cricket's permanent revolution is not yet at an end, writes Andy Bull in the Guardian .

Jan 22, 2010

Guilty pleasure of the cave-dwelling heretic

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