An Invincible ponders Twenty20
In the hours leading up to the All-Stars Twenty20 match, the Sydney Morning Herald ’s Alex Brown caught up with Arthur Morris to see what he made of the Twenty20 phenomenon.
Brydon Coverdale
25-Feb-2013
In the hours leading up to the All-Stars Twenty20 match, the Sydney Morning Herald’s Alex Brown caught up with Arthur Morris to see what he made of the Twenty20 phenomenon.
To truly appreciate cricket's changing visage, you could do worse than share a drink with an Invincible in the hours leading up to a much-hyped Twenty20 encounter between Australia and a Cricket Australia All-Star XI. Clutching a schooner in the grand old Members Bar of the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday, surrounded by sepia-toned photographs depicting a more dignified age, the 86-year-old Morris recounts with astonishment and humour the cricketing revolution he has witnessed.
"I don't mind it, so long as people treat it as a fun exercise," he said of Twenty20. "It's completely different to first-class or Test cricket. Test cricket is for people who know something about cricket. Twenty20 is for people who don't know much about it. There will always be people who are fascinated by Test cricket and all its intrigue. It's not just slather and whack." Was he planning to watch the match? "I might," he said. "But not if I am going to miss The Bold and the Beautiful."
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Brydon Coverdale is an assistant editor at ESPNcricinfo. He tweets here