Twenty20 opens Sydney's eyes
Sydney experienced its first taste of international Twenty20 and Iain Payten writes in the Daily Telegraph it went down like a “watermelon Bacardi breezer”
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
Sydney experienced its first taste of international Twenty20 and Iain Payten writes in the Daily Telegraph it went down like a “watermelon Bacardi breezer”. "While there were men in sequins in the crowd, the action was anything but a drag."
Trevor Marshallsea takes a look at the scene for the Sydney Morning Herald.
Any old-timers in the Members Stand who had returned after the fifth Test may have mused that it was Australia versus England, but not as we know it ... Gone were the white shirts of the 130-year-old form of the game. In came the brightly coloured uniforms of the three-hour version, with the players' nicknames on the back. Also gone were the subtleties, guile and tactics of the longer game. In came biff, bash, thump and wallop.
In the same paper Peter Roebuck says Twenty20 should not be taken seriously, but it is great fun.
Back at the Daily Telegraph Payten writes about the one-day dream team that will be picked in February.
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo