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January 8, 2016 · 12:45 pm

Is T20 Cricket suffocating the Test arena?

Will Swanton, in The Australian, & January 2016, with the title “Will T20 kill Test Cricket?” …http://www.theaustralian.com.au/summerliving/will-the-t20-big-bash-league-kill-test-cricket/news-story/be5eea4091a313a21cc8ff2232dfaedc

The first international Twenty20 match was a joke. Australia faced New Zealand at Auckland’s Eden Park. Kiwi players wore wigs and fake moustaches. Glenn McGrath replicated Trevor Chappell’s underarm delivery. Umpire Billy Bowden issued a mock red card. Players organised an in-house competition for the best retro 1980s outfit. It was the unveiling of the cartoonish format of a trad­itional and earnest sport.

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January 1, 2016 · 10:18 am

Travis Head rains sixers on the Sydney Sixers

Travis Head reigns

during the Big Bash League match between the Adelaide Strikers and the Sydney Sixers at Adelaide Oval on December 31, 2015 in Adelaide, Australia.

Travis had smashes sixers–Getty

An extraordinary innings by young Travis Head retrieved what seemed like a hopeless situation for the Adelaide Strikers in their BBL match against the Sydney Sixers – an event I was privileged to see. At the end of the 17th over the Strikers were 126 for 5 and needed 51 runs from 18 balls –a strike rate of 17.00!

Well, well. They reached the target in 15 balls! See the details below. It was fundamentally a Head show – since Adil Rashid scored 2 runs from the one ball he faced. …. Michael Roberts Continue reading →

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