Changing gears – which means having more than one or two gears to change through – is an art unique to cricket batting and it plays no role in T20.
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It’s not just a question of the amount of time but how to use it effectively. Fifty overs allows the batsman to build an innings indeed, it demands it.
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At least that’s what it looks like sprawled in front of a TV screen in faraway London.įirst, it’s clear, surely, that the 50 over format has plenty of life left in it and remains a much richer, more satisfying spectacle than T20. While it’s too early to say, at the half way point the tournament seem to be answering these questions in the affirmative. Questions about its pre-eminence in the global game had been raised not only by the best forgotten 2007 instalment but even more by the rise of T20 and the IPL.
Every team has match-winners and they can turn the game in 10 or 15 overs.At the outset of this World Cup, both the format and the event were on trial. 'The nature of wickets we'll see in Australia and New Zealand are pure wickets and that brings in the match-winners.
'I think it's a wide open World Cup,' he said. New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum, who lives in Christchurch said 'having the first game of the World Cup here in Christchurch after all it's been through is fantastic.' Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews said his team's opening match against New Zealand on Saturday is 'going to be a tough contest, it's going to be an even contest and whoever plays the best cricket will win.' Zimbabwe captain Hamilton Masakadza, whose team plays South Africa in its opening match on Sunday, said while the odds were against his team 'the good thing about this tournament is the team that plays the best cricket on the day will win the match.' de Villiers told fans that while the Proteas had never won the World Cup 'we're as well prepared as we can be and we look forward to taking the trophy home.' The captains of the teams currently in New Zealand were presented to the crowd.Īs the ceremony in Christchurch drew to a close, the second event, held in Melbourne, began.
Each of the four areas was overlooked by a stage on which cultural performers from Sri Lanka and India, West Indian steel bands, Scottish and Irish dancers and indigenous Maori haka groups - in total more than 1,000 participants, performed for enthralled crowds.Īnd fireworks were also on show in Australia, as seen here during the display above the Myer Music Bowl Thursday's ceremony, which set the stage for the 20th Cricket World Cup, celebrating the love of cricket and the cultures of the competing nations, equally celebrated Christchurch's resilience as it literally lifted itself from ruins to host the opening and opening match of cricket's four-yearly festival.Īs many as 80 children were joined by famous players in games of backyard cricket played on four giant ovals, divided into 14 individual grounds representing the 14 nations taking part in the world tournament. Hagley Oval, which will host Saturday's opening match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka, has hosted first class cricket matches since 1867 but was extensively redeveloped since to become the city's international cricket venue after the earthquake wrecked Lancaster Park. New Zealand cricket captain Brendon McCullum on stage during the ceremony at Hagley Park
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