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Old Jun 22, 2016, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by atisketatasket View Post
I hope the line is shorter than the typical length of a cricket match! (Says the baseball fan. )
Are you thinking of Test cricket?

Because those rarely ever take place now (or at least, draw no crowds).

First there came the one-day 50-overs stuff (to draw advertisers and replace test cricket) and now, to my utter horror, the most popular form is the gawdawful Twenty20.

I really feel like a grumpy old curmudgeon shaking my fist at all these changes (after having grown up watching test matches over the better part of a week in a rather leisurely fashion -- dudes couldn't run and could hardly be bothered to make much of an effort; style mattered so much more). Okay, will stop venting and pining for the good old days just about now!
Thanks for this!
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