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Joe Root's famous mic dropping his bat in 2018. Source: Getty Images
In the 21st century thus far, we have seen the likes of T20 cricket successfully developing globally. With T20 leagues mushrooming all over the World, the modern cricketer has a loving relationship with this form of the game. In the summer of 2020, Cricket’s latest form of the game is set to be launched. It’s called The Hundred and is set to debut in the motherland of Cricket, good ole England. Continue reading “Cricket’s Newest Format: The Hundred”
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Chris Jordan celebrates a West Indian wicket. Source: Getty Images.
England were in the Caribbean for two months with our white sandy beaches and clear blue waters to enjoy in-between. Finally this tour has ended for the tourists on a high. After a disappointing Test series lost to the Windies 2-1 and then sharing the honors 2-2 in the ODI series, England whitewashed the home side 3-0 in the T20 International series. Having demolished the West Indies in the final leg of the tour with the T20 series victory, it just goes to show that this form of cricket cannot be taken for granted. Continue reading “Specialists required in T20 Cricket”
Let’s go back to October 2014. West Indies ODI team were touring India and midway through that series, they decided to abandon it. Dwayne Bravo, the then captain, consulted with his team and all this was due to the WICB wanting to reduce the players’ salaries. DJ Bravo as he is called, never played an ODI for the West Indies again as he was sacked of the captaincy. In comes Jason Holder, the new West Indian ODI captain. Holder was given the captaincy based on the advice of the great Clive Lloyd, who was at that time the chief selector of the WICB. Holder’s introduction into the job however, was a tough one. Continue reading “From Zero to Hero – Jason Holder’s Captaincy”
Test Cricket…….the “ole” gentleman’s game. Five days consisting of three sessions per day where batsmen toil playing each ball on its merit. However in these modern times where we live in a fast-paced World, it’s all about making money and another form of cricket has been formed. T10, where bowlers are asked to bowl not more than 2 overs in a complete spell and batsmen take advantage of these 10 overs per side by belting the ball to all parts of the ground. One has to wonder with the newest form of the game formulated, would test cricket even have a chance of surviving in the future? Continue reading “TEST CRICKET VS T10”
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