Twenty20 Cricket #2

I made some comments about the tactics of Twenty20 cricket in January of 2007. Some of my comments have been verified by Cricket Australia, such as:

• Michael Clarke as captain
• Fringe players being given a chance
• The need for free hitters not settlers

Although the tactics seemed to have changed. The slow spinners for New Zealand last night worked well but for Australia it was the blistering pace and accuracy of Brett Lee and Shaun Tait that ripped the NZ batsmen apart. Follow that with the not so fast but highly accurate Nathan Bracken, Ashley Noffke and Mitchell Johnson. They never had a chance to hit them. The only bowler that copped some stick was Andrew Symonds when he came on to throw down his gentle off spinners. Jacob Oram sent him to and over the fence on numerous occassions.

Still a very entertaining and enjoyable form of cricket. I think I still like the 50 over format though.