World Cup at its best. Every single ball counts, matches becoming more and more in
teresting and underdogs are firing bullet shots all over the ground. The notion of good teams, bad teams has been blurred, traditional cricket is stabbed by special pitches, mediocre bowling. Seems like I am watching baseball version of cricket. bowlers have nothing to do than to toss a coin. If the bat misses the ball he is hero else the ball goes to stands. Perhaps, it would not be unjustified to perceive that world cup 2011 officially declares a new era of world cricket, highly modified and influenced by 20-20 format of cricket.
teresting and underdogs are firing bullet shots all over the ground. The notion of good teams, bad teams has been blurred, traditional cricket is stabbed by special pitches, mediocre bowling. Seems like I am watching baseball version of cricket. bowlers have nothing to do than to toss a coin. If the bat misses the ball he is hero else the ball goes to stands. Perhaps, it would not be unjustified to perceive that world cup 2011 officially declares a new era of world cricket, highly modified and influenced by 20-20 format of cricket. If you are not convinced yet think from the point of view of that poor captain who has to decide who is to bowl next when 6 balls are left and 6 more runs to score. Obviously, 
it would have been a close match in say ICC world cup 1996 but today its simple equation. It is not hard to speculate today that the guy standing in the crease will swing the heavy wooden bat, if by chance it hits the ball once in multiple swings, match is over, so all the cricketing skills of the bowling have become obsolete as there is hardly anything you can expect from the pitch. After today's match where 296 is termed as not at all a good score, I am suddenly awake. what has happened to the game of cricket. Bowlers have hardly any respect, only yorkers still have some faith on it , others have faded away. Also, I doubt if the next generation bowlers would ever learn any bowling skills if the trend goes on like this. I strongly criticize the kind of pitch prepared in Indian subcontinent. This is spoiling the cricket, making it more interesting and eventful. Obviously if a batsman strikes it out of the ground, it is far more amusing than a quality in-swinging delivery, we are using this fact only. But, I think if we make it a batsman's game, something will be lost which will be hard to get back.
it would have been a close match in say ICC world cup 1996 but today its simple equation. It is not hard to speculate today that the guy standing in the crease will swing the heavy wooden bat, if by chance it hits the ball once in multiple swings, match is over, so all the cricketing skills of the bowling have become obsolete as there is hardly anything you can expect from the pitch. After today's match where 296 is termed as not at all a good score, I am suddenly awake. what has happened to the game of cricket. Bowlers have hardly any respect, only yorkers still have some faith on it , others have faded away. Also, I doubt if the next generation bowlers would ever learn any bowling skills if the trend goes on like this. I strongly criticize the kind of pitch prepared in Indian subcontinent. This is spoiling the cricket, making it more interesting and eventful. Obviously if a batsman strikes it out of the ground, it is far more amusing than a quality in-swinging delivery, we are using this fact only. But, I think if we make it a batsman's game, something will be lost which will be hard to get back.
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