Is Fun the Secret Ingredient for Twenty20 Success?

I want to place a proviso on this piece. The T20 World Cup is all about fun. It’s a fun-run fest. The tournament involves very little of the guile and skill that are so vital to the longer forms of the game. And so it is with this understanding that we can look upon the Pakistan side and confidently say that they are one of the very best T20 sides.

You need only look to their crushing win over New Zealand the other day for the proof. Pakistan had been performing woefully throughout this tournament. They had been crushed by better performing sides, and their own dreadful inability to do the basics well. But what they were doing was having fun, and this is the real tonic for T20 success.

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WHAT EVERYBODY OUGHT TO KNOW ABOUT REVERSE SWING

• What is reverse swing?
• Its devastating effects
• Who are the masters of reverse swing?
• How does reverse swing work?
• When does it happen?

WHAT IS REVERSE SWING?

Once the ball becomes older and more worn, it will begin to move in the opposite direction to where it would usually swing with no great change in the bowling grip.

reverse swing grips

For example, an outswinger’s grip will move towards the batsman in the air while an inswinger will move away from the bat.

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Reaction to the attack of Sri Lankan cricketers in the Pakistan city of Lahore.

This is something completely new for the sport of cricket. It is a phenomenon which is frankly terrifying. Whilst Sri Lanka has a history of civil war and India and Pakistan face perennial disagreements over the region of Kashmere cricket has never been the main target of such dispicable acts of terrorism.

Events like which we are seeing unfold today will hopefully never be seen again. But the harsh reality is money pumped into the game will serve to raise the profile of the game. The proliferation of huge media networks and the way in which cricket is so heavily covered makes a cricket match the perfect stage for a terrorist attack with amplified effect. The terrorists’ message will be projected to all parts of the world.

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A dark day for cricket as Sri Lankan cricketers get shot at in the Pakistan city of Lahore. The Sri Lankans escaped with minor injuries but a total of 5 policemen have been killed. The test has been cancelled and the players will fly home immediately
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World Cricket Watch will study the implications of these events shortly once all the acts have transpired.

A sad day.