WT20 win shows not all is lost for West Indian cricket

WT20 win shows not all is lost for West Indian cricket

This summer, Australia hosted the West Indies in a test series, which was not the competition. Australia won convincingly, and as a result, crowd figures, TV viewers, and the public interest, all significantly reduced.
We were told that this was a nasty problem, not a problem for cricket.
The last Australian player, journalists and critics alike armchair keen to spruik the death of cricket in the West Indies region once a great result.
Their best players pariah in the series, chose to participate in the Big Bash Instead, an act unthinkable and insulting to any fan of cricket over the age of 25. We hold test cricket as the Holy Grail, followed closely along and then 50 on the figure. Twenty20 Zinger and guarantees that are distant last.
This is no longer the case.
During the summer test, accompanied by the representative cricket now than before the big bash. This competition has risen 20 to prominence in existence for five years, culminating in a crowd of 81,000 who appeared to see the Stars and Melbourne Renegades go head-to-head at the MCG in early January.
This is in direct contrast to this modest figure of 53,000 that attended the match in the Boxing Day test just days before in the same place. Viewers older and this is hardly to believe, to nine and 10 years of age, and that is all that you know ever.
Fast forward to last night.
West Indies won the T20 and the world after Carlos Brathwaiat belted four sixes in a row in the last over against England. This is the same as the West Indies, who were embarrassed during the summer in Australia, the same as the West Indies who are supposed to be no longer able to compete on the international stage.
I watched closely the whole tournament I did not see this tie-in championship cricket. Ten countries competed in the group stage, it was all just one game, competitive.
The best example of this when they were beaten champions eventually from Afghanistan to meet sexy. Some would argue that this is due to random luck T20, but I disagree.
Nuance cricket is still there, but with more on the line, each ball tense, every mistake captaincy punished harshly. You can not get any more of cricket which provides Twenty20, invalidate the need to go to games in one day.
The last four months might be a peek into the future of cricket. It's certainly the first time that considers T20 may become the dominant form of the sport.
He said that the people since its inception Twenty20 will kill Test cricket, others said it was nothing more than a gimmick, bastardised that destroys all that is good about the sport form, but it will not last long.
Looking at the scene tested, and there are only four countries who remain competitive - Australia, South Africa, England and India. Until then, keep the feasibility of South Africa in the long term is uncertain.
The rest of the world, playing cricket is heading to the nearest form and, with summer in Australia recently in mind, it's more appropriate to the West Indies claimed the second World Cup T20 time.
It would be wonderful to see what was done to the next ten years of international cricket.
He told me last night West Indian cricket is definitely not dead. Instead, it may be one step ahead of the rest of us.

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