Cricket is a sport invented by the British in the 15th century, Cricket was first regulated by the MCC, who at that period of time where known as the Marylebone Cricket Club by members of the white conduit club, a sport which was segregated from non white participants until 1721 when the British Raj introduced the game in India, where they would play the Indians in order feel more superior, oh how the tables have turned. Currently Indian Cricket brings in 90% of the revenue that the ICC receives.
Think back to 2003 when the England and Wales cricket board introduced T2o cricket, great idea, but history does repeat itself, as England failed at another sport they invented, one of the main reasons why you ask? Because the English like to invent sports, then learn from other nations on how to play the sport that they invented!
Your probably thinking I’m being uncontrollably biased, but I will clearly back up my points, for example, who is the nation that plays the best football and has won the World Cup several times? No, it’s not England, its Brazil, and for many years has the English and others tried to play with Brazilian flair or play samba football, or try to be the next peel or the next Ronald, I could go on, but I can already smell the napalm.
Back to cricket, mainly focusing on International Cricket, the West Indies dominated for over two decades, showing unbelievable natural talent which stemmed from beach cricket, West Indies played the game hard but Fairland made everybody want to bowl fast. The next nation to dominate cricket was Australia, for over a decade, emphasis was put on team spirit, organisation, preparation, and critically analysing every single detail about cricket! Now Cricket is dominated by the Indians who play a very natural game, their batsmen are very fluent and wrist, there fast bowlers can swing the ball both ways as well as possessing the art of revere swing, and who can forget the great legacy of Indian Spin bowling.
As England continued to struggle to come to terms of why they were coming unstuck so frequently at an own sport, what was the question of most English cricket pundits, fans etc... How to play the Australian way, this lead to England having the largest coaching staff of any nation, but having endless analysts still surprisingly has not helped England become the best!
Fast forward to the current day and the bocce, the Indian Cricket board have requested the ebb to delay the first test match by a single day, in order to accommodate the Indian Captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni, a further days of rest, this will lead to the England players going home later, and possibly missing Christmas eve! What is your feeling to towards this dramatic change to one of the most traditional sports in history?
Think back to 2003 when the England and Wales cricket board introduced T2o cricket, great idea, but history does repeat itself, as England failed at another sport they invented, one of the main reasons why you ask? Because the English like to invent sports, then learn from other nations on how to play the sport that they invented!
Your probably thinking I’m being uncontrollably biased, but I will clearly back up my points, for example, who is the nation that plays the best football and has won the World Cup several times? No, it’s not England, its Brazil, and for many years has the English and others tried to play with Brazilian flair or play samba football, or try to be the next peel or the next Ronald, I could go on, but I can already smell the napalm.
Back to cricket, mainly focusing on International Cricket, the West Indies dominated for over two decades, showing unbelievable natural talent which stemmed from beach cricket, West Indies played the game hard but Fairland made everybody want to bowl fast. The next nation to dominate cricket was Australia, for over a decade, emphasis was put on team spirit, organisation, preparation, and critically analysing every single detail about cricket! Now Cricket is dominated by the Indians who play a very natural game, their batsmen are very fluent and wrist, there fast bowlers can swing the ball both ways as well as possessing the art of revere swing, and who can forget the great legacy of Indian Spin bowling.
As England continued to struggle to come to terms of why they were coming unstuck so frequently at an own sport, what was the question of most English cricket pundits, fans etc... How to play the Australian way, this lead to England having the largest coaching staff of any nation, but having endless analysts still surprisingly has not helped England become the best!
Fast forward to the current day and the bocce, the Indian Cricket board have requested the ebb to delay the first test match by a single day, in order to accommodate the Indian Captain Mahindra Singh Dhoni, a further days of rest, this will lead to the England players going home later, and possibly missing Christmas eve! What is your feeling to towards this dramatic change to one of the most traditional sports in history?
