Stanford Twenty20 Roundup
Well well, where do I start when I try and round up the Stanford Twenty20 for $20m competition?! As you all know, we looked like a bunch of amateurs when trying to bat, and I don’t think any of the players would get into local club cricket batting like that! After everything that happened during the week, all the players had to think about when going out to bat was that - bat - and they failed miserably.
I mentioned to the people I was watching it with that on a slow pitch like that, I would have preferred to chase a target - it wouldn’t have made a difference to the outcome on the day such was the lack of quality from England, but when you don’t know what a good target to set is, you have no idea knowing how to come out batting. Still, almost everyone made a mistake getting out and it just wasn’t the spectacle that everyone wanted in such a high profile game. It wasn’t the superstars fault - they showed that they wanted the victory which the England players didn’t (how you don’t show it when there is $1m per person up for grabs I don’t know!), and I’m glad they won it in the end and celebrated in the right fashion.
Who knows what the future will hold for England and this competition, I hope they go back as there is no doubt that it creates a bit of interest, I just hope the media stop complaining about and embrace it if it does happen. Take me along ECB and I’ll create some positivity (and have a nice holiday in the sun!).
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