Twenty20 might have turn out to be the origin of everything that is bad about cricket, but the international Twenty20 game has had roughly no role to play in that development. Consider these stats: we have had 32 Tests so far in 2011 and 139 ODIs - a number inflated by the World Cup, no doubt - but only a small 19 Twenty20 internationals. The next edition will be held in September 2012 in Sri Lanka, and teams will want to start sketch up plans now, after a year conquered by the World Cup and a clutch of marquee Test series.
Sri Lanka hasn’t looked like winning everything in the longer formats since the World Cup. Indeed, they have lost all their Test and ODI series since then. However, in that same period, they have been victorious in Twenty20s, and are in the middle of an inspiring sequence of five successive wins. They will be worried to extend that run and build momentum in the lead-up to the World Twenty at home, even as they seek succour from their reversals in the other formats.
Pakistan has always overcome in Twenty20s, a six-match losing run last year despite. They have won the World Twenty20 once, and made the final and the semi-finals on the other two occasions. Their fortunes next year will hinge on how the team responds to Misbah-ul-Haq's leadership. His safety-first method has been an clear success in the Test and ODI versions, but it remains to be seen whether it will work in Twenty20s.
Kettlebells
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Sri Lanka hasn’t looked like winning everything in the longer formats since the World Cup. Indeed, they have lost all their Test and ODI series since then. However, in that same period, they have been victorious in Twenty20s, and are in the middle of an inspiring sequence of five successive wins. They will be worried to extend that run and build momentum in the lead-up to the World Twenty at home, even as they seek succour from their reversals in the other formats.
Pakistan has always overcome in Twenty20s, a six-match losing run last year despite. They have won the World Twenty20 once, and made the final and the semi-finals on the other two occasions. Their fortunes next year will hinge on how the team responds to Misbah-ul-Haq's leadership. His safety-first method has been an clear success in the Test and ODI versions, but it remains to be seen whether it will work in Twenty20s.
Kettlebells
Florida Amusements
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