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Twenty20 cricket is an interesting concept, however at the end of the day, it comes a distant third behind Test Match cricket (first) and limited-overs cricket (second).

The best cricketers and best teams do not necessarily win Twenty20 matches, which is why there's every possibility that at the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in September in South Africa, we may very well see a nation other than Australia crowned champions.

In my opinion, this shows true the facts that Twenty20 cricket isn't all that special. It basically comes down to luck. You still need to be a fairly decent cricketer to be good at Twenty20 at an international or intermural level, however having said that, a talented cricketer from Zimbabwe could easily out-score a much more talented cricketer from Australia in this form of cricket.

There's no time for strategy, for tactics to come to the fore, it's just a case of "bash it and hope". That's the batsmen's lot. For the bowlers, again all they can do is attempt yorkers every ball, and just hope they bowl beautiful line and length every time, which is not going happen, no matter how much you hope or try. Thus, it's simply not a game of true cricketing skill or ability.

I think you may even find, in coming years, that each nation has specialist Twenty20 cricketers representing them in this form of the game, cricketers who do not feature in their Test Match or limited overs sides.

Twenty20 has to evolve this way, as brilliant Test cricketers are just not going to be brilliant Twenty20 cricketers, they are just two completely different games.

At this stage, Twenty20 is all the rage with the "young-moderns" in traditional cricketing societies, as it's fast, action-packed and aesthetically pleasing. Cricket traditionalists aren't all that keen on it. Whether this form of cricket can stand the test of time is up in the air, but I will say, I wouldn't be surprised at all if it doesn't.

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