Twenty20 Cup

Lead_Head · 13 Jun 2008 at 15:24

Anyone been to any of the matches yet? I've never been to a cricket game before but I'm heading off to Trent Bridge tomorrow afternoon to watch the Nottingham Outlaws vs Durham Dynamo's.

Judging from the names it all seems a bit American-ised but should be a good craic. 20 overs to smash as many of runs as possible in an evening.

If someone hits a six in my direction and I catch it, do I keep the ball?? Do you have to catch it to keep it or can you 'scrambles' for it like baseball?

Will Sidebottom be playing for Nottingham? Any other 'famous' cricketers likely to be out on the field? E.g. Chris Reid..

Morba · 13 Jun 2008 at 15:25

Off to Lords on the 19th for a game

Lead_Head · 13 Jun 2008 at 16:56

Quality, you ever been before?

Hate · 13 Jun 2008 at 18:04

Lead_Head said:
Anyone been to any of the matches yet? I've never been to a cricket game before but I'm heading off to Trent Bridge tomorrow afternoon to watch the Nottingham Outlaws vs Durham Dynamo's.

Judging from the names it all seems a bit American-ised but should be a good craic. 20 overs to smash as many of runs as possible in an evening.

If someone hits a six in my direction and I catch it, do I keep the ball?? Do you have to catch it to keep it or can you 'scrambles' for it like baseball?

Will Sidebottom be playing for Nottingham? Any other 'famous' cricketers likely to be out on the field? E.g. Chris Reid..

twenty20 is like the porn mag of cricket, all the purists claim to hate it but peek up at the newsagents shelves given half a chance.

No, you can't keep the ball - you have to give it back.

I support Sussex and although I prefer test cricket, a night out at the Twenty20 is a great laugh its really bought a whole new and younger audience to the game. Also people tend to get drunk so the crowd gets rowdy

Morba · 13 Jun 2008 at 19:25

Hate said:
twenty20 is like the porn mag of cricket, all the purists claim to hate it but peek up at the newsagents shelves given half a chance.

No, you can't keep the ball - you have to give it back.

I support Sussex and although I prefer test cricket, a night out at the Twenty20 is a great laugh its really bought a whole new and younger audience to the game. Also people tend to get drunk so the crowd gets rowdy

Lead Head - nope not been to a twenty20 before, about 10 of us going

Hate - thats so true, i hear it from people in the office who really like normal cricket

Azza · 26 Jul 2008 at 22:13

LOL at that throw. That was insane.

Well done Middlesex though.

Big Kev · 26 Jul 2008 at 22:14

GODDAM it, we got so close, aaarrrggghhh!!!!!!! :mad:

Well done Middlesex though.

BaZ87 · 26 Jul 2008 at 22:20

Big Kev said:
GODDAM it, we got so close, aaarrrggghhh!!!!!!!

Well done Middlesex though.

Indeed. Thought we had it with 2 balls to go

Big Kev · 26 Jul 2008 at 22:28

BaZ87 said:
Indeed. Thought we had it with 2 balls to go

Considering we bat all the way down, why the hell didn't we open up a bit earlier, we still had Van Jaarsveld, Jones and Mc Laren, all of whom are great batsmen, in reserve.

Flamin' spinners didn't help our cause either.

moody · 26 Jul 2008 at 22:46

Fantastic final. Thought Kent had done it after that godawful over-throw.

HangTime · 27 Jul 2008 at 16:48

Good day out, albeit a long one with plenty of sunburn

Of the four sides Middlesex were worthy winners IMO, a mixture of patient batting and slogging where appropriate. They had an impact player in both matches (Henderson and Shah) who made the difference.