Ian Botham slams Twenty20 cricket in talkSPORT magazine

[stratocaster1986able]

T20 is phenomenal for the clubs money raising. I think its exciting, anybody can win, but the real purpose is that is fills seats. Go to any t20 match and see how many empty seats there are compared to 4day first class.

T20's are for money, and getting more people interested in cricket.

[TONYSPURSMAN]

And it is Sir Ian Botham

[srinivaskari]

I absolutely agree....T20 is fun to watch with the big hitting and shorter time....but true cricket lovers love TEST matches...they are accepted to be the golden standard of the game

[lookyew]

Hmmm...The Aussies seem to like it ..Especially the Ashes series against England.....Depends where you come from I suppose..

[n1ck822]

Ian Botham is an idiot

[vbekiv]

WOW, I just watched a proper legend discuss the game.

I agree. sorry but I do. catches, balls, shots :)



[DAJAZDJ1]

DON'T LISTEN TO BOTHAM Y'ALL HE SMOKES TOO MUCH GANJA LIKES HE ADMITS IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY HE EVEN GOT NICKED BY THE POLICE WHO FOUND IT IN HIS HOUSE ONCE

[lookyew]

@DAJAZDJ1 All the more reason TO listen to him. Ganja is the thinking man's drug....unlike,say Cocaine or Alcohol.

[duracellaltoids]

I'm a fan of most forms of the game, i enjoy a good test but i also like the fact of the instant gratification (well 3 hours ish) that can be taken from T20 and similar limited over games

[rko1234567890]

im sure botham is eating his words now eng have just won the world 2020 ok too much 2020 is not good but its still a good form of the game

[Ben4810]

how can anybody disagree with this.....?

he is so right about T20, & i love the no preparation/"swing from the hip" approach England should take.

[raphaelnik]

Botham, spot on AS ALWAYS

[mikebowden28]

song called?

[crumble90]

praise you - fatboy slim

[mattyn5150]

Love it! Finally some sense over twenty20! T20 is like the penalty shoot out of cricket! Test is where it's at! The cream rises to the top and team that plays the best cricket wins!

[DAJAZDJ1]

@mattyn5150 TEST CRICKET'S DEAD IN THE WATER APART FROM THE ASHES IT'S PLAYED MAINLY IN EMPTY STADIUMS DURING THE WEEK WHEN MOST PEOPLE ARE AT WORK

[mattyn5150]

@DAJAZDJ1 True test cricket will always struggle with attendences but I believe it's still the ultimate test of cricket ability and I don't think there's anything more absorbing than the final day of a test when you trying to get x number of wickets to win or bat out the day to earn a draw...edge of your seat stuff ball after ball...all day

[DAJAZDJ1]

@mattyn5150 THAT EXCITEMENT AIN'T THERE BECAUSE EMPTY STADIUMS MEANS NO ATMOSPHERE THESE TEST GUYS CANT ENJOY PLAYING FOR 5 DAYS IN FRONT OF A COUPLE HUNDRED (COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP EXACTLY THE SAME)OR PLAYING 20-20 IN FRONT OF A FULL HOUSE TEST CRICKET IS PLAYED DURING THE WEEK WELL PEOPLE WORK DURING THE WORK 20-20 PLAYED AT WEEKENDS OR NIGHTS APART FROM ENGLAND TEST CRICKET'S REALLY ON IT'S LAST LEGS AND WILL BE DONE IN 5-10 YRS(HOPEFULLY)BOTHAM SMOKES TOO MUCH WEED TO TALK SENSE(READ HIS BOOK)

[mattyn5150]

@DAJAZDJ1 As I said mate test cricket does struggle with attendences but that's not the point! More people watch X Factor than Match of the Day...doesn't make X Factor better! I speak solely as a cricket fan...text cricket is still the ultimate test and I don't think it will die. It withstood ODI and you can't compare an international test with a county game...test games involving the top 8 do generally get decent attendences...but again that's not the point

[DAJAZDJ1]

@mattyn5150 they dont get attendances cos they played during the week when most people at work and the people who don't work wont be able to afford to go. Out of a 5 day test u gonna get a fulll house on a sat and sun the other 3 days are at most half full

[lookyew]

@DAJAZDJ1 Botham talks sense Test Cricket is the purest form of the game & will not die......Unlike T20 which is baseball.

[DAJAZDJ1]

@lookyew TEST CRICKET IN ANYWHERE BUT ENGLAND IS PLAYED IN NEAR EMPTY STADIUMS I WATCH IT ON SKY AND THE STANDS ARE EMPTY

[Davey180]

I'm not a massive cricket fan but even I can appreciate that Twenty20 cricket is glorified rounders.

Test cricket is where it's at.

[AdzCFC]

you have to be a proper cricket fan to follow test cricket. 20-20 is action packed but tests are by far the best.

[JackLunn1992]

Test cricket is brilliant

[ftpb1]

who gives a fuck about a snoby game like cricket?

[BLOODSHO7]

its talk sport not talk anything but cricket

[mitulp1]

why the fuck did u click on this video then u twat

[ItsJoeyhere]

how is cricket snoby?

[lookyew]

@ftpb1 Who's making you give a fuck?......Don't like it, don't watch it..

[flipleg]

its all about 2020, as if kids want to watch a game for 5 days.

get with the times beefy

[kov376]

@flipleg - i came to love cricket as a kid watching test cricket. im in my mid 20's now and still love it. to be honest, its only because kids born in the 00's have short attention spans and don't have the intelligence to understand the strategy and subtlety that makes test cricket so good. furthermore, T20 basically stops kids from wanting to become bowlers....

[parkyboy88]

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