Showing posts with label Champions League Twenty20. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Champions League Twenty20. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Big Hitting Cricket in Twenty20

Visiting South Africa this month I had the opportunity to watch live cricket once again. I always enjoyed cricket, but it is difficult to watch international matches while living in the USA.

I had the opportunity to watch some ICC Championship 50 over cricket and then some of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket being played in India.
Twenty20 cricket is a highly explosive form of the game which is bringing great excitement to the cricket world. The Twenty20 game allows each team only 20 overs of 6 deliveries each to make a total. This means that the batters need to make runs quickly and hit big shots off every ball. They cannot afford to miss or get no run from a shot. You can find more details on the laws of Twenty20 cricket here.

As I watched the Champions League Twenty20 cricket and some big innings from the likes of JP Duminy and Jacques Kallis, I thought it would be fun to look back at a 2007 World Championship game between India and England in which Yuvraj Singh of India, hits a six (the most runs you can get for one shot) off each ball of the over. A six is hit when the ball is hit through the air and carries over the boundry rope on the perimeter of the field. To hit a six the batter needs to hit the ball hard and high. Six spectacular sixes in one over for 36 runs. Check out the video below.

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