I suppose it depends on the level you play at. You rarely see a score over 230 in our league. 230 is daunting and we would always have a go and then when we get to 7 or 8 down people start working out how many for an extra point and the game dies. The bowling team know they have won but need all wickets for full points and the batsmen shut up shop and try to eek out another 10 or 20 runs for another point. It is boring to watch and boring to do.
The other thing is that a team could score 300 and the opposition knowing they won't get it start batting like they are saving a test to earn a few points and deny full points to a team who are clearly better. In two games one team could score 350 runs and their opponents could finish on 130/8. In another match a team could get 120 runs and bowl their opposition out for 119. The winners of the second match get 20% more points that the winners of the first. Which game has the most comprehensive victory?
Maybe it is just me but I would prefer to end a game quickly if you are getting a hiding. Not many people playing a game of football 8-0 down want to play the last 10 minutes.
If you can’t TAKE ten wickets you’re not ‘obviously better’.. you just batted better.. this is the funny thing with win lose.. it’s gone from being a bat and bowling all round team to simply ‘if we smash 300+ more often and not the oppos will more often than not fail to chase so we are obviously better’.. if you allow a team to decide ‘actually, we aren’t good enough to get 300 but you’re also mot good enough to take my wicket’.. actually, both sides deserve the draw
After all.. it’s all fun if you’re the team who slaps runs for fun . It’s not fun if a team racks up a monster score but you know they aren’t good enough to take your wicket..simply rely on you giving it away slogging.. that’s also just as Boring..
This ‘have a bit of fun, hit out’ isn’t what some players play for so it’s not fun to go out hitting . The game is there so all types of players have a role.. what we have now is a generation who want to have a format purely for one style of player then we wonder why people are walking away
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