I have just listened to the ICC Twenty20 World Cup final on the radio. And England win!
I have been very impressed by the comments from the England team - they have a plan, and a very clear idea of how to play the game. No more experiments in mid-match (or worse, in mid-over).
Not that they are stereotyped - they give the impression that they have a whole play book of alternative strategies lined up. If plan A does not work, we'll try plan B, or C...
England are really doing nothing more than playing "good cricket". They are very aware of the game situations, and what they need to do. And now, because they don't have to make up tactics on the fly, they can rely on techniques that they have practised and know will work.
This follows on from the succes of essentially orthodox batting in the IPL, especially from Sachin Tendulkar and Jacques Kallis. Play the ball on its merits - it's just true that Sachin and Jacques both had such a range of strokes that far more deliveries deserve to be hit to the boundary!
How simple is that?
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