Re: Next year
Jayen
> I don't think they should continue with this daily match routine. It
> is taxing not only for players but also on viewers. Instead, it should
> be 2 each on Saturday & Sunday and 1 each on Friday & Monday. I think
> that gives enough time for matches to sink in and also for players to
> recuperate between matches. That would mean that the season expands to
> 10 weeks, but that is fine. In any case, they should plan it such that
> different sets of foreign players are available for different parts of
> the season like this year. Seeing the same faces for weeks together
> can get boring and also it adds to the intrigue. Teams which do well
> when certain players are available may not do so well when they aren't
> and that makes the tournament interesting.
Half of the reason for rooting for a team is because you like
individual players. Only the remainder is due to loyalty to the team.
Remove Warne from RRs, and even if the team does equally well, it's
fans may not be as enthusiastic. I don't know any other solution to
the scheduling problem, though.
Regards,
Jayen
SultanOfSwing
> I don't think they should continue with this daily match routine. It
> is taxing not only for players but also on viewers. Instead, it should
> be 2 each on Saturday & Sunday and 1 each on Friday & Monday. I think
> that gives enough time for matches to sink in and also for players to
> recuperate between matches. That would mean that the season expands to
> 10 weeks, but that is fine. In any case, they should plan it such that
> different sets of foreign players are available for different parts of
> the season like this year. Seeing the same faces for weeks together
> can get boring and also it adds to the intrigue. Teams which do well
> when certain players are available may not do so well when they aren't
> and that makes the tournament interesting.
>
> weeks season) and then to 12 (130 matches/22 weeks season). By then,
> international cricket should have been marginalised anyway. If it
> isn't, Indian team can play their international matches outside of
> those 4-5 months.
>
> Mohan
I have a major issue with the current scheduling. Before Mumbai
Indians' match on Wednesday, they had played 7 matches, while
every other team had played 9 matches. Plus their last game was
on May 7th, after which they had a week long break. Now they play
2 matches in 3 days (Wednesday and Friday) which is ridiculous.
The IPL must do something about the scheduling so that a situation
like the above can be avoided.
Mohan
This particular situation was because of elections in Karnataka. As
per the original schedule Bangalore was supposed to host Mumbai on
10th May, but that was election day here, so the match was moved to
28th. That also led to some other match(es) being rescheduled and thus
Mumbai ended up with this lopsided schedule where they played only 7
matches while other teams played 9 and now have to play 7 matches in 2
weeks.
Mohan
Mohan
>
> This particular situation was because of elections in Karnataka. As
> per the original schedule Bangalore was supposed to host Mumbai on
> 10th May, but that was election day here, so the match was moved to
> 28th. That also led to some other match(es) being rescheduled and thus
> Mumbai ended up with this lopsided schedule where they played only 7
> matches while other teams played 9 and now have to play 7 matches in 2
> weeks.
oh, the other change that was done was the venues of Bangalore-
Hyderabad matches were swapped. We were supposed to play in Hyderabad
on May 3rd and host them on 25th, but since 25th is counting day,
those matches were swapped. Thus Bangalore ended up playing 5 of their
first 7 matches at home. Which in a way benefited Mallya, because he
could sell tickets for an additional home game before we were well and
truly out of contention. And since the last game on 28th is against
Mumbai, a decent crowd is assured because of Tendulkar anyway, so he
could end up with a decent gate collection overall.
Mohan
Ærchie
any sense had already left town. Yet Mohan was standin' in the doorway
saying:
This shows how pathetic the players in IPL really are!
Unable to play a 20 over match and then front up 48 hours later to do the
same thing. Poor old crocks - or is the unfit young fools?
Bring back some Real Cricket(TM) where players actually work for a living,
not this part time, fill in stuff rubbish which no one will remember two
days after the event. Once the players realise there is less immortality in
T20 even than in 50 over pajama cricket they will want to move back to the
Test format and some meaningful cricket.
I keep waiting for someone to begin talking about the Emperor's New
Clothes!
Ærchie
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> I don't think they should continue with this daily match routine. It
> is taxing not only for players but also on viewers. Instead, it should
> be 2 each on Saturday & Sunday and 1 each on Friday & Monday. I think
> that gives enough time for matches to sink in and also for players to
> recuperate between matches. That would mean that the season expands to
> 10 weeks, but that is fine.
Here I must disagree with you. They should play every day
for around 5 months. 160-odd games per season is the ideal.
In order for there to be no interruptions, the games should
be held in a country like the U.S. that has no elections.
SultanOfSwing
> On May 16, 12:47 pm, Ærchie <archiv...@pphotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > This shows how pathetic the players in IPL really are!
>
> > Unable to play a 20 over match and then front up 48 hours later to do the
> > same thing. Poor old crocks - or is the unfit young fools?
>
> player has complained about playing two matches in 3 days. It is
> Sultan who termed it ridiculous. But of course, when travel is
> involved it is a different issue.
Mumbai Indians actually played 3 matches in 5 days after a week
long break. The first 2 matches were played in Mumbai
itself, while the last was played in Hyderabad. It is the
scheduling
of a week-long break followed by 3 back-to-back matches which
I termed ridiculous.
> > Bring back some Real Cricket(TM) where players actually work for a living,
> > not this part time, fill in stuff rubbish which no one will remember two
> > days after the event. Once the players realise there is less immortality in
> > T20 even than in 50 over pajama cricket they will want to move back to the
> > Test format and some meaningful cricket.
>
> Keep dreaming.
>
> Mohan
This is in response to Archie's comments on "less immortality
in T20". There is no immortality even in a Test match. I have
watched plenty of Test matches, (partly on live television and
partly through Cricinfo scorecards) and yet, I would be hard-
pressed
to tell anyone the details of even half the Test matches that I
watched. It's only Test series like the India-Australia series of
2001, the 2005 Ashes series, India's overseas wins at Headingley,
Adelaide and Perth which have stuck in memory.
Shikari Shambhu
> I don't think they should continue with this daily match routine. It
> is taxing not only for players but also on viewers.
Wrong thread title. It should be "Three weeks on, sure signs of viewer
fatigue" :)
Mohan
There certainly are. But cricket has been so compelling that viewers are
bravely fighting the fatigue and still tuning in.
http://audiencemap.com/yesterday.htm
Sunday, May 18th. Top 13 slots occupied by IPL, even better than two
weeks ago.
Mohan
cricketanator
then they had better make sure each team gets a match every few days.