| Cricket, the bat and ball game is one of the oldest | | | | musical instruments during exciting moments like |
| sports in the world and has its origin in 16th | | | | hitting a six, crossing a boundary or fall of wicket. |
| century in England. By the 18th century the sport | | | | The new form of game has taken the world of |
| developed so much that it came to the point of | | | | cricket by storm and it is now ruling in countries |
| becoming the National Sport of England. And the | | | | like Australia, England and India. The high adrenaline |
| expansion of British Empire spread this once | | | | action and appeal of the game could pull a |
| colonial recreational sport into a spirited game to | | | | younger crowd towards it. |
| all corners of its empire. Today Cricket seems to | | | | There are various reasons for which the |
| be virtual lifelines of many Commonwealth Nations. | | | | twenty20 cricket trend is popular among people. |
| Twenty20 Cricket Trend | | | | The game unlike One Day International |
| After going through lots of phases and changes | | | | doesn’t take whole day of yours to enjoy it. |
| today cricket has reached another platform which | | | | A match between two teams just hardly takes |
| is creating a lot of craze among cricket lovers. | | | | three hours to finish. It is more exciting and |
| Twenty/20 Trend in Cricket changed the game | | | | enthralling. There is less strategy and less thinking, |
| forever and people now like this short period of | | | | only power play and quick decisions. The |
| game. The modern trend of cricket has been | | | | popularity of the game shot in very short periods |
| brought about by this mode of game where the | | | | that ICC organized Twenty20 World Cup Cricket |
| cricketers get new things like free hits, stump | | | | Championships in 2007 and India beat Australia to |
| hitting in case of ties and other measures to | | | | become the reigning team of World in Twenty20 |
| make this game more exciting and elating. | | | | matches. The next ICC Twenty20 World Cup is |
| The Twenty20 cricket one day cricket was first | | | | scheduled in June 2009 at England. With this |
| introduced by England and Wales Cricket Board in | | | | Twenty20 trend in Cricket, the Gentlemen’s |
| the year 2003. And the first Twenty20 cricket | | | | Game is really going in a different direction. The |
| match was played by Women’s cricket team | | | | popularity of the game can be judged from the |
| in 2004. The Twenty20 cricket is all about 20 | | | | fact that America is now going to hold APL in this |
| overs instead of 50 overs that are played in One | | | | year. |
| Day International Cricket. The new form of game | | | | Summary: After going through lots of phases and |
| now can be completed in just three hours of time | | | | changes today cricket has reached another |
| and this is very much enjoyed by people from all | | | | platform which is creating a lot of craze among |
| walks of life. | | | | cricket lovers. Twenty/20 Trend in Cricket |
| Popularity of Twenty20 Cricket | | | | changed the game forever and people now like |
| Most Twenty20 cricket games are played in the | | | | this short period of game. There is less strategy |
| evening to attract family spectators and those | | | | and less thinking, only power play and quick |
| who would like to have recreation after hard day | | | | decisions. The popularity of the game shot in very |
| work. There are groups called cheerleaders like in | | | | short periods that ICC organized Twenty20 World |
| Basketball and Baseball games that dance and play | | | | Cup Cricket Championships in 2007. |