Discussion BBL|14 Teams & In Game Discussion: GW 7 starts FRI 10th JAN 6:15pm AEST [HOB v SYT]

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No sarcasm intended. Have a close watch of a quality T20 match and a listen to a good T20 captain during an innings. The plans change frequently - it’s not unusual for them to change from one ball to the next, depending on who is on strike - and are very situationally dependent.

In Tests, a lot of the time you could write out most of the plan before an innings starts.
How often does a Test innings actually go to plan tho? The biggest differences between the two formats, length, pitch conditions, and ball, are all much harder to manage in a Test.

There’s no comparison between captaining a game for 20 overs where pitches are almost always flat, with a ball that stops moving within 5. To a game where you have to navigate potentially 200 overs on a pitch that can vary each day.
 
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