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This 20/20 game is insane stuff. 

When one day matches began back over 50 years ago, 4 runs an over was considered top class scoring. Now these guys are routinely knocking off 50, 60, 70 runs or more in the last 4 overs of games.....against world class bowlers as well. 

Sunil Gavaskar once scored a massive 36 runs in 174 balls in a match against England in the 1975 world cup (India incidentally strolled to a leisurely 132/3 in 60 overs). 

He's be spinning in his grave at the way players these days score. If he was dead, obviously. 

 

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1 hour ago, betting competition said:

Hassan Ali must be gutted his dropped catch cost Pakistan the game as Wade went on to hit 3 sixes in a row to win the game with an over to spare. 

He looked absolutely broken when they showed him on the boundary after the second 6.

I'm actually glad I didn't see a shot of him after the final one

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This 20/20 game is insane stuff. 
When one day matches began back over 50 years ago, 4 runs an over was considered top class scoring. Now these guys are routinely knocking off 50, 60, 70 runs or more in the last 4 overs of games.....against world class bowlers as well. 
Sunil Gavaskar once scored a massive 36 runs in 174 balls in a match against England in the 1975 world cup (India incidentally strolled to a leisurely 132/3 in 60 overs). 
He's be spinning in his grave at the way players these days score. If he was dead, obviously. 
 
I can remember watching one day games in the 80s when anything over 200 was regarded as a big score. Rarely even close to par nowadays.

The great thing about T20 is how quickly it can swing. Yesterday and today the chasing team looked to be in trouble, then one big over shifts the pressure back on to the bowlers. With 4 overs left you wouldn't have backed either the Kiwis or Australia to win with an over to spare.
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