#OzWatch: T20 Cricket and the joys of the Spring; also still trash-talking Ashes. Jeremy Zakis, New South Wales. #FriendsofHistoryDebatingSociety
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🗓️ 3 September 2023
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| 0:30.1 | This is the Friends of Mr. Debating Society with Jeremy Zachis. |
| 0:33.3 | I'm John Bachelor. |
| 0:34.3 | I'm learning cricket. |
| 0:35.8 | It just so happens over the last 18 months, I've learned cricket thanks to Jeremy in the Ashes tournament, |
| 0:42.6 | which is a lot of trash talk, sharp elbows, what used to be called bad sportsmanship. |
| 0:47.9 | Now it's just colorful. |
| 0:49.9 | And everything led to both Australia and England being shamed and demoted the national teams that play a five-day test. |
| 0:59.6 | But now it's time for T20. |
| 1:01.6 | Jeremy, what's T20? |
| 1:04.1 | Well, T20, John, is basically, it's been described as the baseball of cricket. |
| 1:08.1 | And as the name suggests, the 20 is actually referring to the number of overs. |
| 1:11.6 | So each side is opposed to a regular test game, which can go for 90 overs across the course of the day. |
| 1:17.6 | So we're talking about eight to nine hours of play. |
| 1:20.4 | In the T20 match, each side only gets 20 overs. |
| 1:24.4 | So 20 times six balls to actually bat and to actually bowl, which means |
| 1:29.1 | the reason why it's called the baseball of cricket is because you get a very, very fast game. |
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