Re: Ashes (was: Rob Studdert)

[Chris Stoddart]

> As the name implies... It's played for 1 day :-)
>
> Created in the late 70's for television. All the participating
> countries have nice bright colourful uniforms that look good on telly.

And then there's 20:20 cricket - each side bats for just 20 overs (an over
consists of 6 balls bowled). You can play several 20:20 games in a day
and the action is bloody fast. That'd work quite well in the Olympics.

Chris