Eoin Morgan has praised the “brilliant” T10 format and has backed the ECB’s plans for a new 100-ball competition to be unleashed from 2020.
Speaking to reporters in South Africa as he begins his stint in the Mzansi Super League, England’s limited-overs captain spoke in glowing terms of the T10 League in the UAE that saw him represent the Kerala Knights.
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Morgan has featured in both editions of the T10 League[/caption]
“The T10 format is brilliant,” said Morgan. “It’s probably the closest cricket will get to baseball.
“It exposes a different aspect of cricket. It also attracts a different fan as well in the sense that you’d probably find a lot of people there who wouldn’t go to a normal cricket match.”
The ECB recently approved playing conditions for its new 100-ball competition, which is set to ditch the six-ball over – each over will comprise five balls with play switching ends every ten balls – increasing the tempo compared to T20 match.
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Morgan is set to lead England at the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup[/caption]
Morgan is in full support of the initiative, and believes it will attract a younger demographic. “The more you can tailor cricket towards kids, the more you can grow the game,” he said.
[breakout id=”0″][/breakout]“Cricket’s scoreboard has a million different things going on. If you’re trying to explain that to a kid and you’re a parent who’s never played cricket, this is a solution. It’s 100 balls and you need to score as many runs as you can. The parent becomes a coach.”
