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So, with England Ashes hero Andrew (Freddie) Flintoff returning to the game to play in Lancashire's T20 blast games after a 5 year retirement... check out his first game back for St. Annes.

The caught and bowled at 20 seconds in on the video is stunning.

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What an excellent IPL Final that was played today between Kings XI Punjab and Kolkata Knight Riders! Kolkata wins by three wickets and takes the 7th IPL crown.

And that Freddie Flintoff bowl and catch was classic Flintoff! Great to see him playing in the Lancashire's T20 blast games with St. Annes.

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Not sure of a better place to put this but sad news about the death of Australia's Phil Hughes aged 25. He was hit by a bouncer from Sean Abbott which hit him high in the back of the neck. He never regained conciousness after being induced into a coma for surgery.

A freak, tragic accident and god only knows what his family and friends are going through. Thoughts must be with Sean Abbott too. I am sure he will be feeling a huge amount of guilt when it was entirely an accident.

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A massive loss to the cricket world by all sense of the world. Thoughts go out to the family of Hughes as well as Sean Abbott. Australian team doctor Peter Brukner told a press conference Thursday that Hughes suffered a "massive bleed into his brain". He said the ball hit the side of his neck and, "as a result of that blow, his vertebral artery was compressed by the ball. That caused the artery to split and for bleeding to go up into the brain. And he had a massive bleed into his brain. This is frequently fatal at the time." But he said doctors on the scene, including a specialist who had been in the crowd, managed to resuscitate him. He was later taken to hospital where they made "an intervention" to release pressure on his brain. He was then put in an induced coma but failed to recover.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/27/sport/australia-cricket-phil-hughes-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

In light of the accident, helmet safety concerns have been brought up. Mainly it was between the grill and brim but now it is the back of helmet. Here is a good interview by the CNN with Matsuri Cricket Helmet managing director. In the end, it was a freak accident. Hopefully something good comes out of this.

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/sports/2014/11/26/exp-cricket-safety-chat.cnn.html

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My Caribbean and Indian coworkers who closely follow cricket say Hughes' accident was a "one in a million" occurrence. They said that helmets will more than likely be changed in the not-so-distant future though.

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Oh what could have been....

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A massive loss to the cricket world by all sense of the world. Thoughts go out to the family of Hughes as well as Sean Abbott. Australian team doctor Peter Brukner told a press conference Thursday that Hughes suffered a "massive bleed into his brain". He said the ball hit the side of his neck and, "as a result of that blow, his vertebral artery was compressed by the ball. That caused the artery to split and for bleeding to go up into the brain. And he had a massive bleed into his brain. This is frequently fatal at the time." But he said doctors on the scene, including a specialist who had been in the crowd, managed to resuscitate him. He was later taken to hospital where they made "an intervention" to release pressure on his brain. He was then put in an induced coma but failed to recover.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/27/sport/australia-cricket-phil-hughes-obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

So that'd be a 'con' for cricket, right?

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The only cricket matches I can watch are the 20/20 matches.

The Indian Premier League is also the most unintentionally funny league on the planet.

Have to agree with this. I actually find I enjoy Twenty20 matches both for the faster pace of play and some of the off field antics (the IPL in particular). I've tried watching ODI's and Test Matches and I end up just being bored. And the size of the crowds watching the 3 types seems to back me up. It's pretty obvious why Twenty20 was invented and how successful an invention it's been.

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The only cricket matches I can watch are the 20/20 matches.

The Indian Premier League is also the most unintentionally funny league on the planet.

Have to agree with this. I actually find I enjoy Twenty20 matches both for the faster pace of play and some of the off field antics (the IPL in particular). I've tried watching ODI's and Test Matches and I end up just being bored. And the size of the crowds watching the 3 types seems to back me up. It's pretty obvious why Twenty20 was invented and how successful an invention it's been.

I am a fan of the T20 game, alot faster and more action from first bowl to the final bowl. Though I am a fan of the Test Match format but mainly only for the Ashes series.

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My Caribbean and Indian coworkers who closely follow cricket say Hughes' accident was a "one in a million" occurrence. They said that helmets will more than likely be changed in the not-so-distant future though.

It really was a "freak accident" as people have been saying. There has already been talk of helmet modifications. I'm not sure if an incident like this is 100% preventable but obviously any measure to take it to 99.999999% should be encouraged in my view. Incidently, helmet sales have soared in Australia since the event.

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Have to agree with this. I actually find I enjoy Twenty20 matches both for the faster pace of play and some of the off field antics (the IPL in particular). I've tried watching ODI's and Test Matches and I end up just being bored. And the size of the crowds watching the 3 types seems to back me up. It's pretty obvious why Twenty20 was invented and how successful an invention it's been.

T20 was invented to be more accessible and a more entertaining spectacle, directly because attendances and TV viewers were dwindling in the other forms of the game. It has done its job right if more people are watching the sport. You will never get away from the fact that the skills and techniques needed to become a good T20 player are best developed in a Test match format though. Footwork and timing are more important than just being able to hit a ball over the ropes.

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