What's so good in modern cricket?

Cricket, the game of gentleman seems not to be that gentle. Aggression is a part of the sports. Young players like Shoaib, Afridi, Kaluwithrana, Brett Lee and many others have added new dimensions in the game of cricket. New interesting rules especially in ODIs like the limitation of two fielders outside the 30-yard arena in the first 15 overs have made cricket more and more interesting and exciting.
Beautiful stadiums like Eden Garden (Calcutta), MCG (Melbourne), SCG (Sydney), Lords (London), Gadaffi (Lahroe), and Sharjah cricket ground have really made the game of cricket more and more attractive. The addition of colored clothes, white ball, day and night cricket has really added a lot more in the game of cricket to attract the people to stadiums.

ICC has taken great steps to expand the cricket to all parts of world. Initially, it was just confined to British colonies but now cricket has expanded to Sharjah, Singapore, Toronto and many other parts of cricket. Bangladesh have recently been given test status. Now there are 10 test-playing nations along with many associate members of ICC which are doing their best to expand cricket to all parts of the world.

It is said that the best cricket ever played was in 70’s when the West Indians were ruling the world like dictators. They were really a bit too difficult to be caught. But now there is more and more competition in the game of cricket and many strong teams like South Africa, Australia and Pakistan are almost at same level.

The most exciting thing in modern cricket in my view is the two genuine fast bowlers, Shoaib and Lee. Both of them have really been successful in bringing the crowd alive. The people are now going to the stadiums only to see their furious fast bowling. Every one eagerly waits to see the speed of the ball on the speed gun after the ball is bowled. No one can forget the two consecutive dismissals of Dravid and Tendulkar by Shoaib at Eden Gardens. Shaoib’s performance in World Cup '99 was also great and it was perhaps the peak of his career. Similarly, Lee has given many memorable performances.

Another attractive thing in the cricket world is the firey batting of young players like Afridi, Kalu, Gilchrist and some experienced one’s like Jaysuria. Their batting has added a lot of colors to picture of cricket. People do go to stadiums only to watch their furious batting and the way the bowlers become helpless in front of them.

With all this and many other aspects, the game of cricket has become a lot more interesting and exciting and cricket is a lot more exciting and attractive now.

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