Simon Doull

I mean, who looks like the idiot?

Me.

And I just, as I say, I think they know what they get now.

And I have a pretty good relationship with IPL and with the BCCI.

I still do other work outside of that, but they know what they're employing.

And I think in some parts they kind of like it as long as it doesn't go ridiculous and too far and isn't, you know, out of sort of out of the question or out of the ordinary, I suppose.

Yeah, absolutely.

And look, it's taken time, but there's always a method to the argument.

And when I talked about Virat, I talked the same thing about Barbarazan.

And I'm talking purely on batting first in T20 cricket.

There was a good example in the MLC the other night with Tim Seifert.

I don't know how much notice he'd taken of that, but he was 88 off 52, went to his 100th,

Off 64 balls.

Got 100 and they lost.

Chased down by Faf du Plessis and his men in, what, 18.3 or 19 overs.

There is no room for personal milestones.

Batting first in T20 cricket.

Absolutely zero.

If you are looking for 50s and 100s, you might as well...

And I've had this chat with a couple of very prominent coaches in and around franchise cricket, the T20 game, and they are all of the same opinion.