How one man's Twenty20 見通し changed cricket for ever... and what a 10年間 of thrills and 流出/こぼすs it has been!
Ten years ago, cricket changed for ever thanks to one man's 見通し.
Stuart Robertson, then a marketing 経営者/支配人 at the ECB, decided in 2001 that 伝統的な one-day cricket in the 郡 game was growing stale and so floated the idea of a 20-over 競争.
And - にもかかわらず the 初期の 対立 of seven 郡s - on June 13, 2003, when Hampshire 直面するd Sussex at the Rose Bowl, Twenty20 was born. And what a success it has been.
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New 時代: Simon Katich dives to make his ground in the first ever Twenty20 game between Hampshire and Sussex

Entertainment: Cheerleaders have become part of the fabric at Twenty20 games

勝利: Dominic Cork and his Hampshire team-mates celebrate victory in 2010

Swinging the willow: 示す Ramprakash 攻撃する,衝突するs out in 2006
THE MAN WITH THE PLAN
From that first game (which started with a wide) there have been som e superb moments.
It has made 星/主役にするs of players such as Graham Napier, who grabbed the headlines with a scarcely believeable 58-ball 152 in 2008 and has given a new 賃貸し(する) of life to 退役軍人s such as Scott Styris, who 攻撃する,衝突する 38 in an over on the way to a 37-ball hundred.
Bowlers, batsmen, fielders and captains have all had to innovate to stay one step ahead of the game and the 影響(力) of Twenty20 can be seen in all forms of cricket. Whether that is a good or bad thing, we will let you decide.
But just have a watch of the ビデオ at the 底(に届く) of this article and see some of the 発射s, catches and ダンサーs and tell us T20 does not 供給する 割れ目ing entertainment.

In the pink: Eoin Morgan celebrates Middlesex's last-ball final 勝利,勝つ in 2008

Stumps 飛行機で行くing: Hampshire's Nic Pothas is bowled all ends up in 2006

押し進めるing the 境界s: Fans go wild as the ball goes over the rope
ENGLISH TWENTY20 ROLL OF HONOUR
2003 - Surrey Lions
2004 - Leicestershire Foxes
2005 - Somerset Sabres
2006 - Leicestershire Foxes
2007 - Kent Spitfires
2008 - Middlesex 改革運動家s
2009 - Sussex Sharks
2010 - Hampshire 王室のs
2011 - Leicestershire Foxes
2012 - Hampshire 王室のs
The cornerstone of the Twenty20 season is 決勝戦 Day, which has 供給するd some superb moments - Surrey winning the 就任の tournament, Middlesex's last-ball victory in 2008, Somerset losing in the final over and even a boy becoming an internet sensation with his dancing in the stands.
Leicestershire are the most successful 郡, with three 決勝戦 Day 勝利,勝つs, although Hampshire under Dimitri Mascarenhas have won two of the last three.
Given all this excitement and 質, it is no surprise that England has 輸出(する)d the shortest form of the game across the globe and thi s has changed the 直面する of cricket.
The World Twenty20 is かもしれない a more prized 競争 than the World Cup and, of course, the Indian 首相 League 脅すs to take over the world and has made millionaires of 'one-day specialists' while also 主要な to 多重の arguments between players and countries.
But in England, Twenty20 remains a 概して 井戸/弁護士席-loved, hard-fought and 最終的に fun 競争, where one minute you can watch a blinding catch on the 境界 and the next be watching a giraffe trying to 追いつく a shark.
It seems to be here to stay and to whet the appetite, watch and enjoy this little lot below...
FIVE FAMOUS MOMENTS IN DOMESTIC TWENTY20 HISTORY
SUSSEX v HAMPSHIRE, JULY 2004 - DIMITRI MASCARENHAS BECOMES THE FIRST PLAYER TO TAKE A T20 HAT-TRICK
The 判型 was still very much in its 幼少/幼藍期 but Mascarenhas will always 持つ/拘留する the honour of becoming the first person to take a hat-trick with the wickets of 示す Davis, Mushtaq Ahmed and Jason Lewry. The all-rounder had earlier taken the wicket of コマドリ ツバメ-Jenkins and then cleaned up Sussex for a paltry 67 all out with the scalp of James Kirtley to finish with 人物/姿/数字s of five for 14 before Hampshire (人命などを)奪う,主張するd a three-wicket 勝利,勝つ. Dominic Cork also (人命などを)奪う,主張するd three wickets in as many balls that year after 解任するing Kevin Pietersen, 示す Ealham and Samit Patel for Lancashire against Nottinghamshire.
ESSEX v SUSSEX, JUNE 2008 - GRAHAM NAPIER'S 152 NOT OUT OFF 58 BALLS
Napier first (機の)カム to prominence when he was called up to England's 初期の 30-man squad for the 2004 支持する/優勝者s トロフィー, but a su ccession of 傷害s 確実にするd the all-rounder slipped 負かす/撃墜する the つつく/ペックing order and he was not even a 正規の/正選手 for Essex before a balmy summer night in Chelmsford, where he 大打撃を与えるd Sussex's beleaguered bowlers to all parts, hitting a then world 記録,記録的な/記録する 16 sixes en 大勝する to the highest individual 得点する/非難する/20 in the 国内の 競争. His knock 確実にするd a 128-run 勝利,勝つ for Essex and once again led to international attention, where he was 含むd in England's squad for the 2009 World Twenty20, although he did not feature.

広大な/多数の/重要な Scott: Styris tees off for Sussex in 2012
KENT v MIDDLESEX, JULY 2008 - MIDDLESEX WIN TWENTY20 CUP AFTER LAST-BALL VICTORY IN THE FINAL
Middlesex (人命などを)奪う,主張するd their first piece of major silverware in 15 years 儀礼 of a thrilling victory over defending 支持する/優勝者s Kent at the Rose Bowl in a match that went 権利 to the wire. After deciding to bat first, the London 郡 amassed 187 for six, with Owais Shah plundering 75 from just 35 balls. It was the highest total made in the final although Kent 辞退するd to be overawed and captain 略奪する 重要な's 52 off 30 balls got them off to a good start, while Justin Kemp and Azhar Mahmood needed 16 off the last over and three off the final ball. However, Kemp, on 49, could only 解雇する/砲火/射撃 the ball straight at Tyron Henderson to give the spoils to Middlesex.
HAMPSHIRE v SOMERSET, AUGUST 2010 - HAMPSHIRE WIN FRIENDS PROVIDENT T20 BY VIRTUE OF LOSING FEWER WICKETS IN THE FINAL
In perhaps the most memorable 国内の T20 final, Hampshire ed ged out Somerset, who were 走者s-up in all three 判型s of the game that season. This 敗北・負かす may have 傷つける the most as they (機の)カム agonisingly の近くに after making 173 for six after deciding to bat, with Craig Kieswetter 爆破ing 71 off 59 balls. 支援するd by home support, Hampshire looked on course to chase 負かす/撃墜する the total, but there were 大混乱/混沌とした scenes off the final ball as Daniel Christian limped through for the match-winning 選び出す/独身 - にもかかわらず having a 走者. Somerset captain Marcus Trescothick had the 適切な時期 to run the Australian out but failed to realise Christian was out of his ground and later 認める: 'It'll probably haunt me for a few years.'
SUSSEX v GLOUCESTERSHIRE, JULY 2012 - SCOTT STYRIS' WORLD RECORD 38 RUNS OFF ONE OVER EN ROUTE TO 37-BALL CENTURY
Sussex's Friends Life t20 4半期/4分の1-final victory was 大部分は 負かす/撃墜する to one man - Styris. Not only did the 退役軍人 New Zealander 得点する/非難する/20 the then 共同の third-fastest T20 hundred, he also humiliated compatriot James Fuller, who 譲歩するd a world 記録,記録的な/記録する 38 runs in the 18th over. The 急速な/放蕩な bowler 完全に lost his way, sending 負かす/撃墜する two no balls - the first a beamer to 譲歩する six runs - before seeing Styris plunder three sixes and as many fours to take the game away from Gloucestershire. All-rounder Styris brought up his 50 from 24 balls before two sixes in the final over took him to 正確に/まさに 100 not out.
VIDEO: Watch the finest moments from a 10年間 of Twenty20 (with 正規の/正選手 出資/貢献s from Sportsmail's own Nasser Hussain and Bumble)
Next week Friends Life will be asking fans to 投票(する) for their best XI of 国内の Twenty20 players a
nd the results will be 発表するd on June 28 on the ECB's Facebook page.
And to buy tickets for the 2013 Friends Life t20, go to http://www.ecb.co.uk/tickets/郡-tickets.
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