To me, winning by wickets makes no sense in T20 cricket matches, Imagine, in 20 overs, Team A scores 180 runs for the loss of two wickets(say); in the same match, Team B makes 181 runs for the loss of 4 wickets(say). We would say Team B won by 6 wickets. Why? Team B lost more wickets than Team A while making the same number of runs. Then, why say won by 6 wickets?
Wickets as a measure of win do not come into play in T20 cricket, save for in DLS system.
Instead, I think, it should be: won by so many number of balls. So, if Team B gets more than 180 runs in 18 overs and 2 balls(say), the result should be: Team B won by 16 balls.
In case Team B makes 184 runs (say) at the end of the 20th over, then we can then say: Team B won by 4 runs. A similar result can be given when Team B scores 181, 182, 184, 185, or 186 runs at the end of the 20th over: wins by one run, wins by two runs, wins by three runs...and so on.
Another thing is about number of balls faced by a batter. Just as a bowler is allowed to bowl no more than 24 legitimate balls, a batter in T20 cricket should be allowed to face no more than 24 balls. This way there will be parity when bowlers are pitted against batters. Why should batters have an advantage of facing number of balls?
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