Twenty20 Changes

I have thoroughly enjoyed the Twenty20 World Cup in England. The majority of the games have been exciting and the atmosphere has shown the ability England has to hold major tournaments. If only we get the football world cup. I'm listening to South Africa V Pakistan as we speak and it's getting close. South Africa have been very impressive and along with Sri Lanka been the best team, but they may be going out tonight. England had been good at times but losing to Holland was embarrassing but wins against India and Pakistan were good. India was disappointing overall and the Aussies awful.
I think this is spelling the end to one day cricket and balances well with test cricket. BBC World Service recently had a fascinating documentary about the growth of Twenty20 and BBC has been showing the history of every cricket team for the last few weeks. I personally think Twenty20 has allowed new teams like Ireland and Holland to gain valuable experience and exposure in their countries. Any perspective countries will think with some investment they could be there competing and not making up the numbers like test cricket and rugby. Traditionalist will say it's just smacking the ball around and just not cricket. I agree to an extent but the truth is test cricket is not growing and doesn't attract new teams or sponsors. It also suffers from a lack of structure in the sense of a lack of a league or tournament. Eventually we will get bored of constantly watchng the Ashes or India V Pakistan.
I would though like to see a couple of changes in Twenty20, firstly I would prefer seeing bowlers have 5 overs each. This would pit batsmen against specialist bowlers rather than all rounders. The Duckworth Lewis method is fundamentally flawed in Twenty20 as highlighted in the England V West Indies match where England set a good target but West Indies had all there wickets for 9 overs. Perhaps a smaller wicket target or higher run rate being required is needed. I don't have the answer but the current system is ridicoulous.
Another idea would be for the bowlers being unable to bat. This would slow down the slogging session and make the batsmen respect their wicket a little more.
Either way a few small adjustments would make the game that little bit better. I have been a little concerned though by some of the India chairmen of the IPL who want to target the US market. I think this is dangerous, I think they should rather target some of the middle eastern countries were viewing figures are massive. The problem with breaking into the US is the fact you are relying on the expat community for growth.
The future though is bright and I hope the IRB will do a similar thing for Rugby 7's. Both events could be good Olympic sports.