Twenty-twenty cricket

The indian selectors have picked up the 30 probables for twenty-twenty world cup. With the big guns, sachin, dravid and ganguly opting out(!), many new faces, like anirudha srikkant (son of former indian captain Kris srikkant), karan goel(top scorer in domestic 20-20) are in...The cricket fan is still wondering if this aborning concept is going to be the future of the game
Well...As a matter of fact, I am breaking my head to find any popular sport other than cricket where the 'short version' is played one full day! any pointers would be really helpful.
also, I am the kind of guy who prefers watching the first and last ten overs of an ODI... (that makes it twenty rite;-))...Test matches, well...if i am not at home on leave or something,,i am good with cricinfo bulletin.
i read somewhere...In china when ICC tried to promote cricket, there was stiff opposition coz of the reason that, if at all the game became popular in China, it would end up eating one full day[or five days, incase of test] of their people...they just werent ready to let this 'virus' in;-) May be 20-20 would be easier to sell!