One Day Cricket

jaydee · 9 Feb 2010, 05:52

Whats the future of the game?

How could it be improved?

Boris · 9 Feb 2010, 06:22

I like One Day Cricket as it is, and I enjoy them very, very much. I think after 40ish years ODI cricket has really developed and honed just enough tactics and knowledge to make it very good without it becoming a bore in that you know exactly what is going to happen.

For mine I don't like the powerplays. No bowling or batting powerplay should be used. There was no 'boring middle overs' to begin with, so why try and fix it by adding something irrelevant and stupid? Just another thing to encourage big hitting but not proper hitting.

LIONS then DAYLIGHT · 9 Feb 2010, 09:03

People have to realise that ODI's, for the immediate future at least, are here to stay.

The 2015 World Cup will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand, while the 2019 World Cup will be held in England. The 50 over game is going to be around for a while yet.

ODI's can still be just as entertaining and dynamic as both test cricket and T20's.

The most important thing to improve ODI cricket is improving wickets - giving them pace and bounce.

**mas cambios** · 9 Feb 2010, 09:43

The most important things for me are:

- ensuring an even battle between bat and ball
- stop having series consisting of 7 games
- get through games quicker - do players really need 7 days rest between games?
- align them with tests and t20 to form cohesive tours

Boris · 10 Feb 2010, 03:38

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Originally Posted by mas cambios

- get through games quicker - do players really need 7 days rest between games?

Not sure I agree with this. There are too many games from all forms. As an example the current Australian side has an ODI on average about every third day, quite often only a days break. Add this to them having played almost constantly (to my memory) since September 2008, maybe more. Series after series with all three forms being shoved in everywhere. They will keep playing pretty much straight until next March too, to my knowledge. There are no breaks anymore, and it's ruining players.

**mas cambios** · 10 Feb 2010, 05:02

See my point above - stop series having 5/7 games. An ideal tour should consist of 3 tests, 3 one day games and a T20. That makes for 19 days of cricket. There is no need for a one day series to drag on for a month or more.

I'll concede that marquee events may need extended series but really, there needs to be some common sense applied. Even then it should be a max of 5 tests and 5 ODI's. Do England really need another one day series against Australia this year in the UK? Not really, they played each last year and will do so again later this year/early next. This is not to mention any meetings that may crop up elsewhere.

The main problem is that the ICC is spineless and in thrall to the BCCI and other boards. Too many haphazard series crop up with little to no relevance. Take the current series involving New Zealand and Bangladesh - it has a single test. I ask you, what is the point!

Boris · 10 Feb 2010, 05:08

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Originally Posted by mas cambios

See my point above - stop series having 5/7 games. An ideal tour should consist of 3 tests, 3 one day games and a T20. That makes for 19 days of cricket. There is no need for a one day series to drag on for a month or more.

I don't mind 5 match series TBH. Seven is over the top, but I won't complain if I get to see more and the last couple have some different players coming through after the series is inevitably won by then.

Depends on the situation and opponent. 5 is too much against smaller nations.

LIONS then DAYLIGHT · 10 Feb 2010, 06:11

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Originally Posted by mas cambios

See my point above - stop series having 5/7 games. An ideal tour should consist of 3 tests, 3 one day games and a T20. That makes for 19 days of cricket. There is no need for a one day series to drag on for a month or more.

I'll concede that marquee events may need extended series but really, there needs to be some common sense applied. Even then it should be a max of 5 tests and 5 ODI's. Do England really need another one day series against Australia this year in the UK? Not really, they played each last year and will do so again later this year/early next. This is not to mention any meetings that may crop up elsewhere.

The main problem is that the ICC is spineless and in thrall to the BCCI and other boards. Too many haphazard series crop up with little to no relevance. Take the current series involving New Zealand and Bangladesh - it has a single test. I ask you, what is the point!

Firstly, Im looking forward to that little series, it appears the reason for it is that it will bring in bulk money for the ECB. The grounds will be packed, pre-Ashes hype will be in the air and it makes sense for Australia to have a few games against England since we are in the country anyway.

These fixtures have been set in stone for years, a look at cricinfo will show the future programs list dating back to 2006.

I think generally the ODI format is about right, 7 games in one series is to long, no doubt about that.

**hattrick** · 10 Feb 2010, 12:31

I must admit that the whole issue start with the FTP.. I agree with most of the points that have been raised.

I think marquee series should be 2 T20, 5 Test Matches and 5 ODI. Then the rest I would think should be 1 T20 and 3 Test Matches and 3 ODI. This might be a gross generalization but I think it would make sense.

With regards to turn around time 3 days between ODIs and T20s. I really think there should be 3-5 days.The biggest issue is that consistency is what we are all after.

Haphazard series is an issue that needs to be looked at and changed. Maybe the ICC need to use the ranking system because entertainment is what will sell the game. Why did no one pitch for the Nagpur test match which was a classic.

Kram81 · 10 Feb 2010, 20:19

Make them 40 overs, it's a better length and is still pretty much a 'day' of Cricket.

Haven't they changed to this in England's domestic comp?