Should ODI (50 overs) format be scrapped ?

[Hrithik]

The future of One Day International (ODI) cricket seems to be very uncertain. The effects of Twenty20 cricket (a.k.a Pro20 or T20) seem to be having a negative influence on the ODI game. Cricket Australia has said that the 2015 Cricket World Cup scheduled for Australia is not marketable. The England Cricket Board has scarped their domestic 50-over competition and replaced it with a 40-over game, while in South Africa we play a 45 over game in the MTN Domestic Championships.

Some people have suggested that the ODI game be split into two innings of 25 overs. I think this is a terrible idea; we’re just going to land up with two Twenty20 games in one.

One article which says 2015 ODI WC is not marketable :

http://www.sport24.co.za/Columnists/...h-row-20090915

Another more radical one :

As India engages in yet another meaningless tournament in Sri Lanka and England's ODI series with Australia fails to generate any excitement, Adam Bayfield looks at the future of ODI cricket.

http://www.isport.in/international/f...di-cricket-734

One more :

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...ow/6028891.cms

I think we should scrap ODIs and get a proper World Test Championship in place divided in 3 tiers and limit T20s to IPL & WT20.

[Green Tea]

[cricket_king]

I disagree with both ideas - that ODIs should be scrapped, as well as the ridiculous 30-nation test championship idea.

[wasi90lkv1]

ODI format is my most favorite format in cricket. ODI format has a legacy, i am against the idea of scrapping it.

[Zeeshan]

Might as well do away cricket altogether and produce our own version of Jan-Ove Waldner huh?

[beshideshi]

Despite the great number of one sided encounters in ODI, most of the nail biting finishes in the recent past has been in ODI games. And I do not think any alterations are needed right now. As someone else said, even the Ban-Eng ODI's in England were able to attract almost full houses, so the lack of interest argument is B* imo.
Of course ODI could do with a better scheduling, ICC intervening and giving equal opportunity to each team. But the format doesn't need any change, and as some of the experts believe that 3 formats can't co-exist, I beg to differ. There will always be cricket romantics who would sit through 5 days of cricket, excitement lovers who would watch 3 hours of T20 and several in between who would not mind 100 overs of cricket a day.

[_Rafi_]

Play pro-40 in domestic level and play 50 overs ODI internationally.

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[Habib]

This thread belongs to International Cricket section. Mods please move the thread.

[simon]

I will only consider 40-40 odis.
50 overs might be too long at times,but I still love this format.

[deshprem]

cricket is fine as it is- maybe just umpiring n pitches are an issue- but in terms of format- just leave it as it is, and all those stupid administrators need to stop thinking they know whats good for the game and whats good for the fans. just leave the game alone.

[sir john]

yes,i say,ODI are useless.

[Bond]

the only format where bangladesh are fluking some wins and u want to scrap that too hahaha, i voted yes.

[bharat]

No ..its bound to die sooner or later ! No need to scrap it, give it time and it will die.

[Night_wolf]

had to revive this thread..if we scarp odi the last night's odi between sa and pak or our last match vs nz will this kind of matches ever happen?..do u think t20 can give us this kind of nail biting finish?..yes t20 finishes are intense but odis like mention will give u the intense pleasure of watching cricket..

[al-Sagar]

if we scrap ODI, how will we enjoy beating NZ 4-0 in a ODI series ????

[dolcevita]

What about todays lankan victory ???
ipl masala can't never match with this format, 2011 gonna be an huge success

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[zainab]

I still think that it should be 40 overs match, get rid of 20 overs.

[shakibrulz]

Pwned
Tests
ODIs


daylight



more daylight


T20

[simon]

no way mate.

[Habib]

ODI is here to stay.

[roman]

Scrap T20. People should not talk about Test and ODI elimination to begin with. And the guy who was suggesting about 30 countries test championship...What was he smoking??? Long live ODI

[godzilla]

Hritik where do you come up with all this outside the box ideas?

I love odi the most out of the 3 formats so if I had to go by preference, no way! I would not mind if test died out (ohh here comes the bashing lol) ...

[Night_wolf]

Originally Posted by godzilla
Hritik where do you come up with all this outside the box ideas?

I love odi the most out of the 3 formats so if I had to go by preference, no way! I would not mind if test died out (ohh here comes the bashing lol) ...

me bash 1st!..me hungry!!

lol!..test cricket gives u the best team..there is no flash in a pan winner in test..so its here to stay forever

[BANFAN]

No...
Why?

[BANFAN]

Originally Posted by Hrithik
..............I think we should scrap ODIs and get a proper World Test Championship in place divided in 3 tiers and limit T20s to IPL & WT20.

You mean none other than India should have the right to run a domestic league like IPL?