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Future of one-day cricket
Ponting for points system to stop ODI dead rubbers
Cricinfo staff
October 20, 2009
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The reinvention of one-day cricket has been a hot topic of discussion over the past few months and Ricky Ponting, the Australian captain, has joined the debate by calling for a points system to give the format "significant meaning". Speaking ahead of Australia's departure for India for a seven-match ODI series, Ponting gave the example of the 6-1 win over England recently as proof that dead rubbers hurt the game.
"The way that one-day cricket is played at the moment with one-off series like this … until there is a points system in place then it might get to the same sort of situation as it did in the UK," he said. "We were 4-0 up after four games and all of a sudden there is talk of teams rotating players in and out and doing all sorts of things.
"So the important thing I think is we make sure that every game of 50-over cricket has some significant meaning."
The ICC is considering a trial splitting of one-day matches into two innings of 25 overs for each team, a proposal Sachin Tendulkar had mooted earlier. Graeme Smith and Kumar Sangakkara felt the ICC Champions Trophy would be crucial in directing the future of the ODI as a viable format in international cricket. Other trials in international cricket include hosting day-night Tests, which the England board plans for next summer if approved by the ICC.
Mitchell Johnson, the Australian allrounder, backed 50-over cricket to survive the threat posed by Twenty20 cricket. "Test cricket is number one for me but then it's followed by 50-over cricket," he said. "I prefer 50-over cricket [over Twenty20]. I hope it doesn't die, because I love the game."
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mardrol is on the money, get rid of the flat track, i remember how good the games where when they scored 220. a century was hard earned and deserved praise, bowlers that put it in the right spot got rewarded. I hate flat tracks, get some bounce in there and a hint of green! If you dont like the just knock it arrond in the middle overs make them a contest instead.
Posted by pup_macca21 on (October 24 2009, 03:05 AM GMT)We cant even consider changing the 50 over game its like getting most of the thrills of a test match in about 1/5 of the time you get the centuries and all those close wickets that make the game exciting. the T20 format is well more of a family orientated version of the game where you can take th little ones and go and spend 3-4 hours enjoying the best game in the world and the one game everyone loves. however the points system and having a trilateral series as mentioned by 'Kumar_cricket' is a much more appealing setup where you can have 3 teams in a series and most likely no dead rubbers. LONG LIVE 50 OVER CRICKET !!!!!!! LMAO
Posted by mardrol on (October 23 2009, 19:04 PM GMT)some say that people are busy these days. but does that mean people werent busy all the past years when there were some thrilling 50-over contests????? the argument shud never be whether 50 over-cricket survives or not BUT it shud be how to make it a thrilling encounter of 8 hours. the flat-tracks is the biggest enemy of 50-50 cricket and not 20-20.we had so many close matches (despite there being minnows) in the 1999 world cup than in 2003 and 2007 because such gud nd sporting were the pitches during 99 world cup. the game itself stands for an EVEN CONTEST BETWEEN BAT AND BALL IRRESPECTIVE OF THE FORMAT OF THE GAME. so eliminaing dead rubbers nd flat tracks to a large extent will sustain this beautiful format for years to come rather splitting it into meaningless sub-formats.
Posted by sgawas on (October 23 2009, 12:25 PM GMT)I do not think the 50 over cricket match is loosing the popularity. Only think is that 20-20 matches is attracting more people than 50 over matches. But people still loves to watch 50 over match so i don't think there should be any changes to 50 over matches. But i guess ICC should see that matches are contested evenly
Posted by Kumar_cricket on (October 22 2009, 14:12 PM GMT)I don't think one day cricket needs major changes as tendulkar suggested. I think we need to make tracks with help bowlers somewhat. Flat tracks are not good for 50-50 format anymore. Teams should play trilateral series instead of bilateral series and also promote tournaments like Australasia cup, Afro-Asia cup. Try to include minnows in all the series and ICC should consider 50-50 for minnows to give test status. ICC should consider sportive tracks at least.
Posted by SuviTeam on (October 22 2009, 06:24 AM GMT)Nowadays 50 overs game is losing popularity mainly because people dont have time to spend 6-8 hours to see the result of one game. People are busy. 20-20 is the way to go. It is changing dimension of cricket. cricketer should adopt to the situation. And try to score run faster. And there are more things to explore in 20-20 format. You can see the transition in 20-20 format now itself. It used to be a batsman's game. Now we are not getting 180+ kind of score in most of the matches. The bowlers are explored the format and they are doing well. So people!! lets change. Drop those 50 overs and Test matches and play 20-20 games. Let more club level and country level matches to come up and popularise cricket.
Posted by sammykent on (October 22 2009, 01:34 AM GMT)The only reason anyone is talking about changing the fifty over format is so it can survive against T20. T20 is fun to watch and is developing into a more strategic game but the fact remains that it is a slog-fest. With only twenty overs and ten wickets in hand the game can be a bit of a lottery for evenly matched sides, either the batting comes off or it doesn't. There is no harm in shaking up the fifty over format but it needs to take precedence over T20. In a fifty over game the batsmen have an opportunity, and time, to accumulate runs and play each ball on its merit. As has been mentioned in previous posts, this enables the selectors to judge the players' worthiness of playing Test cricket by having the time to assess their temperament and durability. Eight over bowling spells might be all that is needed to give the 50 over format some freshness. That and playing on pitches that are not flat, batting paradises. As for dead rubbers......no money in those.
Posted by ed.dixon on (October 21 2009, 11:00 AM GMT)The US seems to get by quite happily with dead rubbers not being played. The Ice Hockey and Baseball finals are always a series of 7 and the series stops when one team has won four. Full stop, no ifs or buts. Having said that, does there actually need to be a 7 match series? Aren't 5 or 3 matches enough? Why were tri-lateral series binned?
Posted by cook on (October 21 2009, 06:47 AM GMT)The problem isn't the 50 over format. The ideas thrown around of splitting the innings in to 4 isn't necessary. The problem that 50 over cricket has is the meaningless series that seem to be thrown together all the time. The current 7 one dayers in India is a perfect example. Apart from money, is there any real significance to that series being played ? The cricket boards from both Australia and India have seen a small window and they decided to fit 7 one dayers in there. A simple solution would be to get rid of series such as this. But we all have to remember that 20/20 is still young, and the fans are being saturated with 20/20 games everywhere. Give it time and soon the fans will get sick of 20/20's. They have found a good thing and they are killing it. The media aren't helping the situation either by keep making headlines of 50 over cricket is finished. Every press conference a cricketer has, the 50 over question is asked.
Posted by SachinFan on (October 21 2009, 06:33 AM GMT)First of all, let's remove the dead rubber matches from bilateral cricket tournaments. Those are useless anyway. If a team wins 3-1 in a five match bilateral series, that's the end of it. No need to play the 5th match. It will add more spice in two teams fought series. So far we've seen a lot of dead rubber matches. First eliminate that. In any format of the game, the meaningless matches shouldn't be played.