ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[Sithara007]

Nothing interesting in ODI cricket these days - what is coming up next? I am missing ODIs . Seems like Long since we discussed something interesting.
Which teams would you like to see playing? Mine is Pakistan and India and Australia and NZ.

I don't even know when I watched an ODI match for the last time. Nowadays IPL is going on, and before that it was the T20 World Cup in 2021. Fans are rapidly losing their interest in bilateral series. In most cases, the matches are one-sided and in case of test matches the host nations are preparing horrible tracks in order to get the advantage (examples are Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan in the last few months). Now we are so used to T20 format, that a match that takes 7 hours to complete sounds too long for us.

[sovie]

I don't even know when I watched an ODI match for the last time. Nowadays IPL is going on, and before that it was the T20 World Cup in 2021. Fans are rapidly losing their interest in bilateral series. In most cases, the matches are one-sided and in case of test matches the host nations are preparing horrible tracks in order to get the advantage (examples are Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan in the last few months). Now we are so used to T20 format, that a match that takes 7 hours to complete sounds too long for us.

The generation who started watching or playing cricket after 2010 like only T20, for them test and ODI is a horrible thing.  Test and odi are limited to bilateral series only, while T20 is in leagues and also in ICC T20 WC. But test and odi is necessary since you can get solid batsmen or bowler only through this format.

[Minecache]

Nothing interesting in ODI cricket these days - what is coming up next? I am missing ODIs . Seems like Long since we discussed something interesting.
Which teams would you like to see playing? Mine is Pakistan and India and Australia and NZ.

I don't even know when I watched an ODI match for the last time. Nowadays IPL is going on, and before that it was the T20 World Cup in 2021. Fans are rapidly losing their interest in bilateral series. In most cases, the matches are one-sided and in case of test matches the host nations are preparing horrible tracks in order to get the advantage (examples are Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan in the last few months). Now we are so used to T20 format, that a match that takes 7 hours to complete sounds too long for us.

Yes exactly and no one in his right mind is going to sit in front of the television for 7 hours when he has a lot of things to do, especially those people who provide for their families.
Even if someone decides to watch a one day international match for all the hundred overs, there is a very big chance that he might not enjoy it because often it can be one-sided. I think ICC will also start giving T20 more importance since the format is doing so well.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Yes exactly and no one in his right mind is going to sit in front of the television for 7 hours when he has a lot of things to do, especially those people who provide for their families.
Even if someone decides to watch a one day international match for all the hundred overs, there is a very big chance that he might not enjoy it because often it can be one-sided. I think ICC will also start giving T20 more importance since the format is doing so well.

Initially ODI was of 120 overs, 60 each side. It was shortened to 100 overs, still odi takes quite a time to finish. For kids of 90s, odi is what t20 is today. We were super excited to see ODIs specially India Pakistan matches. Those were good old days when Pakistan and India used to play against eachother.

[Tony116]

You were referring to post T20 era, yes at that time test and odi was what cricket is all about. Players were made from scratch for test. Now T20 is what cricket is about and sadly in T20 there is no technique. Its all about your luck in T20, thats why players like Hardik Pandya are so successful in T20.

Well.. even now we have players such as Steve Smith, Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteswar Pujara who are test specialists. But the big money is with T20 format, because nowadays hardly anyone have enough spare time to watch test matches live. You can always argue that if someone wants to learn the techniques of the game, then they should watch test cricket. That may be true. But what most of the fans expect is entertainment and not some technical training session. And that is why players such as Kieron Pollard, Hardik Pandya and Andre Russell are so popular.

Listen the only people who actually watch test cricket the whole day has added those people who are trying to get into the cricketing scene. and as a player who is trying to learn something new by learning the very basics of the game, I think test cricket is the best way to do so. Otherwise, no one actually watches test cricket at this stage. I don't think this is going to change, it actually doesn't matter what ICC does about this.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

Listen the only people who actually watch test cricket the whole day has added those people who are trying to get into the cricketing scene. and as a player who is trying to learn something new by learning the very basics of the game, I think test cricket is the best way to do so. Otherwise, no one actually watches test cricket at this stage. I don't think this is going to change, it actually doesn't matter what ICC does about this.

Can't agree more that test is the core and fundamental part of cricket. You can learn techniques of batting and bowling only through test format. ODI and T20 is just about hitting and playing aggressively, in T20 there are no Fundamentals. This is why test is still recognised by all old cricket playing countries.

[Sithara007]

The generation who started watching or playing cricket after 2010 like only T20, for them test and ODI is a horrible thing.  Test and odi are limited to bilateral series only, while T20 is in leagues and also in ICC T20 WC. But test and odi is necessary since you can get solid batsmen or bowler only through this format.

Well.. it's not just the generation which started watching cricket after 2010. I started watching cricket when I was a kid in the 90s. Even I find test and ODI cricket intolerable nowadays. Even the ODI world cup has started to become boring. I didn't watched a majority of the matches last time. And apart from Ashes, I don't even follow the results from test match series. It is the responsibility of ICC to make test cricket more interesting. And right now they are not doing anything on this regard.

[doomloop]

I am also hearing about it for the first time. I have played different type/format of street cricket but I have never heard about it or played it. How many players are allowed in each team considering only two players are allowed to bat. I assume each team will have a minimum of two players and they can also bowl. Then how many fielders and does it have a wicket keeper?

As I already mention just two players involved in this game for having batting and bowling, so only these two can bat and bowl with mostly this is going to play from four to Eight overs game and for players on filed it's also depended on mostly have six to eleven with all is going from their own teams, but only two players are involved in batting and bowling others only can field and have no role in batting and bowling.

Still we have many areas in our city where we have regular cups for these leagues because on week days we have too many players available for all things, but recently mostly peoples from rural areas are enjoying with them because in big cities we have now T10 and T20 formats are more involved.

[Tony116]

The generation who started watching or playing cricket after 2010 like only T20, for them test and ODI is a horrible thing.  Test and odi are limited to bilateral series only, while T20 is in leagues and also in ICC T20 WC. But test and odi is necessary since you can get solid batsmen or bowler only through this format.

Well.. it's not just the generation which started watching cricket after 2010. I started watching cricket when I was a kid in the 90s. Even I find test and ODI cricket intolerable nowadays. Even the ODI world cup has started to become boring. I didn't watched a majority of the matches last time. And apart from Ashes, I don't even follow the results from test match series. It is the responsibility of ICC to make test cricket more interesting. And right now they are not doing anything on this regard.

It's obviously not about the generation, it is more about the fast pace that everyone is moving in the world right now,  and obviously, people are not going to have enough time to watch test cricket for one-day international cricket in this era,  even the test cricket and one day cricket are more skilled versions of cricket. I really believe that T-20 cricket actually has a really good future in the whole world.

[coinism]

Well.. it's not just the generation which started watching cricket after 2010. I started watching cricket when I was a kid in the 90s. Even I find test and ODI cricket intolerable nowadays. Even the ODI world cup has started to become boring. I didn't watched a majority of the matches last time. And apart from Ashes, I don't even follow the results from test match series. It is the responsibility of ICC to make test cricket more interesting. And right now they are not doing anything on this regard.

I don't think ICC can do much to make Test or ODI more attractive to spectators when we have T20 format in place. One main reason is that life today is so fast that we don't have so much spare time for such lengthy formats. In bilateral series excluding India, there is hardly any interest in test and ODIs as stadiums are jam packed during T20I only. 

[Minecache]

I am also hearing about it for the first time. I have played different type/format of street cricket but I have never heard about it or played it. How many players are allowed in each team considering only two players are allowed to bat. I assume each team will have a minimum of two players and they can also bowl. Then how many fielders and does it have a wicket keeper?

As I already mention just two players involved in this game for having batting and bowling, so only these two can bat and bowl with mostly this is going to play from four to Eight overs game and for players on filed it's also depended on mostly have six to eleven with all is going from their own teams, but only two players are involved in batting and bowling others only can field and have no role in batting and bowling.

Still we have many areas in our city where we have regular cups for these leagues because on week days we have too many players available for all things, but recently mostly peoples from rural areas are enjoying with them because in big cities we have now T10 and T20 formats are more involved.

I really don't think something like this is going to be good for cricket in the long run because that is going to change a lot in cricket and I don't think that will be healthy for cricket in the long run. Even if it is I think it should be way into the future.   

Right now there is no reason why this should be implemented in any format of cricket. Right now I think the world really needs the T20 cricket to reach them and I think they will find it interesting because even in the current world it does not cost too much time. maybe in the future if something really needs to be done to get the time lessened I think it can be thought then.

[Sithara007]

I don't think ICC can do much to make Test or ODI more attractive to spectators when we have T20 format in place. One main reason is that life today is so fast that we don't have so much spare time for such lengthy formats. In bilateral series excluding India, there is hardly any interest in test and ODIs as stadiums are jam packed during T20I only. 

Yes. Life has become so hectic nowadays. We are having hardly any free time. I am staying far away from my hometown for the purpose of work, and haven't seen many of my close friends and relatives for many years. Whenever I have some free time, I try to be with my family, or travel to my hometown. Two decades ago, during school/college days I had enough spare time to watch or play cricket. But now this has also changed. Today's kids are overburdened with studies and extra-curricular activities, and they don't have much spare time. Even if they get some spare time, they spend it on mobile or Xbox.

[Iranus]

I don't think ICC can do much to make Test or ODI more attractive to spectators when we have T20 format in place. One main reason is that life today is so fast that we don't have so much spare time for such lengthy formats. In bilateral series excluding India, there is hardly any interest in test and ODIs as stadiums are jam packed during T20I only. 

Yes. Life has become so hectic nowadays. We are having hardly any free time. I am staying far away from my hometown for the purpose of work, and haven't seen many of my close friends and relatives for many years. Whenever I have some free time, I try to be with my family, or travel to my hometown. Two decades ago, during school/college days I had enough spare time to watch or play cricket. But now this has also changed. Today's kids are overburdened with studies and extra-curricular activities, and they don't have much spare time. Even if they get some spare time, they spend it on mobile or Xbox.

That is the way the world is working right now and we have to keep up with it otherwise we are also going to stay behind. People who are working surely do not have enough time to watch cricket for a long time.

Kids nowadays also have a lot more work than we had in our time.
so they also don't have much time to watch cricket. 

the world is moving really fast right now and people have to keep up with the time so they obviously have to give more importance to their work instead of watching cricket.

[blatchcorn]

Yes. Life has become so hectic nowadays. We are having hardly any free time. I am staying far away from my hometown for the purpose of work, and haven't seen many of my close friends and relatives for many years. Whenever I have some free time, I try to be with my family, or travel to my hometown. Two decades ago, during school/college days I had enough spare time to watch or play cricket. But now this has also changed. Today's kids are overburdened with studies and extra-curricular activities, and they don't have much spare time. Even if they get some spare time, they spend it on mobile or Xbox.

Today our social life is altogether different what we have in 90s. Now friend means someone who like, follows and subscribe to you on social media. In 90s, youngster's our Mohalla (street) used to play cricket in afternoon till sunset. But now life is office, home, sleep and repeat.

[TheGreatPython]

Life has become so hectic nowadays. We are having hardly any free time. I am staying far away from my hometown for the purpose of work, and haven't seen many of my close friends and relatives for many years. Whenever I have some free time, I try to be with my family, or travel to my hometown. Two decades ago, during school/college days I had enough spare time to watch or play cricket. But now this has also changed. Today's kids are overburdened with studies and extra-curricular activities, and they don't have much spare time. Even if they get some spare time, they spend it on mobile or Xbox.

Agree with you this statement because now I am also facing this same living away from hometown and having no contact with friends and many family members for years is very common thing in our life, but sadly we have to do this for some better life as day by day it's going harder.

In our school days good time to spend with friends and playing cricket and other games in streets were very common but now all happening on social media accounts and no one is having time for meet up which is big concern as I was checking our kids are also day by day going very lazy just because of this new technology and surely next generation is going to have some more hectic life because now things are changing very quickly, and we are losing human touch.

[Sithara007]

This thread has been dormant for quite some time, because no major ODI tournaments are ongoing. The last series that we had was more than a month back, when the Netherlands toured New Zealand for a series of 3 ODIs (NZ won the series 3-0). The next ODI series also involves Netherlands, as they are traveling to West Indies to take part in a 3-match series (starting by the end of this month). And next month we have Afghanistan touring Zimbabwe for a series of 3 matches and then Netherlands hosting England for a short ODI series.

[coinism]

This thread has been dormant for quite some time, because no major ODI tournaments are ongoing. The last series that we had was more than a month back, when the Netherlands toured New Zealand for a series of 3 ODIs (NZ won the series 3-0). The next ODI series also involves Netherlands, as they are traveling to West Indies to take part in a 3-match series (starting by the end of this month). And next month we have Afghanistan touring Zimbabwe for a series of 3 matches and then Netherlands hosting England for a short ODI series.

All threads less T20 are dormant because of IPL. Due to IPL there is no international cricket or you may say very limited international cricket going on. In Pakistan tour to Srilanka July 2022, ODIs are scrapped and now it will be only two test matches. "The ODIs wouldn't have been a part of the World Super League, so we decided against playing them," SLC CEO Ashley de Silva told ESPNcricinfo.
So it will be a complete boring tour.

[DanWalker]

This thread has been dormant for quite some time, because no major ODI tournaments are ongoing. The last series that we had was more than a month back, when the Netherlands toured New Zealand for a series of 3 ODIs (NZ won the series 3-0). The next ODI series also involves Netherlands, as they are traveling to West Indies to take part in a 3-match series (starting by the end of this month). And next month we have Afghanistan touring Zimbabwe for a series of 3 matches and then Netherlands hosting England for a short ODI series.

All threads less T20 are dormant because of IPL. Due to IPL there is no international cricket or you may say very limited international cricket going on. In Pakistan tour to Srilanka July 2022, ODIs are scrapped and now it will be only two test matches. "The ODIs wouldn't have been a part of the World Super League, so we decided against playing them," SLC CEO Ashley de Silva told ESPNcricinfo.
So it will be a complete boring tour.

I think you are talking about the Bangladesh versus Sri Lanka series? Yes, this is obviously going to be a really boring series in my opinion also. I think Bangladesh is really that in test cricket and Sri Lanka is obviously going to do that against a team like Bangladesh, especially in the test cricket format. I really don't expect too much from Bangladesh because, to be honest, they cannot play test cricket.

[Juggy777]

This thread has been dormant for quite some time, because no major ODI tournaments are ongoing. The last series that we had was more than a month back, when the Netherlands toured New Zealand for a series of 3 ODIs (NZ won the series 3-0). The next ODI series also involves Netherlands, as they are traveling to West Indies to take part in a 3-match series (starting by the end of this month). And next month we have Afghanistan touring Zimbabwe for a series of 3 matches and then Netherlands hosting England for a short ODI series.

All threads less T20 are dormant because of IPL. Due to IPL there is no international cricket or you may say very limited international cricket going on. In Pakistan tour to Srilanka July 2022, ODIs are scrapped and now it will be only two test matches. "The ODIs wouldn't have been a part of the World Super League, so we decided against playing them," SLC CEO Ashley de Silva told ESPNcricinfo.
So it will be a complete boring tour.

I think you are talking about the Bangladesh versus Sri Lanka series? Yes, this is obviously going to be a really boring series in my opinion also. I think Bangladesh is really that in test cricket and Sri Lanka is obviously going to do that against a team like Bangladesh, especially in the test cricket format. I really don't expect too much from Bangladesh because, to be honest, they cannot play test cricket.

I feel that both teams are equally bad hence I won’t be surprised if their matches ends up in a draw, but I believe that Bangladesh will perform better than Srilanka. Also I’m excited for Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe and my prediction is that Afghanistan will beat Zimbabwe in the ODI matches, but what are others predictions is anyone really expecting Zimbabwe to win?.

[blatchcorn]

I think you are talking about the Bangladesh versus Sri Lanka series? Yes, this is obviously going to be a really boring series in my opinion also. I think Bangladesh is really that in test cricket and Sri Lanka is obviously going to do that against a team like Bangladesh, especially in the test cricket format. I really don't expect too much from Bangladesh because, to be honest, they cannot play test cricket.

ICC has taken back test status from Zimbabwe because of political reasons but haven't done that with Bangladesh despite there poor test performance for years. But in this series Bangladesh has chance not because Bangladesh test performance has enhanced but due to fact that Srilanka performance has dropped so low.