One-day cricket

'Longest beer snake' spotted at SCG

The abandonment of Sunday's ODI between Australia and Sri Lanka in Sydney left many dissatisfied but some in the crowd channelled their frustration in a productive way, creating the longest beer snake

25-Feb-2013•Alan Gardner

ICC latch on to Volunteering-fever

Inspired by the London 2012 Olympics, the ICC is enlisting volunteers to recreate a 'fantastic atmosphere' at the Champions Trophy later this year

25-Feb-2013•Alex Winter

Protect 50-over cricket responsibly

Faisal Shariff, writing for Rediff , expresses confusion over the 'contradictions' in the ICC's handling of the one-day format.

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Mukherjee

One-day cricket's player-investor conundrum

In light of Kevin Pietersen's retirement from limited-overs cricket, Stephen Brenkley, writing in the Independent , says one-day cricket is still the preferred format for the investors but may well die out if the players withdraw their support and

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Bat or bowl?

Which teams do better batting first in ODIs, which teams prefer chasing

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

A tribute to the 'pyjama picassos'

If Ryan Gosling - Time Magazine's coolest person of the year in 2011 - were a one-day player, he'd be a finisher, reckons Rob Smyth

25-Feb-2013•Nitin Sundar

Keep fifty-over strategy simple

Glenn Turner, writing on stuff.co.nz , dispels some of the myths surrounding ODI cricket

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Limited overs, unlimited players

From left field, John Stern, editor of the Wisden Cricketer , has a unique idea for an innovation in one-day cricket: an American football-style squad system, wherein sides can name an almost unlimited number of players in their squad and use them

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

It wouldn't be cricket

Cricket Australia’s latest proposal to revitalise the one-day format would give one batsman from each team the opportunity to bat twice

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

ODI cricket alive and well

The 50-over format has merits and continues to be popular but we need fewer such games infused with greater context to ensure its survival, writes Mike Selvey in the Guardian .

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Split-innings are just a quick fix

The latest attempt to inject life into the one-day format comes courtesy of Cricket Australia and involves split-innings of 20 overs each

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

Hollow day proves game needs a rethink

25-Feb-2013•Jamie Alter

Let spectators decide the future of one-dayers

The current ICC Champions Trophy has been packaged for the consumer, because one-day cricket is now in a buyer’s market, writes Harsha Bhogle in the Indian Express

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

ODI cricket needs to return to basics

The viability of ODIs in the wake of Twenty20 cricket has been a subject of much discussion in recent months

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

Putting all eggs in one overburdened basket

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

Future cricket looks shorter

The likelihood of the 50-over game being scrapped for good for the sake of Twenty20 and even shorter formats seems inevitable, writes Peter Williams in the New Zealand Herald

25-Feb-2013•Kanishkaa Balachandran

Dhoni's moves and success

India's steady rise as a feared and respected ODI team has everything to do with the results they have achieved in the last eighteen months

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

ODI cricket's declining importance

Dileep Premachandran, in his blog in the Guardian , says ODI cricket generally lacks in importance, barring the World Cup, and discusses ways in which the format could be made more relevant.

25-Feb-2013•Siddhartha Talya

A recipe for chaos

Any format that lacks a basic, natural complexity will ultimately collapse as options run out

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

Champions Trophy may increase ODI valuation

The one-day game, once cricket’s mainstay, is losing ground alarmingly to Twenty20 in terms of sponsor interest and revenue generation

25-Feb-2013•Judhajit

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