vic_orthdox
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Three men outside the circle indicates that there will be a move towards having the batting side choosing a power play. They are doing that this year in the Domestic One Day tournament.
I don't know if they'd always do it in the last ten overs really. If you were clever you could probably trap a team like Sri Lanka or NZ and make the spinners and medium pacers play during power plays, either that or force them to bowl in the death because the other team uses their best powerplay bowlers.I think letting the batting sides choose when to enforce a power-play would be stupid since most of teams would choose to use them in the last 10 overs, on the contrary i would like to see a rule where a batting side would be given the choice of using the 2 power-plays from anywhere between the 11th to 40th over period that would ensure that middle over period of Odi cricket doesn't get too predictable.
Atm, most of the bowling teams look to get the power-plays out of the way as soon as possible, due to which power-plays have hardly made any big difference in the nature of Odi cricket.
The triangular series is going to be rejigged here - noone cares about matches not featuring Australia (well, at least not in the numbers CA and channel 9 want), and the whole thing drags on too long. I think there was discussion of having two separate series of 5 games a piece or something.
I've gone off triangular series - I'd rather any ODI outside of the CT or WC between two nations to be for the one perpetual trophy between those two countries (ie the equivalent of the Ashes, the Border-Gavaskar or Frank Worrell trophy for Australia and England, India, and West Indies respectively), regardless of where they are played, or who the naming sponsor is. Over time, especially if the games aren't quite as regular as they currently are, the Chappell/Hadlee, Mick Lewis Memorial (for Aust-SA) and "What do we do with a drunken Symo" trophy (Aust-Bang) could come to mean as much as the Test equivalents to players and fans, and thus the interest in ODIs is reinvigorated.
playing agiants each other twice enough.... 3 is a drag as well.TBH, The annual triangular series in Australia is now getting a bit outdated, every team is required to face each four times which makes it look like a dragged series, i think rather than having a 5 match series, the triangular series should stay but each team should only play against each other 3 times and there should only be one final.
On top of that, he's always on TV, just like the ODIs.ODIs are sort of like Mark Nicholas.
They're there.....but noone really cares.
Agreed wholeheartedly.On top of that, he's always on TV, just like the ODIs.
I can't believe so many people are for the free-hit rule. I reckon that's a really ****ty rule change, and I also find it hilarious that beamers don't result in a free hit, but going over the crease by half an inch will.
Disagree. Front-foot no-balls are a result of poor thinking; any bowler who has grown into his career making a conscious effort not to bowl no-balls won't bowl them.Free Hit is dumb at international level, as is an extra player outside the circle.
The stupidity of free hits is exemplified by them not applying to beamers.
Have played in four practice matches where the batting side have been allowed to choose one of the power plays. What I found was that it really benefited the team chasing a heap mroe, as knowing how much they needed to make meant that they could use it more efficiently.I don't know if they'd always do it in the last ten overs really. If you were clever you could probably trap a team like Sri Lanka or NZ and make the spinners and medium pacers play during power plays, either that or force them to bowl in the death because the other team uses their best powerplay bowlers.
Don't like the idea of giving the batting team such power though.
If you are a bowler you wouldn't think so.They've always changed the ball around then as it becomes too discoloured for the batsman to be able to see. All that has changed is that previously you'd see the batsman having to ask the umpires, and then a five minute hold up while the umpires conferred and decided, yes the ball is now brown rather than white, and then chose a replacement. They've just set a time in each innings when it will happen. Easily the most sensible of all of the rule changes.
Don't mind the free hit rule either.
first make the game 40 overs per side with teams playing out sets of 20 before the break and the other set after the break. the batting order begins from where they left off from their fist 20.
next rule teams only have 9 wickets. (10 batsmen) the 11th player is your specialist bowler this bowler has an allotment of 12 overs. the max any other player can bowl is 7 overs.
once a player for your team has batting they no longer can be the specialist bowler or once a player has bowled their 8th over they are the speclist bowler therefor they can not bat for you in your team if required.
in this situration the captain can make the decision during the game of who will be the specialist bowler.
are we going american style 4 quarter games ???i dont wanna harp on about it.. but this is how half time should look in an odi.
Aust.
AC Gilchrist__0
ML Hayden__ 35*
BJ Hodge____3
MJ Clarke____ 27
A Symonds___16*
86-3 20 overs. RPO 4.3
IK Pathan____6-0-29-0
S Sreesanth___5-0-33-1
Z Khan______6-1-17-1
H Singh______3-0-6-0
**specialist bowler not identified.
India.
G Gambhir___7
Tendulkar____16
Uthappa______41
Y Singh______10
R Dravid_____15*
MS Dhoni____6*
109-4 20 overs. RPO 5.1
SR Clark____6-0-14-2
JR Hopes____5-0-21-1
MG Johnson _5-0-30-1
B Lee_______4-0-30-0
**specialist bowler not identified