Why is that still a thing? Champions Trophy

[Fuller Pilch]

What's the best overseas venue for you guys? Always seems like you're watching in the middle of the night! Apart from Aus obviously

West indies for early to mid morning or day games in Asia

 

[RMBolton]

I am pretty sure they ask for bids to host. I dont recall seeing CA or NZC ever bid or even try.

I'm firmly of the view that NZ could host a CT alone. At a stretch, I'm pretty sure NZ could host any ICC event except a men's WC alone. The difficult part is convincing the ICC. We can't give the subcontinent primetime viewing unless we have games on at 3am.

I won't lie, it's kinda frustrating that our boys will never have the theoretical opportunity to play a home Final when all the other "big" teams have at least had that opportunity (even if they never made the Final).

 

[honestbharani]

I'm firmly of the view that NZ could host a CT alone. At a stretch, I'm pretty sure NZ could host any ICC event except a men's WC alone. The difficult part is convincing the ICC. We can't give the subcontinent primetime viewing unless we have games on at 3am.

I won't lie, it's kinda frustrating that our boys will never have the theoretical opportunity to play a home Final when all the other "big" teams have at least had that opportunity (even if they never made the Final).

I think this is where the ICC should at least wake up and when they negotiate the next deals should ensure no such clauses are put up. I think the T20 games in NZ will start around 8 or 9 AM IST which is totally fine AFAIC. And even your d/n ODIs start around 6:30 AM which is ok to wake up and watch. I hope they bid for a solo CT or WT20 hosting rights and win it.

 

[Jan Hfyz]

Am i the only one who thinks that T20 franchise cricket has destroyed the beauty of the ODI cricket? Now a days, people don't watch ODI cricket as they love to watch shorter format more. Why is that so ?

 

[ashley bach]

Am i the only one who thinks that T20 franchise cricket has destroyed the beauty of the ODI cricket? Now a days, people don't watch ODI cricket as they love to watch shorter format more. Why is that so ?

@SteveNZ

 

[SteveNZ]

This guy Jan Hfyz gets it.

Anyone who was there in the 80s to the 00s gets it, and I feel bad for anyone who missed out on that golden era of cricket.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

7 ODIs series…with back-to-back weekend games.

 

[Jan Hfyz]

This guy Jan Hfyz gets it.

Anyone who was there in the 80s to the 00s gets it, and I feel bad for anyone who missed out on that golden era of cricket.

Absolutely! Now this young generation does not know how golden were those days sitting in front of the television watching the legends playing. Now with the advancements everything is going pretty fast.

 

[Molehill]

This guy Jan Hfyz gets it.

Anyone who was there in the 80s to the 00s gets it, and I feel bad for anyone who missed out on that golden era of cricket.

I used to love going to ODI's, best day out at cricket for me. If you go to a Test you run the risk of watching your side getting hammered in the field all day which is not much fun (****ing Amla!!). But at least with ODI's you're guaranteed to see them bat and bowl, a full day's entertainment normally with enough nuance for discussion, but not break neck that you're frightened of missing the odd delivery.

The England team could really do with watching a few old ODI's and learning how to bat out 50 overs again. It's an art that they've lost because they think they're all as good as the 2019 team.

 

[Sunil1z]

It will continue if total viewership numbers are correct ( 1 crore = 10 million ) . This is online viewership on streaming app/website

 

[SteveNZ]

I used to love going to ODI's, best day out at cricket for me. If you go to a Test you run the risk of watching your side getting hammered in the field all day which is not much fun (****ing Amla!!). But at least with ODI's you're guaranteed to see them bat and bowl, a full day's entertainment normally with enough nuance for discussion, but not break neck that you're frightened of missing the odd delivery.

The England team could really do with watching a few old ODI's and learning how to bat out 50 overs again. It's an art that they've lost because they think they're all as good as the 2019 team.

Yep, 50 over cricket is dynamite in that respect. For all the reasons you mentioned, plus the ability to show proper cricketing skills over a longer period. In ODIs, less than a run a ball hundred still has relevance in most games. You can bowl 10 overs up front, trying to nick guys out and bowling a traditional line and length. As opposed to T20 strategies of wack, and don't get wacked.

This generation won't have the pleasure I had of sitting on the Eden Park terraces for a Chappell Hadlee ODI, the chants, the Mexican wave, beers that didn't require a mortgage, and seeing the genuine cricket we got to witness. In fact, they don't even play matches in Auckland apart from the odd T20.

I wonder if streaming services may help the cause for the dreaded marketer's 'eyeballs' on ODIs, given the last post? People may not sit in front of a TV remote but they might stream more readily throughout a day

 

[Sunil1z]

As long as players and spectators recognise the fact that ODI WC is the no.1 Trophy ,ODI will stay .We need Dubai type pitches ( spin /swing/seam ) where 280 is a winning score. All the CT matches in Dubai where nice throwback to 90s era ODI when Teams struggled to score 250 . People don’t want 350 vs 350 too often in ODIs . We have T20 format for that

 

[NZTailender]

I used to love going to ODI's, best day out at cricket for me. If you go to a Test you run the risk of watching your side getting hammered in the field all day which is not much fun (****ing Amla!!). But at least with ODI's you're guaranteed to see them bat and bowl, a full day's entertainment normally with enough nuance for discussion, but not break neck that you're frightened of missing the odd delivery.

The England team could really do with watching a few old ODI's and learning how to bat out 50 overs again. It's an art that they've lost because they think they're all as good as the 2019 team.

Yep, 50 over cricket is dynamite in that respect. For all the reasons you mentioned, plus the ability to show proper cricketing skills over a longer period. In ODIs, less than a run a ball hundred still has relevance in most games. You can bowl 10 overs up front, trying to nick guys out and bowling a traditional line and length. As opposed to T20 strategies of wack, and don't get wacked.

This generation won't have the pleasure I had of sitting on the Eden Park terraces for a Chappell Hadlee ODI, the chants, the Mexican wave, beers that didn't require a mortgage, and seeing the genuine cricket we got to witness. In fact, they don't even play matches in Auckland apart from the odd T20.

I wonder if streaming services may help the cause for the dreaded marketer's 'eyeballs' on ODIs, given the last post? People may not sit in front of a TV remote but they might stream more readily throughout a day

This is funny because I distinctly remember in the mid to late 2000s it felt like we had an absolute saturation of ODI cricket in attempts to make as much money out of it as possible. Apart from the 3 match Chappell Hadlee trophy which was generally good (but then kinda ruined when they tried to make it every year), the tri series format had died and we had things like 7 match ODI series that stopped being interesting around the 3rd or 4th game. JAMODI as a term came about for a reason.

Rose tinted glasses etc.