25 overs Test match ODI style - Sachin's formula for ODI

Safin

Sachin Tendulkar has come out with a unique formula to revive ODI cricket

And it seems to make a lot of sense too. Its in the end closer to T20 over format to and yet will add spice to the 50 over match.

Sachin Tendulkar today came up with a new proposal save the 50-over format from the Twenty20 wave which threatens its existence, suggesting that one-day matches be split into four innings of 25-overs-a-side.

"I am for 50-over cricket. I think we should have 25 overs a side to start with. I thought of this during the 2002 Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka," the champion batsman said.

"In the finals, we ended up playing 110 overs against Sri Lanka. First they played 50 overs and we played 10 overs before the rain interruption. The next day, Sri Lanka again played 50 overs and we played 10 overs and in the end we were declared joint winners. I thought, 110 overs and still no result," he recalled.

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This would be quite fun, come to think of it. Plus lots of advertising opportunity too

Almost a condensed Test Match.

Plus it takes away the advantage of the pitch, or dew.

knoughtyd

Awesome Idea

It should be fun to see a team bat twice in a day

Sachin

Safin

Kapil Dev has slammed the idea though.
He was on TimesNow tonight and he slammed the idea as tinkering too much and destroying cricket as we know it.

Agnel

^ He is a moron. What tinkering

. 50 overs game is boring these days.... there is absolutely no contest sometimes.

I used to play 10 overs -twin innings cricket (as i called it) in school

Sachin stole my idea

I remember a world star 11 vs australia played this way. 10 overs each innings, 4 innings in total. It was fun

Safin

But basically this will mean all the records of ODI as we know it would stand invalidated so obviously all old players will not like it.

Plus in a way this is a test match of T20. If all that is going to happen is batsmen friendly cricket, then bowlers will lose out in the long run also.

Agnel

That is true. It becomes more of a batsmen friendly game. But how can one make it bowler friendly?

Probably 3 bouncers and stop giving free hits?

Kimi

Originally Posted by Agnel

I used to play 10 overs -twin innings cricket (as i called it) in school

Sachin stole my idea

Safin

^^ Don't take his word for it Kimi.
He has been saying that with everything

Soon he will say Google was his idea too

Ninja

^ No it was mine, just that i forgot to patent it

Back to the topic, we all are liking the idea because its been proposed by Sachin himself. But if its implemented that way then we all will have to pay homage to test cricket. As it is the test matches have low attendance in grounds, if this 2 innings formula is implemented then the ODIs will become a extended version of T20 and there will be no takers for test matches.

Kimi

Originally Posted by Safin

^^ Don't take his word for it Kimi.
He has been saying that with everything Soon he will say Google was his idea too

Saar