Good idea or not? PCB mulls splitting domestic one-dayers into four innings

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Ian Chappell is also a great advocate of this concept i.e. splitting 50 over games into two halves of 25 each, arguing that it w’d make ODIs more entertaining and intriguing. It will also make the games less predictable.

With the current format of 50 straight overs, bat first and score around 300 and the game is in the bag, well atleast 80% of the time or

bat first and implode for < 200 and you have lost the game 90% of the time

The Pakistan Cricket Board has said it wants to trial one-day matches with two innings for each side during its domestic season.

Sultan Rana, chief of PCB’s domestic cricket department, who has also worked for the Asian Cricket Council as a development officer, has backed the idea which was brought into the spotlight earlier this month by Sachin Tendulkar.

“If the International Cricket Council allows its members to experiment with this new format we will definitely be keen to try it out because our domestic structure is tailormade for this new concept,” Rana said. “I think it is going to happen soon. Because by splitting one-day games into four innings will basically allow the ICC and other countries to make one-day matches as interesting and popular as Twenty20 matches are now.”

David Richardson, the ICC’s cricket manager, had said last week that the concept could breathe life into the 50-over format, which has been threatened by the rise of Twenty20s. The idea has its share of critics as well, including legendary allrounders Imran Khan and Kapil Dev, who feel the format of the one-dayer should not be tinkered with.

The England board has already scrapped the domestic Friends Provident Trophy, the only 50-over domestic cricket tournament, in favour of an expanded Twenty20 competition along with a 40-over format. Cricket South Africa are also likely to join the bandwagon as it considers changes to its 45-over competition.

Rana said the PCB will wait for the ICC’s green signal before experimenting with the 50-over format. “We will discuss this issue internally and be prepared for it when countries are allowed to try out the new format.,” he said. “One has to change with time and I think cricket also has to undergo slight changes with time.”

http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/424901.html

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Re: Good idea or not? PCB mulls splitting domestic one-dayers into four innings

yea.... butttttttttttt.... no

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why??

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Re: Good idea or not? PCB mulls splitting domestic one-dayers into four innings

25 overs per innings, does it mean at the start of the second innings the team will start from where they left i.e. the batsmen who were batting will continue or will they start all over?

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That's exactly what it means

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Re: Good idea or not? PCB mulls splitting domestic one-dayers into four innings

In that case very team will try and not lose wickets during the first half in order to launch an attack during second half, thereby making the first half relatively boring. Still wont be a bad experiment.

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The possibility of the experiment will become a certainty if India and South Africa do not progress beyond the first round in the Champions Trophy.

So what happens if the team batting first loses all its wickets in the first 25 overs and reaches a huge target? How many innings will the other team get?

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Re: Good idea or not? PCB mulls splitting domestic one-dayers into four innings

^ It will be just like it is now, if the team batting first gets out in 25 overs and say make 250 runs the team batting second will have 50 overs at its disposal to achieve that target.

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I see your point but the problem can be overcome by having 20 overs of field restrictions (or power plays) in all - 10 in each half.

If a team is just content with preserving wickets and going at a snail's pace of 3 RPO in the first half (and wasting 10 powerplays!) it is really upto them. The idea is to get teams thinking intelligently about how to both keep wickets and accelerate in each half. Good batsmen should be able to accelerate by mixing proper cricketing shots with intelligent late slogging.

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On second thoughts must not tinker too much with ODIs. The 50-over format is fine as it is. Splitting the innings into two halves w'd disrupt the flow of the game, the thrill of a good partnership or bowling spell!!

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Re: Good idea or not? PCB mulls splitting domestic one-dayers into four innings

^ yesterdays partnership between Malik and Yousef negates arguments in favour of 25 overs innings.

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Agreed one hundred percent!

Younis Khan made the same point a couple of days ago

http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/425971.html