Monday, August 31, 2009

Whither One-day Cricket?

Cricket is fast turning out to be a game which is never devoid of controversy. After WADA, it is now the fate of the one-day cricket which is creating all the ruckus. ECB's decision to scrap the 50-over format of the game from their domestic calendar has drawn a lot of debates in the cricketing fraternity. With the advent of T-20s, the 50-over matches are losing their relevance, that's what the ECB officials feel. And hence the decision of phase out. It's not long past when even one-day internationals were invented. Even at that time, the shorter versions of the game were more entertaining than their 5-day counterparts. But, that did not kill Test matches! Rather, the art of playing Tests changed drastically, which I would say, made Test matches more interesting and watchable. Similarly, why can't we consider T-20s as just another format of the game? It's quite infantile to say that all the three versions of the game can't exist alongside. I hope ICC wouldn't fall prey to ECB's insistence.

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