The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) chief govt Geoff Allardice has revealed that there shall be no main deduction within the quantity or proportion of ODIs within the subsequent FTP cycle. Many former cricketers have just lately raised their voices over ODI matches getting outdated and have requested for a change. There’s a noticeable decline within the variety of ODI matches performed by top-ranked ICC groups. Most just lately, South Africa canceled their 50-over sequence towards Australia which was to be performed subsequent yr, giving desire to their home T20 league.
England’s red-ball crew skipper Ben Stokes just lately introduced retirement from ODI cricket, saying it’s not potential for him to play all three codecs. Star Indian gamers Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli additionally took a relaxation from the continuing ODI sequence towards West Indies. T20I cricket continues to carry extra viewership and cash and Check Cricket was revived after the introduction of the World Check Championship (WTC) and now ODI cricket wants a giant change within the close to future as effectively.
“I believe at this stage there may be some dialogue, not particularly about ODIs, however in regards to the mixture of codecs throughout the calendar. Nations have been, of their FTPs, are nonetheless scheduling a wholesome variety of ODIs as effectively. So within the FTP, I don’t assume you’ll see any important change to the variety of ODIs or the proportion of ODIs as being deliberate,” ICC CEO Geoff Allardice stated in a press release.
All boards need to handle steadiness between home competitions: Geoff Allardice
Former Indian head coach Ravi Shastri just lately backed Shahid Afridi’s demand to scale back ODI cricket by 10 overs every innings. Legendary Pakistani cricketer Wasim Akram referred to as additionally 50-over cricket a ‘drag’ and requested the ICC to terminate this format. Australian opening batter Usman Khawaja described ODI cricket as a slowly dying format. However Geoff Allardice acknowledged that international locations must steadiness their schedule for each home and worldwide matches.
“Every of them has to handle that steadiness between home competitions, their worldwide schedule, and the administration of their gamers. Every of these boards is in a barely completely different state of affairs. So there isn’t a one-size-fits-all strategy to that balancing difficulty,” Geoff Allardice added.
