"One of the things that's come back as the feedback from fans and also from a television audience perspective is that by having a split innings, after the dinner break, no matter, you will get to see both teams bat in the evening. That is something that people who might be going to the game after work or coming home after work see as being a very significant plus for this format."
well here at sp... i did a post on september 2009 proposing exactly the same... how splitting odi innings can work... this is what i proposed then...
so if teamA scores say 180/5 in first 25 overs... the innings should be called off automatically and the opposition teamB steps in and if say they score160/4 after their first innings of 25 overs the teamA should resume their innings from 180/5 score onwards...
needless to say my vote goes for this trial... rather than left to die slow death if not dead already... one day cricket needs some innovations very urgently for if not for this format many boards would have closed the shop many moons ago...
shared by
straight point
on Wednesday, March 03, 2010
sorry to those who noticed... i was busy and could not update blog... and this will continue for a while...
but i could not held myself back on what happened today in first odi between australia vs new zealand...
i happen to catch last few overs live on set max and saw mithchell johnson almost stepped on scott styris when later stuck him for two consecutive boundaries... before that johnson was cleary seen pointing a finger on his head as an indicator to styris what he was upto... it was only a timely intervention from haddin, who literally pulled johnson away from the scene, which prevented the circumstances from getting worse...
i immediately checked at cricinfo's commentary... but the holy cows at cricinfo, almost dutifully, not only ignored the incident... but acted as if the match was played in the most humble conditions...
here is the account of that over...
45.1
Johnson to Styris, 1 run, full from Johnson and Styris heaves it through the leg side for a single to deep square leg
45.2
Johnson to Southee, no run, 146 kph, this one is short and quick and takes Southee on the right bicep and falls into the off side. Well done from the young man as he shows no pain
45.3
Johnson to Southee, 1 run, good length and Southee plays forward and edges to third man
45.4
Johnson to Styris, no run, short ball and Styris tries to pull but gets it off the edge into his front pad
45.5
Johnson to Styris, FOUR, 147 kph, bumper from Johnson with mid on and mif off up inside the circle and Styris pulls through wide mid on for four, good stroke
45.6
Johnson to Styris, FOUR, 147 kph, Styris sits back and pulls/heaves over mid wicket for four as Harris can't run it down from mid on
see... nothing happened... as if that was a routine over...
now see this video... of mitchell johnson and scott styris clash...
and also this pic... though not from the same match... but from the same tour...
the similarities are...
both times australia were under pressure...
both times batsman had the better of bowler in picture...
both times the match referee was ranjan madugalle...
but can you spot the difference...?
ok let me help you out...
if only the bowler's name was shanthakumaran sreesanth...
i bet... neither the match referee nor the holy cows at cricinfo would have missed the incident...
i proposed the idea of continuation of innings after the break of 25 overs for both teams instead of playing two new 25 overs innings... looking like two back to back t20sh games being played in middle...
"I don't necessarily like the idea of playing two matches of 25 overs each with the openers batting again," he said. "The charm of one-day cricket is seeing someone batting at four and scoring a good hundred. If you bat in the middle order of a Twenty20 or a new 25-over innings, you're not to get much of an opportunity to hit three figures, one downside of the Twenty20 game."
exactly the point... can't wait for the trials to begin in south africa...
but after thinking hard over it i think it can work if we use first innings 25 over mark of both teams as forced declaration point...
so if teamA scores say 180/5 in first 25 overs... the innings should be called off automatically and the opposition teamB steps in and if say they score160/4 after their first innings of 25 overs the teamA should resume their innings from 180/5 score onwards...
this will solve some purpose of making odi interesting as:
teams in first innings won't go slam bang from start like t20 thinking they are not gonna lose too many wickets in 25 overs... they will look to save wickets for second innings... there by making middle overs interesting too which is the biggest blemish on current odis...
rather than giving players like sehwag... gayle two shots at a target... who have it in them to murder you in one innings only... it will give them only one chance...
the middle order batsmen will too get some say in the game as giving top order batsmen two chances for a target will virtually kill them...
this will make second innings equally important as more focus will be on it from teams as well as fans points of view to keep the interest going...
well for bowlers... nothing changes as usual... they will in either case get two chances to have a go at batsmen... with a welcome break of innings in between...
so in this way rather than looking as two back to back t20 games being played in middle... odis will stand on its own without losing too much of its sanity... if splitting the innings is the only solution that is...
shared by
straight point
on Saturday, September 05, 2009
there has been voices for splitting ailing one day internationals into two innings... now sachin too has endorsed the idea and said 50 overs games should be split into 25 innings each...
needless to say i do not agree with sachin or for that matter anybody who sees the future of odi's lies in splitting the innings... which i think is the populist idea driven by the success of t20 games...
one why would you like to see two teams playing t20ish game back to back...?
but the biggest flaw is... if one team finishes first innings miles ahead of opposition either coz of huge score or pakistanesque collapse... second innings will be reduced to nothing but the exercise in motion... meant for the statisticians delight...
one can argue that this happens in tests too...
but sir, there you have an option for a face-saving hard fought draw...
straight point (sp) is restless... relentless... but a fun loving guy... likes to live life to fullest... trying to discover himself through cricket... welcome to this little world of his...
