One-Day International

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An ODI between Australia and South Africa

The one-day international matches between the best national teams in cricket are called One-Day Internationals (ODI) . As in Test Cricket , this is a status that is only given to the best teams by the International Cricket Council .

The Cricket World Cup is played in this form. Sometimes ODI are also referred to as "Limited Overs Internationals (LOI)" because, in contrast to first-class cricket and especially test cricket, the number of overs per innings is limited and games can sometimes only be ended the next day. if the weather does not cooperate and the rules of the game allow it.

history

One-day cricket has only developed since the 1960s, when the 1963 Gillete Cup was the first one-day competition for professional teams in England . These high-class one-day games are now called List-A-Matches . The first ODI took place on January 5, 1971 between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground . After the first three days of the scheduled test match had to be canceled due to rain, it was decided to cancel the game entirely and instead play a one-day international over 40 8-ball overs per team. Australia won the game with 5 wickets. The first Cricket World Cup was held in England as early as 1975 .

That in the late 1970s by the Australian media mogul Kerry Packer launched World Series Cricket introduced many of today's typical facets of the One-Day Crickets. For example colored playing clothes, floodlight games with a white ball and black contrast screen, different camera positions, microphones on the playing field, etc.

regulate

In the main, the Laws of Cricket apply , but other regulations are almost always introduced or specified. First of all, these are the two most important properties, namely the limitation to one innings per team and their limitation to 50 overs, which are now the same for international matches. In the beginning of the ODIs this was generally 60 overs, as in the first two World Cups. In England there was a 55-over limit for international matches for many years.

These and the following regulations mostly apply today in national competitions. In the amateur classes, too, these are sometimes used, albeit often in a simplified form.

  • Each bowler is only allowed to do a fifth of the overs, usually ten overs.
  • No more than five field players may stand on the leg side of the field of play, i.e. behind the striker. These and the following fielding restrictions were first introduced in 1992. They all relate to the moment of the bowler's throw.
  • In the first ten overs of an inning, a maximum of two players may be outside the so-called 30-yard circle around the pitch . Until 2005 this restriction applied to the first 15 overs, since then such game phases have been called power plays.
  • Another 5-over power play must be determined by the batting team and must be completed by the 40th over at the latest. During this phase, three players are allowed outside the circle. These additional power plays were also introduced in 2005. Initially, there were two such phases, which were determined by the field team, from 2008 one each by the field team and the batting team. Since 2011, power plays were only allowed to be between the 16th and 40th over. Since 2012 there has only been one additional power play.
  • In the first ten overs, at least two field players must be within a 15-yard circle around the wicket in so-called "close catching positions". Until 2005 this was the case for the first 15 overs.
  • Outside of the power plays, only four field players have been allowed outside the circle since 2012; up until then there were five players.

If playing time is lost due to rain or other reasons, it can often be made up for up to a fixed length (often 30 or 60 minutes). A shortening of the break between innings, which is usually set to 45 minutes, is almost always provided for such cases. Anything that goes beyond that must be offset by deducting Over. The length of the power plays is then reduced according to certain specifications. Shortening the innings can affect both teams to different degrees. The target , i.e. the points needed to win for the second batting team, therefore often has to be adjusted, which is now done using the Duckworth-Lewis method .

Since 2011 , instead of using one new ball per innings , as is customary in cricket , but two balls, one from each end of the pitch. As in all one-day games, the wide rule is interpreted very strictly, so that all throws on the leg-side (behind the batsman's back) are considered wide. Since 2012, bowlers have been allowed two instead of one bouncer (throws between shoulder and head height of the batsman) per over. Further bouncers lead to a no ball . In contrast to standard cricket rules, throws above head height are counted as wides. The introduction of the Supersub 2005 was soon reversed.

National teams with ODI status

Members of the International Cricket Council (ICC):
  • Full Members with Test Status (12)
  • Associate Members with One-Day-International-Status (8)
  • Associate Members (85)
  • Former or suspended members (7)
  • Non-members (15)

    • The following teams have one-day international status:

    These are primarily the test cricket nations that automatically have ODI status. Kenya and, until it became a test nation, also Bangladesh, were the only other teams to receive this status for a few years. The International Cricket Council (ICC) changed its allocation with effect from January 1, 2006 to the extent that the first six teams in the World Cup qualification tournament have automatically received this status until the next tournament. All games of the World Cup are considered to be ODI anyway. Only such games will also be included in the relevant statistics and records. Games of other national teams are only considered internationals and are hardly considered internationally.

    Meetings in certain tournaments, such as the Cricket World Cup in particular, are always considered One-Day International, regardless of the teams involved. Therefore, and due to the above-mentioned awarding practice, the following teams have also carried out ODIs at times:

    • BermudaBermuda Bermuda (January 1, 2006 - April 2009)
    • CanadaCanada Canada (World Cups 1979, 2003; Jan 1, 2006 - Jan 31, 2014)
    • East Africa (World Cup 1975)
    • Hong Kong Hong Kong (Asia Cup 2004, 2008, 2018, May 1, 2014 - March 17, 2018)
    • KenyaKenya Kenya (Feb. 18, 1996 - Jan. 31, 2014)
    • Namibia Namibia (World Cup 2003)
    • NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands (World Cups 1996, 2003; Champions Trophy 2002; Jan 1, 2006 - Jan 31, 2014)
    • Scotland Scotland (World Cup 1999)
    • United Arab Emirates Ver. Arab. Emirates (World Cup 1996; Asia Cup 2004)
    • United States United States (Champions Trophy 2004)

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    Remarks

    1. ↑ These are actually two semicircles, with the middle stump of the wicket as the center, which are connected by straight lines parallel to the pitch.
    2. ↑ Slip , leg slip and gully may be further away from a fast bowler.
    3. ↑ Scotland to face England in 2015 Cricket World Cup Group A ( English ) BBC. February 1, 2014. Accessed February 1, 2014.
    4. ↑ East Africa was an association of various African states that no longer exists. At different times this included Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.