Reduce ODIs to 40-over video games: Australia’s Khawaja suggestion for ODIs survival

Australian batter Usman Khawaja feels the 50-over format must be lowered to 40-overs-a-side sport to make it extra attention-grabbing within the wake of ever-growing reputation of T20 cricket.

ODIs are quick shedding their reputation with T20Is already changing into a scorching property, whereas Test cricket stays the head of the game.
But Khawaja is in opposition to the scrapping of 50-over format, as a substitute he and teammate Adam Zampa have prompt some corrective measures to infuse a brand new life into ODIs. Having loved 40-over video games in England Cricket Board’s 40 league, Khawaja feels a discount in overs is the correct solution to go. “50 overs is just that little bit too long now. Take out that little middle bit, you’d get to 25 overs and you’d look up and ‘oh crap, there’s only 15 overs left, let’s go again’,” he instructed ABC Sport.

“So you don’t have that little lull. That’s my only objection to one-day cricket.” Leg-spinner Zampa agreed with Khawaja’s statement, saying slightly changes could make 50-over cricket related once more, with the ODI World Cup scheduled to be held in India subsequent 12 months.

“(They) either need to be scrapped or something needs to be done with them,” Zampa stated.  “Bonuses or extra free hits or something, make it a bit more interesting,” he prompt. Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar stated 50 overs was “just enough time to do enough”. “Ten overs is a lovely amount of bowling time, 50 overs is a good time to bat; it gives guys down the order a bit of time if a few wickets have fallen,” stated Agar, who represented Australia in 46 T20Is and 18 ODIs. “I think people get frustrated that maybe it takes a bit too long, but I think that’s just because of the advent of T20 cricket. I like ODI cricket.” Wicketkeeper Alex Carey stated “there’s still lots of room in the game for one-day cricket for sure”.

Australia Test off-spinner Nathan Lyon prompt utilizing one ball from each ends to make it create a degree taking part in discipline for each batters and bowlers. “I’d love to see one ball come back into it,” Lyon stated.

“One ball from both ends, stop giving batters a brand new ball to hit. I’d like to see (them) bring reverse swing, bring spin back into it.”