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Originally Posted by KB24
Considering more people watch the ODI World Cup than any other form of cricket, I don't get how you can say "I don't really know anyone who cares about one day cricket".
Clearly, a lot of people do. The ratings for this format prove that. Some of the greatest games I can remember are ODIs: the Aus-SA 434 game, The desert storm, 200* game, Ind-Pak 2003 game, the tie game between Eng-India this world cup, Aus-SA world cup tie, Gilly's WC final blitz against SL etc...
The problem with one day cricket for me is the standard is so much lower than in test cricket. The super highway pitches take a lot of the skill out of batting and bowling and what you end up with are teams full of crap all rounders (like James Hopes) who are ok bats, ok bowlers and field ok but make the matches incredibly boring.
I think the biggest thing though is that one day matches lack the psychological and pressure contests that test cricket seems to come up with, and thats what makes for the best viewing imo.
Also my man Usman Khawaja made a 100 in the tour match the other day making test selection a formality. He'll probably bat at 6 but he should be at 3 and Ponting at 4 imo. Anyway he will be the man to win us back the ashes next time round.