Cricket - A Guide to the Game - Seven Things That Distinguish the One Day Cricket Match
Here are Seven things that distinguish One Day Cricket from other forms of the game of cricket.
- The game is played over one day.
As its name suggests this form of the game of cricket is restricted to one day of play.
The first one day match were played in England in 1963.
The first One Day International or ODI was first played at Melbourne in 1971.
Since that time one day matches have become a staple on the itinarary of touring teams.
The format of a game may be such that it starts in the afternoon and is completed in the evening under flood lights hence the term "Day/Night match". - Overs are limited Each team is limited to fifty overs per side and each bowler is limited to the number of overs he can bowl depending upon the rules of the particular competition.
- There are field restrictions .
There are tighter rules with regards to where a fielding captain can place his players on the field - The players wear colored clothing In the one day version of the game of cricket each team has it's own colors.
In some tournaments even the natural willow bats may be colored to co-ordinate with the team colors. - The ball used is white A white ball is used in this form of the game.
It has the same properties as the red ball but because of it's color tends to get scuffed more easily and a bowler may request to change it more often than the red one is changed. - The sight screens are black.
To facilitate the white ball, the sight screens are painted black. - The game always ends in a result.
There is always an outcome to this form of the game.
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