England oneday matches?

[dubai194]

why do england play fewer ODIS then other teams? i think that is one of the main reasons their struggling in oneday games these days

[PhoenixFire]

The management (rightly so) believe that Tests are more important than ODIs, so they arrange less of them to play. I think.

[dubai194]

yes but during the world cup season they should try to play more and more to get more practice

[open365]

why do england play fewer ODIS then other teams? i think that is one of the main reasons their struggling in oneday games these days

I think it's the other way round.

[Lillian Thomson]

Michael Vaughan says that at the end of a long tour when you see a best of 7 matches before you you're just counting down until you come home. Not quite the "we shall fight them on the beaches" attitude of previous Leaders.

[Perm]

Duncan Fletcher beleives that test's are more important than ODI's and I would agree with him, but with the World Cup coming up I think it would've been better for England if they played a more varied opposition rather than 5 ODI's against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, 7 against India etc. They should have 3 game series and then occasionally on a big tour it should be a 5 game series.

[Lillian Thomson]

The overkill of One-Day cricket is purely to make money. The World Series in Australia where three teams played each other 4 or 5 times just to illiminate one team is a complete nonsense, but it makes money.

[Turbinator]

Duncan Fletcher beleives that test's are more important than ODI's and I would agree with him, but with the World Cup coming up I think it would've been better for England if they played a more varied opposition rather than 5 ODI's against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, 7 against India etc. They should have 3 game series and then occasionally on a big tour it should be a 5 game series.

They should've toured West Indies!

[Neil Pickup]

They should've toured West Indies!

We drew there. Then we lost at home. Then we lost the CT final. We can't beat them either. We can't beat anyone.

[open365]

We drew there. Then we lost at home. Then we lost the CT final. We can't beat them either. We can't beat anyone.

East devon U11s looking for a pre season warm-up game by any chance?

[Fratboy]

The overkill of One-Day cricket is purely to make money. The World Series in Australia where three teams played each other 4 or 5 times just to illiminate one team is a complete nonsense, but it makes money.

You've got to hand it over to the Australians. People go on about how the BCCI is interested in milking ODI cricket for money, but look at CA. On an average, India host two 5 match ODI series per year against 2 visiting nations. CA on the other hand, force one of the touring teams to wait it out while a second plays their test series in Australia, and then participate in their tri series. Not only do Australia get their quota of 10-11 ODIs for the home season, but they also get the other two teams to play out a further 4 ODIs annually over there. Its a wonder the other nations put up with it.

[Steulen]

This whole 'Test cricket is the real cricket' argument is so outdated it's not funny anymore.

Let's face it, to all the other teams. ODI cricket is as least as important, if not more important, as Test cricket. Even Australia puts the ODI world cup on an equal footing with the Ashes or the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

It's only England which continues to ignore ODI cricket, and it shows in their results.

[Neil Pickup]

East devon U11s looking for a pre season warm-up game by any chance?

We have our pre-season plans sorted.

[Perm]

This whole 'Test cricket is the real cricket' argument is so outdated it's not funny anymore.

Let's face it, to all the other teams. ODI cricket is as least as important, if not more important, as Test cricket. Even Australia puts the ODI world cup on an equal footing with the Ashes or the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.

It's only England which continues to ignore ODI cricket, and it shows in their results.

You are being pretty harsh on Test cricket, I still think the majority of Australian fans would rather see their team win the Ashes or the Border-Gavaskar Trophy rather than the World Cup. One reason they put the World Cup on "equal footing" with the Ashes and Border-Gavaskar Trophy is that teams are becoming more competitive in ODI's, in 2007 there are a number of teams who could win it. But in the Ashes Australia's dominance has made the contest less exciting and perhaps less important in the eyes of some. If you asked the Australian cricketers right now what they would rather do, regain the Ashes or win the World Cup I am sure that the majority, if not all of them would prefer to regain the urn.

[aussie]

At full strenght England ODI side can be very competitive as they showed vs Australia last year, but unlike some other teams notably AUS, SA, PAK they do not have that strenght in depth i.e if England lose Flintoff, KP, Trescothick for any period the ODI side becomes very ordinary. So for me thats the problem not enough quality ODI players coming through.