straightbat
Cricket Spectator
How do the games between Africa and Asia have ODI status? It is getting a farce when any game is given staus.
The ICC opened up a can of worms when they gave the Super Series matches official ODI and Test status. Since then, any "All-Star competition" organizer can ask for official status based on those matches alone.How do the games between Africa and Asia have ODI status? It is getting a farce when any game is given staus.
Agreed. Embarassing tournamentHow do the games between Africa and Asia have ODI status? It is getting a farce when any game is given staus.
Nah. It was a poor standard of players and poor quality of cricket.Well it probably is of a higher standard than a normal ODI, I don't see the problem.
I agree. The Morkel brothers aren't really in the frame for the SA ODI team at the moment and yet they make the Africa side, with one of them making his ODI debut!Nah. It was a poor standard of players and poor quality of cricket.
It's because the players who are ODI quality would rather represent their county than their continent.I don't see how players who aren't currently ODI quality for their own country can play an ODI for an "all-star" team comprised of players from multiple countries.
To be honest, what does it matter whether a match has official ODI status or not? The only people it should matter to is statisticians and stat-whores, which basically causes a bit of a headache to them. Apart from that, I don't think ODI status has any meaning for the cricket fan, really.Its all irrelevant now ever since the Asia vs. ROW Tsunami match, and Super Series matches were given official ODI (and even test) status.
The precedent has been set.
Given that stats are extremely important in cricket, games being given ODI status or not is extremely important.To be honest, what does it matter whether a match has official ODI status or not? The only people it should matter to is statisticians and stat-whores, which basically causes a bit of a headache to them. Apart from that, I don't think ODI status has any meaning for the cricket fan, really.
Stats are only as important as we wish them to be. Especially if you're Indian, because statistics are the only thing that is keeping Sachin Tendulkar at the top of the current batsmen in the world.Given that stats are extremely important in cricket, games being given ODI status or not is extremely important.
TBF the precedent has been set before & then subsequently recanted. The "test" series we played against the Rest of the World in 1970 to replace the cancelled SA series were originally deemed to be official tests and then expunged.Its all irrelevant now ever since the Asia vs. ROW Tsunami match, and Super Series matches were given official ODI (and even test) status.
The precedent has been set.
Not really, his stats (against Test-class teams) of the last 4 years have been distinctly average.Stats are only as important as we wish them to be. Especially if you're Indian, because statistics are the only thing that is keeping Sachin Tendulkar at the top of the current batsmen in the world.
Why even bother having the classification at all, then? Simple. Because it matters from a statistical POV. Most cricket followers love stats, and you need a status feudal system (ODI, List-A-limited-overs, and I'd have a third one - List-B-limited-overs) to generate that.I think if the cricket played is at high quality and between high quality players, it doesn't matter to me, the viewer, if the match is an ODI or not.
Cricket fans = stat-whores in my experience. Especially @ CWTo be honest, what does it matter whether a match has official ODI status or not? The only people it should matter to is statisticians and stat-whores, which basically causes a bit of a headache to them. Apart from that, I don't think ODI status has any meaning for the cricket fan, really.
Guilty as charged.Cricket fans = stat-whores in my experience. Especially @ CW