i feel this new changes will keep the audience interested even in the middle overs.i watch the game mostly for the first 10 and the last 10 overs of each innings.but this change will defnitely keep the element of surprise as u dont know what the captain will try next. who will he replace.it will definitely get more interesting
Yes, Absoluetly it will work in case of India, Because we can have a captain i.e our own sourav dada who can only go to the field for toss and then he could be replaced by some young upcoimng aspirant player.
The field restrictions for the first ten overs and then for two other blocks of five, which will be decided by the fielding side captain, does not make much of the difference to the outcome or the excitement in an ODI because most of the fielding captains invariably opt for the two blocks of 5 overs between the 40-50 overs. This helps the fielding side except in rare occassions. This would help the fielding side minimize the damage caused by these 10 overs since, the batting teams would anyway go for runs between the 40-50 overs. During teams chasing a target, I think a captain of the fielding side may need to think and it may be a disadvantage for the teams defending targets and they should be precise in deciding the second block of 10 overs. They may generally opt this based on the fall of wickets and the stage of the game.
The football like substitution will only help in case you need an extra bowling option, as you would already see the use of twelfth man in exisiting ODIs also for fielding purpose. Overall, the changes proposed are good but, I dont think it would make much of a difference for the outcome of the game.
I would like to begin with a cliche "... Change is Constant", the very fact that ICC is planning to change the format of one days which just goes to show that the format has not undergone many changes in the recent past. The only change since 1965-70 is that the teams have started to play more odi's. The format instead has to go a lot of changes in terms of no of hours, no of players on field and off field and so on... We need to look at other games and extrapolate it.
Hi, Cricket is not a tough game like Football,in football it needs lot of energy and stamina,hence subsitution is must in football.where cricket is slow game here we include subsitution, the game will become a funny game.Hence its not encouragable.
