Raj Testing Document

ODI Cricket

The idea for a one-day, limited 50-over cricket tournament, was first played in the inaugural match of the All India Pooja Cricket Tournament in 1951 in the small town ofThrippunithurainKerala. It is thought to be the brain child of KV Kelappan Thampuran, a former cricketer and the first Secretary of the Kerala Cricket Association.The one day limited over cricket game was later adapted and played between English county teams for the first instance on 2 May

1962.LeicestershirebeatDerbyshireandNorthamptonshirebeatNottinghamshireover 65 overs in the "Midlands Knock-Out Cup", which Northamptonshire went on to win a week later. The following year, the first full-scale one-day competition between first-class teams was played, the knock-outGillette Cup, won bySussex. The number of overs was reduced to 60 for the 1964 season. League one-day cricket also began in England, when the John PlayerSunday Leaguewas started in 1969 with forty over matches. Both these competitions have continued every season since inauguration, though the sponsorship has changed. There is now one 50 over competition, which is called the Royal London One-Day Cup.

The first Limited Overs International (LOI) or One-Day International (ODI) match was played in Melbourne in 1971, and the quadrennialcricket World Cupbegan in 1975. Many of the "packaging" innovations, such as coloured clothing, were as a result ofWorld Series Cricket, a "rebel" series set up outside the cricketing establishment by Australian entrepreneurKerry Packer. For more details, seeHistory of cricket.

Twenty20, a curtailed form of one-day cricket with 20 overs per side, was first played in England in 2003. It has proven very popular, and several Twenty20 matches have been played between national teams. It makes several changes to the usuallaws of cricket, including the addition of a "bowl-out" (similar to apenalty shoot-outinfootball) to decide the result of tied matches, which was subsequently dispensed in favour of aSuper Over.

100-ball cricket, another form of one-day cricket with 100 deliveries per side, will launch in England in 2020. It is designed to further shorten game time and hopes to attract a new audience. It makes further changes to the usuallaws of cricket, including the addition of one 10-ball over which is bowled by each side in addition to 15 traditional 6-ball overs.