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Originally Posted by Pete The best One Day series i've seen for a while was Pakistan and India, they were consistantly hitting scores of 300+. That was one day cricket at its best. |
Hmmm. In my experience the best ODI games are the low scoring (say < 220 an innings) ones: I much prefer to see games in which top bowlers have the batsmen in real trouble (and pinch hiters exposed) and occasional bowlers found out for what they are (second rate) than games in which the batsmen can pretty much do what they want, when they want and how they want.
In low scoring matches the games phases develop more interestinly: the significance of the fielding restrictions in the first 15 overs is highlighted.. the need to play with care through the middle overs comes to the fore.. and the impact of any blasting in the closing overs grows.
In a match where 300+ totals are posted all that is generally lost.