One-day cricket is just a drag now, opines Wasim
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Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram wants cricket authorities to scrap ODI cricket from the calendar as it feels like a drag at the moment.
"I think so (on ODI cricket being scrapped). In England, you have full houses. In India, Pakistan especially, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa, one-day cricket you will not fill the stadiums,"
"They are doing it just for the sake of doing it. After the first 10 overs, it's just OK, go a run a ball, get a boundary, four fielders in and you get to 200, 220 in 40 overs and then have a go in the last 10 overs. Another 100. It's run-of-the-mill," said Akram.
The legendary pacer also backed England all-rounder Ben Stokes`decision to retire from ODI citing an "unsustainable" workload.
He also said that T20s are easier and it is quite tiring for a player to play the 50-over matches.
“Him deciding that he is retiring from one-day cricket is quite sad but I agree with him. Even as a commentator one-day cricket is just a drag now, especially after T20. I can imagine as a player. 50 overs, 50 overs, then you have to pre-game, post-game, the lunch game,"
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