– England all-rounder Moeen Ali has warned that different gamers might observe teammate Ben Stokes in quitting one-day internationals and that the format might turn out to be fully out of date if nothing is completed to repair the sport’s hectic calendar.
Stokes, England’s check captain, introduced his shock retirement from 50-over cricket on the age 31 final month, citing an “unsustainable” schedule that has come below pressure due to the emergence of franchise-based Twenty20 leagues.
The Worldwide Cricket Council’s (ICC) insistence on staging one international occasion yearly has additional added to that workload.
“For the time being it’s not sustainable, for my part,” Moeen mentioned on the sidelines of The Hundred, the place he's main Birmingham Phoenix. “One thing needs to be finished as a result of I worry shedding the 50-over format in a few years as a result of it’s nearly just like the lengthy, boring one… the 50 overs is simply within the center – there’s no significance given to it for the time being.”
Different England gamers reminiscent of Jos Buttler and Joe Root have additionally voiced their issues about scheduling whereas India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has questioned the relevance of the format.
“Worldwide cricket in all three codecs is by far the very best cricket to play,” added Moeen, who give up check cricket final yr. “However I do fear there are such a lot of tournaments on the market that gamers are retiring extra now – and also you’ll see extra retiring quickly – due to overlapping schedules.”
The ICC this week mentioned it hoped to retain the game’s all-format gamers regardless of mounting criticism, with chief government Geoff Allardice stressing that the majority gamers nonetheless had ambitions to play in World Cups and ICC occasions.
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