One-over cricket is where the game is heading, friends. And even at a funereal over rate of say 10 per hour, that could mean an entire international tournament - round-robin and knockout stages - could be staged in a single afternoon. Imagine the excitement of being able to see all the world's top players walk on and off the pitch a few times. In fact, they could go further - the World Twenty20 in West Indies will take place less than a year after the last one in England. But with the one-over game that proved so exciting in Christchurch, it is even possible that they could stage two World One1 tournaments in a single day. Featuring up to seven different Pakistan captains.
Of course, this all brings memories flooding back of last year's inaugural ICC Coin Toss Championship, which took place in India. It was won by Australia, after Pakistan captain Younis Khan wrongly called heads in the final at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, in front of a feverish crowd of 35,000.
The Australians had beaten strongly fancied South Africa in the semi-final, after the Proteas' skipper, Graeme Smith, called "Legs" in the semi-final, condemning his team to yet another embarrassing self-inflicted exit from a major tournament. Will they never learn?
Stand-in Australian captain Michael Clarke dedicated the thrilling victory to Ricky Ponting, who missed the final after rupturing a thumb knuckle tendon in practice.
ICC chairman David Morgan said the tournament had captured the imagination of the advertising executives. "From a revenue point-of-view, we've cut out the problematic cricketing phases of cricket," he explained.
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