Less ODIs urge MCC

I agree entirely with the view from the MCC that there are too many ODIs, although we differ a little on the detail. As has already been burbled about on this site (Why is Abu Dhabi hosting international cricket?), I don't think that any ODIs should be played outside of the home country of one of the home sides. So no games in Abu Dhabi, Scotland or Ireland unless the home nation is playing. Where games like these are arranged, the ICC should not recognise these matches as official ODI matches.

The MCC urge further change though - they want best of 3 series to be the maximum ODI series length. This I completely disagree with for one very simple reason - the shorter the series the greater the chances of the worse team winning. Again this has been burbled about before (May the best team win?). The problem is that an ODI is part way towards the lottery that is a penalty shoot out in football, and the best of 5 or even best of 7 series ensure that the best team is almost certain to win, even if they are dogged by bad luck or bad umpiring etc.

So, yes MCC, less random ODIs scheduled by greedy Cricket Boards trying to cash in, but no to shorter ODI series.