'ODI Has Almost Died Out, Worst Format With Terrible Rules': 2019 World Cup Winner Slams ICC Ahead of Champions Trophy Final

Former England all-rounder Moeen Ali criticized the International Cricket Council (ICC) and expressed his displeasure with the existing One Day International (ODI) cricket rules.

"The format has almost completely died out, apart from World Cups and Champions Trophy. It is the worst format to play and I think there are many reasons for that," Moeen told Talksport Cricket.

"I think the rules are terrible. To have that extra fielder in after [the first powerplay], I think it's a horrendous rule for taking wickets, building any sort of pressure. Guys are averaging 60, 70 in ODI cricket now because of that. When you're bowling at somebody and you put a little bit of pressure, he just reverse-sweeps and it’s not even a single, it’s a four. It’s just there’s always that option available for the batters [to score]," he explained.

"On top of all this, you have two new balls, you lose the reverse swing, you lose the art of trying to hit a softer ball. Everything's always in the middle and crisp and it's flying off your bat and stuff. I think for those reasons, the cricket's just died. 50-over cricket has died," he continued.

"I think franchise cricket is sadly eating it all up and the problem is the money that's out there and the money that's being thrown out there. It's so much that people just can't turn it down. It's very difficult. There are probably guys who are probably going to retire in the next couple of years from international cricket earlier to play franchise cricket," the 2019 World Cup winner concluded.

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