Cricket is presently played in three formats: Test cricket (5 days, has been around since 1870's) One day cricket (50 overs each, has been around since 1970's) T-20 cricket - has been around for 15 years or so, and is the format of the recent World Cup, won by Pakistan (that's a guess, the final hasn't been played yet, at the time of submitting this idea). Even cricket fanatics acknowledge that this is one too many formats, especially if you are trying to follow domestic and international cricket, and men's and women's cricket. One solution might be to morph T-20 and one day cricket into a single format that is something like this: 24 overs each each bowler max 4 overs each batter min 4 overs at the crease , with 6 runs deducted each time you get out except in the case of a batter not getting out in their four overs - they get another four overs. This new format could be called just 'cricket', with 'test cricket' continuing to be called 'test cricket'. The advantages of this format would be: It is not too long, probably about three and a half hours; it would not be too hectic, as good batters would try and preserve their wicket for a few overs, then it would get hectic; This format would avoid the catastrophic consequences of a game where four or five wickets fall very early in the first innings meaning the game can be over in an hour. Advertiser's and audiences will get the full bang for their buck under this format. Of course, there would need to be a trial period while all other formats continue as normal, and, it being a free world, franchises will continue to hold their T-20 or the new T-10 comps if they want. But the ICC could schedule some pilot games like this. The one risk is people will decide the format is too long. I don't pretend to know it will work. But I do think it could be a great solution to the 'too many formats' dilemma, and that it could be worth a try.