The idea for a one-day, limited 50-over cricket tournament, was first played in the inaugural match of the All India Pooja Cricket Tournament in 1951 in the small town of Thrippunithura in Kerala
. It is thought to be the brain child of KV Kelappan Thampuran, a former cricketer and the first Secretary of the Kerala Cricket Association.
The one day limited over cricket game was later adapted and played between English county teams for the first instance on 2 May 1962. Leicestershirebeat Derbyshire and Northamptonshire beat Nottinghamshire over 65 overs in the "Midlands Knock-Out Cup", which Northamptonshire went on to win a week later.
The following year, the first full-scale one-day competition between first-class teams was played, the knock-out Gillette Cup, won by Sussex.
The number of overs was reduced to 60 for the 1964 season. League one-day cricket also began in England, when the John Player Sunday League was started in 1969 with forty over matches.
Both these competitions have continued every season since inauguration, though the sponsorship has changed. There is now one 50 over competition, which is called the Royal London One-Day Cup.
The first ODI was played on 5 January 1971 between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
When the first three days of the third Test were washed out officials decided to abandon the match and, instead, play a one-off one day game consisting of 40 eight-ball overs per side.
From this match possibility of new changes in cricket was taking shape.
To attract more audiance cricket governing body came to conclusion that there were possibility of one day game can attract crowd.
So, limited over format of cricket came to existence. 60 over per side was the format of one day International cricket which later reduced to 50 overs per side.
FLOODLIGHT CRICKET or daynight cricket
Making cricket more entertaining one day matches was playing in prime time so that people enjoy matches in night. So, match started in afternoon over in night in floodlight made available for visibility in night. White ball is being use for daynight match.
First daynight ODI was played between Middlesex county cricket club and aresenal football club on 11 August 1952 at arsenal football stadium under floodlight which installed in stadium in 1951.
Match started at prime time 19.30 pm, the lights were turned on towards the end of the first innings, in which Arsenal were batting.
Over 4000 one day international matches have played by 28 teams so far including 12 world cup and champion trophy.
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