One-day cricket

One-day cricket is a version of the sport of cricket that is completed in one day, as distinct from Test cricket and first-class cricket which can take up to five days to complete.

One-day Internationals

One-day International matches are usually played in brightly coloured clothing (leading some to give it the unflattering nickname pyjama cricket), and often in a "day-night" format where the first innings of the day occurs in the afternoon and the second occurs under stadium lights.

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One-day international tournaments occur in various forms:

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• The World Cup
• Involves all Test nations and qualifying associate nations
• Consists of a round-robin group stage, a Super Six stage, semifinals, and finals.
• Held once in four years
• International Cricket Council determines venue
• International Cricket Council Champions Trophy
• Involves all Test nations and qualifying associate nations
• Consists of knockout games (if a team loses a single game, it is "knocked out" of the tournament)
• Held once in four years between World Cups
• International Cricket Council determines venue
• One-day International Series
• Involves two nations
• Consists of three to seven games, all matches are played even if series result is determined
• Played when one nation "tours" another
• Usually played in one of the two participating nations
• Triangular Tournament
• Involves three nations
• Consists of a round-robin group stage, each team playing the other two or three times, and a final
• Played in one of the three participating nations or in neutral venues
• Notes:
• Quadrangular tournaments (four teams) are no longer held.
• The semifinals and finals are single games, except in the annual VB Series Triangular Tournament, when the finals are a three game series
• Triangular Tournaments often occur between two touring test series
• Triangular Tournaments are most common