# Canonical recap data for One Day International Cricket (1971)
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slug: first-one-day-international
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1971/first-one-day-international"
title: One Day International Cricket
subtitle: The first ODI between England and Australia established cricket's limited-overs format, now the sport's most popular variant globally.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1971-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1971
decade: 1970
country:
name: England
slug: england
summaryShort: "One Day International (ODI) cricket is played between international cricket teams who are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) as well as the top four associate members. Unlike Test matches, ODIs consist of one innings per team, having a limit in the number of overs, currently 50 overs per innings – "
summaryLong: One Day International (ODI) cricket is played between international cricket teams who are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) as well as the top four associate members. Unlike Test matches, ODIs consist of one innings per team, having a limit in the number of overs, currently 50 overs per innings – although in the past this has been 55 or 60 overs. ODI matches are a subset of List A cricket.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Sachin_at_Castrol_Golden_Spanner_Awards.jpg/1280px-Sachin_at_Castrol_Golden_Spanner_Awards.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "List of One Day International cricket records"
importance: 79
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_One_Day_International_cricket_records"
  title: One Day International cricket bowling records
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- sports
metaDescription: One Day International (ODI) cricket is played between international cricket teams who are full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) as well as the
wikidataQid: Q705345
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260312080147/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_One_Day_International_cricket_records"
  capturedAt: 2026-03-12
  label: One Day International cricket bowling records
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_One_Day_International_cricket_records"
