A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams that have international status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The first ODI match was played between Australia and England in 1971 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, as a 40-over match. An ODI can have four possible results—it can be won by either of the two teams, it could be tied, or it could be declared to have "no result". In cricket, a match is said to be tied if it ends with both teams scoring exactly the same number of runs and with the side batting second having completed its innings with all 10 batsmen being out or the predetermined number of overs having been completed. In case of rain-affected matches, the match is tied if the Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method indicates that the second team exactly meets but does not exceed the par score. There have been two occasions where a match has been tied, but the team which had lost fewer wickets was declared the winner. Pakistan was involved in both matches, losing one against India and winning the other against Australia.
The first tie in ODIs occurred in 1984 when Australia played West Indies in the second final of the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup; the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack noted "[the match] led to more dissension than delight." The second tie, also involving Australia, occurred in 1989 during the second match of the Texaco Trophy in England. Between 1991 and 1997, at least one ODI was tied every year. Starting from 1999, a further 19 ties have occurred until 2014, more frequently than ever before. The first World Cup match involving a tie was the second semi-final of the 1999 tournament when Australia played South Africa. Since then, at least one match was tied in the subsequent tournaments, with the exception of the 2015 edition, until the 2019 World Cup.
, there have been a total of 44 ties in ODIs, including 3 which have been decided by a Super Over. Two other matches finished with the scores level but one side was declared to have won by virtue of losing fewer wickets; these are not recorded as tied matches.
Tied ODIs
+KeyIndicates a World Cup match
+ Tied One Day Internationals No. Date Batting first Batting second Venue Ref 1 222/5 (50 overs) 222/9 (50 overs) Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 2 226/5 (55 overs) 226/8 (55 overs) Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 3 186/5 (39 overs) 186/9 (39 overs) Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 4 126 (47.4 overs) 126 (41 overs) WACA Ground, Perth, Australia 5 228/7 (50 overs) 228/9 (50 overs) Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia 6 244/6 (50 overs) 244/5 (50 overs) Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana 7 248/4 (50 overs) 248 (50 overs) Nehru Stadium, Indore, India 8 161/9 (50 overs) 161 (49.4 overs) Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand 9 219/9 (50 overs) 219 (49.5 overs) Harare Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe 10 169/8 (50 overs) 169 (48 overs) Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 11 236/8 (50 overs) 236 (49.5 overs) Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa 12 237 (49.4 overs) 237/8 (50 overs) McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand 13 233/8 (50 overs) 233/9 (50 overs) Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 14 173/5 (30 overs) 173/7 (30 overs) Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana 15 213 (49.2 overs) 213 (49.4 overs) Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham, England 16 196 (49.4 overs) 196 (49.1 overs) Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 17 226/8 (50 overs) 226/9 (50 overs) Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, Australia 18 259/7 (50 overs) 259/9 (50 overs) Senwes Park, Potchefstroom, South Africa 19 268/9 (50 overs) 229/6 (45 overs) Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban, South Africa 20 270/5 (50 overs) 270/8 (50 overs) Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein, South Africa 21 196 (48.5 overs) 196/9 (50 overs) Lord's, London, England 22 221/9 (50 overs) 221 (50 overs) Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica 23 340/6 (50 overs) 340/7 (50 overs) McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand 24 338 (49.5 overs) 338/8 (50 overs) M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India 25 280/5 (50 overs) 270/8 (48.5 overs) Lord's, London, England 26 236/9 (50 overs) 236/9 (50 overs) Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia 27 220 (49.5 overs) 220 (49.4 overs) Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica 28 266/5 (47 overs) 275/5 (47 overs) Castle Avenue, Dublin, Ireland 29 230/6 (31 overs) 190/6 (26.1 overs) Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales 30 268/5 (50 overs) 268/9 (50 overs) VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen, Netherlands 31 229/6 (50 overs) 229/9 (50 overs) Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia 32 314 (50 overs) 314/9 (50 overs) Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand 33 286/9 (50 overs) 286/8 (50 overs) Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England 34 257 (50 overs) 257/8 (50 overs) Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 35 210 (46.4 overs) 210 (49.1 overs) Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe 36 252/8 (50 overs) 252 (49.5 overs) Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 37 321/6 (50 overs) 321/7 (50 overs) ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam, India 38 241/8 (50 overs)241 (50 overs)Lord's, London, England39 278/6 (50 overs)278/9 (50 overs)Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan40 214 (49.3 overs)214 (50 overs)Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat, Oman41 274 (49.2 overs)274/6 (50 overs)Moosa Stadium, Pearland, USA42 205 (47 overs)205 (49.5 overs)Amini Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea43 374/6 (50 overs)374/9 (50 overs)Takashinga Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe44 230/8 (50 overs)230 (47.5 overs)R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka45 167/8 (39 overs)174 (39 overs)Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia46266 (49.4 overs)266/9 (50 overs)Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill, United States47213/7 (50 overs)213/9 (50 overs)Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh
Tiebreakers Until recently, tied One Day Internationals generally have not proceeded to a tiebreaker, unless they are knockout matches in tournaments. As such the use of any tiebreaker is rare.
The 2019 Cricket World Cup Final was the first One Day International to go to a Super Over. The Super Over was also tied, so the match was determined by boundary countback. Because England had scored more boundaries in both the main game and the Super Over, they were declared winners of the match, and therefore the World Cup. (This rule has been changed to allow multiple super overs after this incident.)
The second ODI to be determined with a Super Over was played between Zimbabwe and Pakistan on 2 November 2020. Pakistan could only score 3 runs, which Zimbabwe reached with 3 balls remaining.
The third ODI to be determined with a Super Over was played between West Indies and Netherlands on 26 June 2023. The Netherlands scored 30 runs in one over, In reply West Indies managed to score 8 runs only.
+ Super Overs in One Day Internationals No. Date Batting first Batting second Venue Result Ref 1 241/8 (50 overs) 241 (50 overs) Lord's, London, England England won 2 278/6 (50 overs)278/9 (50 overs)Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, PakistanZimbabwe won 3 374/6 (50 overs) 374/9 (50 overs) Takashinga Sports Club, Harare, Zimbabwe Netherlands won4 167/8 (39 overs) 174 (39 overs)Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, NamibiaCanada won5266 (49.4 overs)266/9 (50 overs)Broward County Stadium, Lauderhill, United States United States won6213/7 (50 overs)213/9 (50 overs)Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Bangladesh West Indies won
Wicket count There have been two instances where the team which lost fewer wickets was declared the winner.
+ Tiebreakers in One Day Internationals No. Date Batting first Batting second Venue Result Ref 1 212/6 (44 overs) 212/7 (44 overs) Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India India won 2 229/8 (45 overs) 229/7 (45 overs) Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan Pakistan won
By teams +Teams involved in most number of tied ODI matches Team Matches 12 10 9 8 7 6 3 2 1
See also List of tied first-class cricket matches Tied Test List of tied Twenty20 Internationals List of tied Women's One Day Internationals
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