In recent times there has been a section of the cricketing media suggesting that the one day international is on borrowed time, and that it will be only Test cricket and T20 cricket that will remain down the track. From an Australian perspective, our national cricket team are playing like they have forgotten how to play the 50 over form of the game, that it requires a different set of skills from the other formats, and that sometimes different personnel are required to play it.

Over the last week and a half we have seen a worrying trend. Having completely overpowered Zimbabwe in the first two matches of this six match series in the Top End, Australia then collapsed improbably in their batting in the third match, which allowed Zimbabwe to register their first ever victory over Australia in this country, and then in the first match against New Zealand the top order batting was once again completely undone by the swinging ball, and the team only registered a narrow victory thanks to their impressive middle order coming to the fore once again.

Now we all know that I am wrong at least as often as I am right when it comes to cricketing matters, and that my opinions can often be full of bullet holes within moments of uttering them. But if you’d like to hear my thoughts on where the team may have gone right or wrong, and where we may go down the track when it comes to building towards the ODI World Cup in India next year, then feel free to tune in to this episode and find out just how mistaken I can be. All of that is for discussion on this episode of The Casual Mankadder, here on the podcast that has less regular listeners than the times Aaron Finch must change his front pad, Thoughts from the Metal Cavern.