ne-day cricket began between English county teams on May 2, 1962. Leicestershire beat 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 firstclass teams was played, the knock-out Gillette Cup, won by Sussex.League one-day cricket also began in England, when the John Player Sunday League was started in 1969. Both these competitions have continued every season since inauguration, though the sponsorship has changed. The knock-out cup is now the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy. The league is not exclusive to Sundays.
The first Limited Overs International match was played in Melbourne in 1971, and the quadrennial cricket World Cup began in 1975. Many of the "packaging"
innovations, such as coloured clothing, were as a result of World Series Cricket, a "rebel" series set up outside the cricketing establishment by Australian
entrepreneur Kerry Packer.
There have been many memorable One Day Internationals played through the
years - many of them in World Cup tournaments. Scores have virtually doubled with a new breed of stronger and younger combatants at the wicket. The introduction of Twenty20, a curtailed form of one- day cricket with 20 overs per side, in 2003 has proven very popular, and several Twenty20 matches have been played between national teams. It makes several changes to the usual laws of cricket, including the addition of a "bowl-out" (similar to a penalty shoot-out in football) to decide the result of tied matches. One Day Cricket has been produced in a unique style resembling a white cricket ball and will provide all cricket enthusiasts with detailed statistics and many memorable moments. This is a genuine collectors item.

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