BATHURST City's Joey Coughlan has stressed the need for one day cricket to find its way into the next Bathurst Orange Inter District Cricket season.
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The Redbacks skipper overall enjoyed the experience of the re-formed competition but believes the shorter form of the game should be included in the 2020-21 season, citing its presence across all forms of representative cricket as a strong reason to take it up.
The two day format not only took some time for certain teams to become accustomed to but in the case of some clubs, such as Bathurst City, the weather interfered with their plans.
Redbacks had four matches abandoned due to rain - more than any other team - and there's a strong case that their finals bid was quashed on the back of the weather.
It leaves the team determined to bounce back big next season, and Coughlan would love to see one-day cricket become part of that schedule.
He's in the belief that one-day matches will have a positive flow on effect to the next level.
"[Teammate] Ben Orme and I have been talking about this a fair bit lately and we believe there is a need for one-day cricket. If people want to play Twenty20 then enter in the Bonnor Cup, I don't think the game has a place on a Saturday," he said.
"Somehow, there needs to be a place for 40 over cricket though I understand it can be hard with time restrictions that might not allow it. But representative cricket is 50 overs across Western Zone and one-day cricket needs to be implemented in some way.
"An idea we threw across to each other was a BOIDC one day competition ... and then splitting up Bathurst and Orange to play your own two day comp. That also minimises the risk with washouts."
Coughlan said the switch does have the benefit of minimising the effect washouts would have on the ladder.
"We got rorted last season with washouts, where we'd have games called off in Bathurst but there would still be games going on in Orange," he said.
Representative cricket is 50 overs across Western Zone and one-day cricket needs to be implemented [in BOIDC] in some way.
- Joey Coughlan
"If you're having one-day games and there's a washout then you're only losing one game's worth of points instead of two-day points.
"It's going to be a tough one to figure out."
But don't let the weather interruptions or a desire to tweak the format fool you into thinking Bathurst City didn't enjoy the re-formed competition: They're firmly in the 'BOIDC is great' camp.
Coughlan said the big plus in the BOIDC's corner remains the team and player variety, which he believes helps to strengthen everyone's game.
"I never experienced BOIDC the last time around, because my first year of first grade was just after that, but it was great to play against different teams from what you normally do," he said.
"It's great to have different faces that you're bowling to or batting against."
Bathurst Orange Inter District Cricket officials are currently in consultation with teams for their input.