When the election results were announced, India's stock market roared up almost 20%, one of the biggest one-day gains of any stock market in history.
Stackpole says one of the reasons one-day internationals have survived the test of time is because they adhere to the basic tenets of cricket.
"We've played alot of cricket in three weeks and before that we had a week solid of county cricket - five consecutive days of county one-day cricket - so it's been a real challenge, " Connor added.
England captain Andrew Strauss called Watson's knock, which saw the hosts pass a testing target of 295 with five balls to spare, "one of the great one-day innings".
On the sort of fast-paced wicket which South Africa's players often crave when playing at home, the tourists - who began the series threatening Australia's position at the top of the one-day standings - were thoroughly outclassed.
During their November tour, England had lost all five of their one-day games against India before the Indian cricket board cancelled the final two one-day internationals in the wake of the attacks.
And, when the rain set in, despite striking 13 fours and three sixes from his 90 balls, that left a frustrated Gatting just one short of that first one-day ton.
But, expensive floodlit matches aside, much of the one-day game is played by second-choice players in front of empty seats.
England travel to Leeds for the first of three one-day internationals against West Indies on Thursday, the start of a busy six-week schedule which includes the World Twenty20 tournament.
The government has mooted reforms that would reduce May Day observance to a single day and distribute the rest over a series of one-day holidays for the traditional Tomb Sweeping day, Dragon Boat festival and Mid-Autumn festival.
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The researchers found that taking 300mg of aspirin - the equivalent of one pill - a day for five years reduced the incidence of bowel cancer by 74% in the subsequent 10 to 15 years.
That's the equivalent of subtracting one-fifth to one-sixth of a work day from overall output.
The dates for the Champions League, to be held in India, clash with the final stages of the County Championship, the new ECB 40 League, and a five-match series of one-day internationals between England and Pakistan.
Sidebottom's last one-day international was against New Zealand at Lord's last June and he missed most of the Test series and all of the one-day series against South Africa with side injuries.
Having ousted James Pipe last year, Davies is now in his first full season as a county professional and experiencing the continuous workload of four-day and one-day cricket.
Only the semi-finals and finals of one-day knockout tournaments, and international matches, attract full houses.
The final match starts on Saturday, before a series of five one-day internationals gets underway.
Unison said administrative and clerical staff last month voted 88% in favour of the one-day strike action.
Badrinath and Mishra have both played a handful of one-day internationals but are yet to appear in a Test.
For me, the biggest debate centres on the selection of the one-day squad.
He also backed Strauss to regain his form after the opening batsman was left out of the one-day squad.
Traders were awaiting the outcome of the one-day meeting of the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Tuesday afternoon.
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The opening match of the one-day series takes place in Auckland on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka all-rounder Angelo Mathews will miss the rest of the one-day series in India because of injury.
Spectators were unimpressed, with more than half of Melbourne's Telstra Dome left empty for each of three one-day internationals.
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Instead of one- or two-day shipping, items arrive in five to 10 days.
Five players have been disciplined during a bad-tempered set of one-day internationals and the first of two Tests in Pakistan.
Pakistan have agreed to play Australia in a series of three one-day internationals later this year, two of them indoors.
Should South Africa win at the Waca, they will usurp Australia at the top of the one-day team world rankings.
They just want me to go away and get back into form away from the pressure situation of one-day cricket.
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