Rules that are no longer valid in ODI cricket

#5 Two fielders in catching positions during the mandatory power play of 10 overs.

During the mandatory power play of first ten overs, the fielding side had to keep a minimum of two fielders in catching positions. This was easily the worst rule in ODI cricket, it purposefully wanted to make the fielding captain aggressive, even if he is not intending to be aggressive.

The definition of catching position is very wide, and it is not restricted to close in fielders only. For an attacking player like Virender Sehwag even the man at third-man is a catching position, and for someone like Dilshan and Jos Butler, even a man at fine leg can be a catching position, because of the scoops that they executed so well.