Former England all-rounder Moeen Ali said that the current ODI format is “dying” because of the “terrible rules” and how the two new balls rule has made life easier for the batters in the 50-over format. “Somebody asked me about the ODI format, and is it dying? And I just think, for a long time,” Moeen Ali said on the podcast “Beard Before Cricket.” “The rules in ODI cricket are terrible. So we have two basically brand new balls for pretty much the whole innings. Story continues below this ad “Back in the day, you used to have five fielders outside in the powerplay. Now you can have only four out there. “I just feel like it’s a lot easier for the batters. And that’s why you see more batters probably averaging now 50, 60, some even 70, I think, at some stage. It’s because it’s a lot easier for them because you can’t really build pressure as bowlers. “It’s so much harder to get wickets in the middle, unless you’ve got gun spinners.” Moeen …