Shane Warne:

“End one-day internationals…. From now on, we should be playing Tests and Twenty20 internationals… Twenty20 is the entertainment and fun side of the game and also will bring in the big revenue.”

In his column in the Times on the 17^th of August, Shane Warne set out a six-point plan that he believes will improve international cricket (and to a lesser degree, county cricket in England). His second and most contentious point was the scrapping of one-day internationals (ODIs).

Warne himself states this is a ‘big call’, and rightly so. Firstly

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Cricket World Cup 1975 – Great West Indies Side Triumph in an Unrecognisable Era

The cricket world cup of 1975 was the first ever cricket world cup and looking back on it is quite a bizarre experience. Prior to 1975, only 18 one day internationals had ever been played. The idea of ODI cricket was in its infancy reflected in cricket whites, a red ball and 60 over format closer resembling Test cricket. Held in England the cricket world cup went from June 7 to June 21 over a fortnight period.

The spirit in which the game was played was a lot more docile than what we have come to expect from the modern era of one day internationals. Many sides chose to treat the new format as a shortened Test match.

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49.5 overs South Africa 438 for 9 (Gibbs 175, Smith 90, Boucher 50*) beat Australia 434 for 4 (Ponting 164, Hussey 81, Katich 79) by one wicket in the 5th ODI, Johannesburg in 2006

scenes from greatest ever match