ODIs may end with 2011 WC: Zaheer Abbas

By Rahul Bajaj
for Cricketain.com

Published: August 29, 2009

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Karachi: The 2011 World Cup might be the last 50-overs event before the ODI format of the game dies a premature death, fears Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas.

Abbas, a traditionalist at heart, is alarmed at the overwhelming response that the Twenty20 format of the game has received and the way the Indian and English cricket boards are promoting the shortest format. If such a thing continues, one-day cricket would die in two year’s time, warned Abbas.

“If powerful boards like India, Australia and South Africa push for more Twenty20 cricket, I fear it might be the end of one-day internationals in the next two years’ time,” Zaheer told PTI on Friday.

Former players like Shane Warne have already come out and demanded the ICC to do away with the one-day format, while the England and Wales Cricket Board has already dropped the 50-over format from its 2010 domestic calendar.

“I remain a traditionalist at heart and I don’t like what I see. I fear for the future of one-day internationals. The 2011 World Cup might well be the last time we see 50 over matches being played anywhere,” he added.

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