Ricky Ponting calls for promotion and relegation in one-day internationals
Tuesday 6 September 2016 09:08, UK
Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting wants a two-tier system to be introduced in one-day cricket where teams would face promotion and relegation.
Speaking in India ahead of Australia's tour later this autumn, Ponting believes ODIs would be made more relevant by increasing the stakes on individual series.
His proposal would see international teams divided into groups depending on their ICC ranking, a change that has already been discussed regarding the Test format.
"One-day cricket is the game at the moment that is lacking the most context," he said.
"You just have a one-off series like the Australia-Sri Lanka series, it doesn't really matter, it doesn't mean anything.
"Both teams want to win the series but there is nothing else riding on it. Maybe each ODI will have some sort of relevance for the World Cup rankings but nothing more than that."
Ponting, who scored 13,378 runs in 168 Tests during his 17-year-long glittering career, also had his opinion on the growing clamour for day-night Test cricket.
"We have seen it once in Adelaide. It was a great success albeit the game went for just three and a half days, so you can argue there, was it a great spectacle for Test cricket or did it have an adverse effect?" he said of the first day-night Test between Australia and New Zealand last year.
"But once again I am all for what administrators and fans believe is right for the game. If the fans are calling out for day-night Test cricket then as players and administrators we will do whatever we can to deliver that to them."
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