Former India captain Anil Kumble is the latest to join the debate on the future of one-dayers and has suggested that the 50-over version be shortened to 40 overs a side to save it from extinction.

With the advent of Twenty20 cricket, the future of ODIs is in jeopardy.

The England and Wales Cricket Board recently scrapped a 50-over competition from its domestic calendar in 2010. "I don't think ODIs are going to get extinct, but there is a little bit of threat on the development of the format.