'ODIs to be extinct'

Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas fears the 2011 World Cup might be the last 50-overs event before the ODI format dies a premature death.
The traditionalist in Abbas is alarmed by the overwhelming success of Twenty20 and the way Indian and English cricket boards are promoting the slam-bang format.
If such 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 said on Friday.
Former players like Shane Warne are demanding ICC to do away with the one-day format, while the England and Wales Cricket Board has already dropped the 50-overs format from its 2010 domestic calendar.
"I remain a traditionalist at heart and I don't like what I see.