Michael Bevan, one of Australia’s greatest one-day international cricketers, has no fears for future the 50-over game in the era of Twenty20.

Speculation has been mounting that ODI cricket is on its death bed, with disappointing crowds across the country for the recent Pakistan and West Indies tours.

But Bevan, who turned one-day batting into an art form, said there was still plenty of room on the calendar for 50-over cricket and the shorter format.

“It just comes down to how it’s managed,” he told the Northcott Cricket Legends Lunch in Sydney on Friday.

“They’re trying to innovate all the time, and trying to make it more attractive.

“It’ll find its natural state.”

Bevan said T20 would not completely swamp ODI cricket.

“Of course people are going to go to Twenty20 cricket from one-day cricket, because that’s what happened from Test cricket to one-day cricket,” he said.

“The overall goal is to get more people to the game as a whole.

“I think it will do that.”

Michael Bevan played 232 ODIs for Australia, making 6912 runs at an average of 53.58.

© AAP 2012

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