HG is pumped about calling the Sydney Ashes Test … who wouldn’t be? The Ashes is a winner. And will forever be. But when Inside Sport caught up with him, he was more eager to offer his thoughts on the ODIs, the one-day international pyjama stuff.

If you want to consume more from the great man after reading the following manifesto, you can catch Roy and HG on The Sporting Probe on Triple M, which is switching from Saturdays to the new time of Sundays 10am-midday in 2018 …

“I believe we need to set ourselves the task in one day cricket of having to produce either a six, a four or a wicket off every ball. So we’re looking at a score around the 1200 mark. At the moment, 300 is considered a good score. We have to quadruple that.

“Where it’s suffering, one-day cricket, is there’s a lack of entertainment. Beginning from the very beginning, when the teams line up, we need somebody like Delta Goodrem waddling out to sing the national anthem.

HG says ODIs are good, but there's a definte flat spot to most of them. (Photo by Getty Images)

"Then the cameras will pan to the team captains singing the national anthems, or the team captains singing a song which represents their country. For instance, if it was Australia playing New Zealand, you’d get a song from Dragon for New Zealand, and from Australia you might get something like Home Among The Gum Trees.

“Already the crowd is there from the very start, whether it’s 2.30pm or 10am in the morning for a day game. They’d be there ready to see what songs the skippers have chosen to represent their countries.

“Should there be a rain delay - if the match can’t start on time - forget your Duckworth-Lewis rubbish, let’s involve more entertainment. I’ll never forget when I was a kid Keith Richard entertaining Wimbledon during a rain delay. He sang Living Doll I think.

“He sang The Young Ones … It was great. People were disappointed when the rain stopped and the tennis could begin! That’s the sort’ve thing we need to get involved in one-day cricket.

“Anyway, let’s say a wicket is taken. The bowler claps his hands … and out comes THE WALL OF DEATH! This is a giant sheet of cardboard standing on the pitch at the point of delivery. It’s about three metres-square and is basically an aluminium frame which the umpires can erect very quickly.

“It’s doused in petrol and is at the point of total combustion. Should he choose this option, the bowler can burst through the flames with that first delivery at the incoming batsman!

A music megastar like Delta belting out the anthem would help get the ODI crowds back. (Photo by Getty images)

“Imagine the cheers of delight! Imagine the thrill! Imagine betting on when THE WALL OF DEATH is going to be produced: will he go for it? Will he won’t go for it?

“Then we come to the question: what happens when we don’t get a wicket, a four or a six off every ball?

“My great innovation, and this is something Roy and I have been talking about for years, is this: if the batter fails to score a four or a six, he or she has to remove a piece of apparel. All of a sudden, a string of dot balls, and you’re standing there nude with a bat!

“How could you not want to see that? Imagine kids having memories they share with their grandkids: I was there the day Steve Smith was nude except for a bat, but he kept on scoring sixes!

Not quite like HG's 'Wall Of Death', but close enough. (Photo by Getty Images)

“Whatever worries the television broadcasters had about ODI cricket ratings would all disappear. Once those tickets went on sale, within half an hour they’d be gone.

“People have a fair idea about what they’re getting in a one-day match now; a bit of a lively start, then it settles down, they’re knocking the ball around and there’s a bit of a burst at the end. That’s all they get.

“But with this, every ball is magic. Every ball is theatre. Every ball is cricket.”