Four-day Tests and concussions in cricket will be on the agenda this week at a high-powered meeting of ex-players in Sydney.
Members of the MCC World Cricket Committee will come together on Tuesday and Wednesday at the SCG, where matters such as inclusion in the Olympics and drop-in pitches will also be discussed.
Ricky Ponting will be joined by Rod Marsh and Tim May as the Australians among the 14-member committee, which reports as a research group to the game's law makers.
Cricket Australia chairman David Peever and other representatives will also present to the committee.
It comes a fortnight after the first four-day Test was played between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
The ICC approved the trial of four-day Tests involving minnows last October, but the outcome is still largely unknown given the South Africans wrapped up the Test within two days.
Meanwhile, the meeting will also discuss the introduction of replacement players for concussions at first-class and international level.
Australia's Sheffield Shield created history this season when substitutes were introduced for concussions, after a trial last year in the 50-over one-day cup.
England's county championship will follow suit in 2018, after the ICC approved changes which meant games would not lose first-class status once a substitute player was allowed to bat and bowl in the case of a concussion.
Cricket Australia had recently led the charge on concussion management, and called for international substitutions as early as 2016 after reviews into the death of Phillip Hughes.
The issue was again raised in last year's Sydney Test against Pakistan, after Matt Renshaw was ruled out after a head knock.
"The concern we have is without a concussion sub, there is a lot of pressure on the player, the coach and the doctor to allow the player to continue," team doctor Peter Brukner said at the time.
"So it would be helpful in that regard if we had a sub that would make it easier to pull players out with a concussion. That's for the ICC and the politicians to sort out really."
Corruption in cricket and growth in women's cricket will also be on the agenda in the MCC meetings.
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