LONDON, England (CMC) — West Indies bowling legend Michael Holding has thrown his support behind a two-tiered system in Tests, which may effectively hurt his own West Indies.

In an exclusive interview with CNN International to promote his new autobiography, No Holding Back, Holding said the new move would create renewed interest in Test cricket.

“Bangladesh are playing a series in England soon, but who cares?” he asked.

“Imagine, if there was a two-division system, six teams in each, with promotion

and relegation.”

He offered: “India to face Pakistan with the losers being relegated to Division Two — now that would be a Test series to watch!”

Lowly West Indies are currently ranked eighth in Test cricket and would find themselves in the second half of any two-tiered

Test championship.

Holding also launched an attack on Twenty20 cricket, contending that the newest form of the game was destroying Test cricket.

“I am not interested in Twenty20 at all. Maybe I am an old fogey, but I think it is destroying Test cricket,” said Holding, admitting he disliked the format so much that he turned down TV commentary work on the recent T20 World Cup in the Caribbean.

He added: “Kids should be playing Test cricket, and then maybe progressing to T20 once established. But now, with all the money available in T20, top young players are not going to be interested in playing the five-day game.”

Holding has become the latest international cricket personality to bemoan the Indian Premier League, and the way it has thrown money at players.

He asked: “When you can earn US$800,000 for playing six weeks in the IPL, why waste six years trying to earn that sort of money in

Test cricket?”

Holding said: “If this isn’t controlled properly, Test cricket will die. When I was playing, people said: ‘Test cricket is too slow’, so they brought in 50 overs-a-side, one-day cricket. Now it’s down to 20-overs. What happens next? 15 overs?

10 overs?”