Queensland cricket legend Allan Border agrees with the decision to snub the Gabba from Australia’s Test match schedule, believing the “tired” stadium needs to be demolished and replaced.

On Sunday, Cricket Australia announced the allocation of hosting rights for various men’s international matches, including Tests, for the next seven summers.

The announcement sees the Melbourne Cricket Groundkeep its traditional Boxing Day Test until at least 2030-31, while the Sydney Cricket Ground will also hold onto the New Year’s Day Test for the next seven seasons.

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Adelaide Oval will host a Test for the next seven summers while Optus Stadium in Perth will also get one for at least the next three seasons.

The Gabba has been locked in for at least the next two seasons counting a Test match this coming summer and another in 2025-26 with planning and construction for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games to follow.

In a statement, Cricket Australia said discussions around Queensland’s ability to host international cricket matches beyond 2025-26 are ongoing.

Speaking on Nine’s Today, Border acknowledged that it is time to update the stadium facilities and infrastructure at the Gabba.

“[The Gabba] is a great Test match pitch but the actual stadium is getting a bit tired,” he said.

“It’s now ranked No.5 or six in the country behind others that have been rebuilt in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth — and the one in Adelaide is fantastic with the hotel right on the ground as well.

“So the ranking is slipping.

“It’s a great pitch to play on but the ground is hard to get to and then when the crowd leaves a big game, with 40-50,000 people there, it’s a nightmare to get out of the place.

“For all those reasons, we need to knock it down and do something else.”

A new 60,000-seat stadium has been proposed on the North Shore site in preparation for the Olympic Games.

The new precinct, which will include warm-up facilities, a 2500-apartment athletes’ village, a hotel, an aquatic centre and a hospitality zone, would be privately funded with no cost to taxpayers.

The stadium would be opened by 2031, but for that to happen work would need to begin in the next two years.

The state government remains unconvinced, adamant that all Olympic venues should be publicly owned.

The Gabba has played host to 66 Test matches.