The Panthers were the bottom-ranked one-day outfit in the Warrnambool and District Cricket Association this past season but salvaged a sixth-place finish on the back of four-straight two-day victories, the best record in the league.

Templeton said the decision, which came on the back of COVID-19 restrictions pushing the earliest possible start date back to at least early November, was the logical option.

He said his men would approach the campaign with positivity.

"We'll change heaps (in how we approach it)," Templeton said.

"It's absolutely an opportunity to learn and improve different areas of our cricket. We'll be able to really emphasise and focus on the one format.

"We see it as a chance to really nail a format. We'll probably have a few changes personnel-wise in those games and promote different ways of approaching the game."

Templeton hoped the same respect was placed on the March premiership as other seasons, which have been entirely in the two-day format.

"I hope there isn't an asterisk on it as we've had the 80-odd years of two-day grand finals," he said.

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While the majority of games will be one-day fixtures, teams will also have the option of playing in a voluntary Twenty20 competition in a bid to qualify for the $15,000-to-the-winner Sungold Cup.

The competition will include pools of four teams with games to be played in a round-robin format.

There will then be a semi-finals series and a grand final under lights at Reid Oval in early January to kick-start 2022.

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