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Saturday sales seem OK but I wonder if 5 Tests are too many if the series turns out one-sided either way, especially as the Pakistan series had too few Tests. It is gambling on the series being competitive.
Wednesday starts are presumably so they can get 5 Tests into a reduced window of weeks with sufficient rest in between. I assume they've done surveys to gauge spectator preferences for Wed-Sun v Thu-Mon v Fri-Tues rather than just gone into it blind, but who knows? Shortfall in sales is definitely bad for today then there's the issue of the football season drawing away attention later. Would have made far more sense to start the series straight after the (football) World Cup two weeks ago.Last edited by Satchmo Distel; 01-08-2018, 14:34.
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Agree with that – I have no problem with four match series, that's plenty enough twists and turns.
Root, who I think will never be an all-time great, is run out on a suicidal second by a direct hit by Virat Kholi. Could be a big opportunity for a formidable innings lost for England
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Originally posted by Duncan Gardner View PostHere's an alternative. Play the Tests as a triangular series of 6 matches with all 3 teams playing 4 times
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One of England's key problems is that many of their selection-safe 'untouchable' players (Cook, Stokes, Broad, Anderson etc.) only perform spasmodically. This puts a lot of pressure on the good but as yet not fully established players, (Jennings, Malan, Ali etc).
Secondly supporters of county cricket have been complaining about the selection of Rashid, but they have to ask themselves why there are no obvious spin candidates coming through their system, why really fast youngsters become 83 mph dobbers by age 25, and most of our best new batsmen are South African. England's coaching system is just not producing the goods.
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