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The annoyance of 2 test series

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by: Hamish Laws - Tue, 1 Mar 2022 09:34 UTC

I guess I can see why they might be reasonable against Ireland or Afghanistan but I'm pretty disappointed that there are 2 test series between RSA and NZ (as an example)

3 tests would be a lot better for these series

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by: alvey - Tue, 1 Mar 2022 19:29 UTC

On Tue, 01 Mar 2022 11:10:47 +0000, Mike Holmans wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 01:34:08 -0800 (PST), Hamish Laws
> <hamish.laws@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I guess I can see why they might be reasonable against Ireland or Afghanistan but I'm pretty disappointed that there are 2 test series between RSA and NZ (as an example)
>>
>>3 tests would be a lot better for these series
>
> I don't really disagree but I wonder how many 2-Test series end 1-1,
> which is the result that always brings forth this line of comment.
> Quite understandably since any of us who've been watching NZ v SA are
> no doubt disappointed that there isn't a decider, but how often are we
> actually deprived of deciders in practice?
>
> I'd also say that I prefer 2-Test series to 0-Test series, which in a
> lot of cases is the real alternative.

OT: Wasn't the T2 venue a beautiful & pictureskew ground? The teev coverage
was a free 5 day avert for NZ Tourism.

alvey

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The annoyance of 2 test series	Hamish Laws
Re: The annoyance of 2 test series	alvey