India have a tour of SA early in the year I thinkWhat does everyone's schedule look like next year?
India and Aus play 4 tests each in SA in 2018India have a tour of SA early in the year I think
Looking forward to that (bet Cook isn't though )India and Aus play 4 tests each in SA in 2018
SA play SL, Eng, NZ and Bangladesh this year (2017).
I was making an "actuaaalllly next year is 2018" joke.India and Aus play 4 tests each in SA in 2018
SA play SL, Eng, NZ and Bangladesh this year (2017).
Last time you played four in SA we whitewashed you...I was making an "actuaaalllly next year is 2018" joke.
4 tests in SA sounds awesome though. First time ever I think. Most we've ever played there is 3.
What's more interesting is that there's still a 4/3 split between South Africa and Sri Lanka. Since England dumped the "play 5/6 Tests against strong opposition and give new sides the scraps" policy it's rare for the first side to play more than the second side.It is a bit strange, the West Indies playing England second. Usually you play the 'weaker' opposition first as a sort of dress rehearsal to the main event, e.g. Sri Lanka last year before Pakistan, NZ before Oz the year before. I do not believe that has happened since 1998 when Sri Lanka followed SA, although some of the teams were near par, back when the Windies were merely declining but not diabolical and Pakistan were yo-yoing out of form.
Pretty busy mate. Hoping to get away for our honeymoon at some point. When are you thinking of having a catch up?What does everyone's schedule look like next year?
England are not the only team to do this. Didn't the Indians only give the Kiwis three tests to England's five?What's more interesting is that there's still a 4/3 split between South Africa and Sri Lanka. Since England dumped the "play 5/6 Tests against strong opposition and give new sides the scraps" policy it's rare for the first side to play more than the second side.
It's weird alright, do sides really get higher ratings (TV revenue) playing the Windies these days? NZ got only 2 tests the last couple of visits to England and the last 1-1 in particular, you couldn't split the sides... yet the disbolical Windies not only get 3, part get the later tour of the summer, as you say normally reserved for the main tour of the year.It is a bit strange, the West Indies playing England second. Usually you play the 'weaker' opposition first as a sort of dress rehearsal to the main event, e.g. Sri Lanka last year before Pakistan, NZ before Oz the year before. I do not believe that has happened since 1998 when Sri Lanka followed SA, although some of the teams were near par, back when the Windies were merely declining but not diabolical and Pakistan were yo-yoing out of form.
Wait wasn't that because NZ wanted to play their own Boxing Day fixtures at home? That's certainly the case for SA.It's weird alright, do sides really get higher ratings (TV revenue) playing the Windies these days? NZ got only 2 tests the last couple of visits to England and the last 1-1 in particular, you couldn't split the sides... yet the disbolical Windies not only get 3, part get the later tour of the summer, as you say normally reserved for the main tour of the year.
This saying nothing about the Windies getting the boxing day test over NZ in 2015. Unless they're scheduling these things literally 5 years or more in advance, I just don't get it.