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The Inaugural World Test Championship
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Daemon
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? odd to bring this up when 2 of the big three just got dicked by the points format.
TheJediBrah
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Bit of a misinformed statement from you phlegm given that they don't avoid going to Bangladesh, but avoid hosting them which would be a guaranteed clean sweep win
I think that's his point.
Flem274*
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10 points for a series win, 5 each for honours shared imo
teams generally have 3-4 test series of varying length per year. in world cup year those that hate trying might cut it to 2 series. a home and away cycle in 4 years would require 5 series per year which is easily doable but would require cutting very important 7 odi and 5 t20 style tours so will never happen.
cricket in general is starting to get ridiculous imo, especially since you'll often see months and months of nothing followed by 30 7 match odi series in the space of 3 months.
the t20 wc really needs to get in the bin but the boards would rather kill cricket i.e. tests
teams generally have 3-4 test series of varying length per year. in world cup year those that hate trying might cut it to 2 series. a home and away cycle in 4 years would require 5 series per year which is easily doable but would require cutting very important 7 odi and 5 t20 style tours so will never happen.
cricket in general is starting to get ridiculous imo, especially since you'll often see months and months of nothing followed by 30 7 match odi series in the space of 3 months.
the t20 wc really needs to get in the bin but the boards would rather kill cricket i.e. tests
Flem274*
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in terms of money, i don't think t20 would even be required if they were faster on the uptake of franchise 50 over cricket during professionalisation. a 'super cricket' in the southern hemisphere would be pretty well received by aus/sa/nz fanbase and the indian dollar if it had the international players in it every week.
TheJediBrah
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That would make a lot more sense than giving points per each individual Test match, scaled depending on the length of the Test series.
srbhkshk
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Why will that be particularly different or better than the current system?
srbhkshk
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It's the same concept as the ODI World cup, beating NZ or England nets the same 2 points as that of beating Afg or BD. It's not as if Australia won't have easier series in the cycle or that India will always play easier ones. And ftr Australia got clobbered in SL so it's funny to question the points NZ have got.
Whole purpose of awarding points per test was that there was no dead rubbers. Each test had something riding on it even if the series was decided.
What do you mean??
TheJediBrah
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So you don't get an advantage as a result of the length of series you play. You'd have to win a 5 match series 5-0 to get the same points as winning a 2-match series 2-0
He misunderstood your post, thought you were saying the opposite.
srbhkshk
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That's how it is currently?
Edit - I guess you mean it shouldn't be that way, but why not?
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the big bambino
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Didn’t seem to work with the Oval test as both sides seemed comparatively lack lustre
h_hurricane
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Every one plays equal no. of series in WTC. In that case,why should a team winning a 5 match series by a bigger margin be awarded more points than a team winning a 2 match series. This will give unfair advantage to teams playing more no. of test matches(eg; England) than teams like Pakistan and BD who play less no. of matches.
Win the series, pocket the points, as simple as that.
Win the series, pocket the points, as simple as that.
TheJediBrah
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5-0 almost never happens, 2-0 is relatively common. If you're playing a 5 match series, or several, during the WTC qualifying you're likely losing out on points
If you just ignore match results and give points for the series results then you have a relatively fair system that doesn't discriminate between the length of the series. Sure you still have dead rubbers but I'd rather that than you get to the WTC final and no one respects the results because of an overly complicated and uneven points system.
Where did anyone say that they should? No one said that. It should be the same, assuming everyone plays the same number of series.
a 2-0 win over 2 Tests win shouldn't give you a lot more points than a 3-1 win over 5 Tests, which currently it does
no, it's not simple as that at all. That's the whole thing we're discussing. My point is that it should be simple as that.
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srbhkshk
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But then you get the same points for a 1-0 win in a 5 match series as you get from 5-0? How is that fair?
TheJediBrah
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That's fairer than what we have now IMO. A series win is a series win.
Its more fatigue and physical exhaustion than not caring which can happen in a 5 match series.
srbhkshk
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Nah, the current system is more reasonable, the dividend you can get from playing a shorter series is balanced by the risk of a single test upset associated with it.
TheJediBrah
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In theory yes, in practice no