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Should cricket end drawn tests?

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subshakerz

Hall of Fame Member
It may seem radical, but can it be justified to play 5-days without a result? I mentioned in another thread that this is one of cricket's biggest downsides. How can so much resources be dedicated to arranging games in which the end is so unsatisfactory?

Sometimes it is exciting to have a short passage of play where a team is trying to survive until the end. But not if it lasts an entire 1-2 days play of just blocking. Having the rain cut short an impending victory just seems unfair, and the worst is flat pitches that just meander to draws and waste people's time.

Is it possible to change the rules to force a result somehow, or allow the team ahead to be able to declare victory?
 
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Xix2565

International Regular
A draw and a tie are results, regardless of there being no decisive winner and loser. Weather interruptions are one thing but even then people take it in stride despite the occasional moaning. And it's not like you need to do anything artificially nowadays when draws are far less common than in the past when there was less overall talent and infrastructure.
 
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ashley bach

Cricketer Of The Year
It's part of test cricket, totally understand why people could dislike it, but I'm all for it.
Having said that, much prefer series that have at least 3 tests, too many 2 match series these days.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
The worst Tests are bore-draws that you can tell will be draws by the state of the pitch/weather/bowling attacks on Day 1 or 2, but these are rare. Drawn Tests that go down to the wire with one team hanging on 9 down are much more exciting to watch than convincing innings victories.

If anything the possibility of a draw creates closer and more exciting finishes than if the better team always just won - because who the better team will have been is often extremely obvious after three days, but whether they can force the result is still in flux. That's great, especially in the context of a series where saving a game can make you victorious at the end of a grueling tour. So many more games would become extremely boring after one team took a 150-run first innings lead if you didn't know the team behind could try and save the game.

I used to be partial to the idea of having series scorelines determined by a points system that gave teams... lets say 10 points for a win, 6 points for a draw in which they won on the first innings and 4 points for a draw in which they lost on the first innings... but I don't think even that is necessary. I think people need to embrace the idea that draws are a feature and not a bug of Tests.
 
ankitj

ankitj

Hall of Fame Member
Prince EWS said:
The worst Tests are bore-draws that you can tell will be draws by the state of the pitch/weather/bowling attacks on Day 1 or 2, but these are rare. Drawn Tests that go down to the wire with one team hanging on 9 down are much more exciting to watch than convincing innings victories.

If anything the possibility of a draw creates closer and more exciting finishes than if the better team always just won - because who the better team will have been is often extremely obvious after three days, but whether they can force the result is still in flux. That's great, especially in the context of a series where saving a game can make you victorious at the end of a grueling tour. So many more games would become extremely boring after one team took a 150-run first innings lead if you didn't know the team behind could try and save the game.

I used to be partial to the idea of having series scorelines determined by a points system that gave teams... lets say 10 points for a win, 6 points for a draw in which they won on the first innings and 4 points for a draw in which they lost on the first innings... but I don't think even that is necessary. I think people need to embrace the idea that draws are a feature and not a bug of Tests.
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anil1405

anil1405

International Captain
For every boring draw there is also an exciting drawn test that this format would benefit from witnessing.

Taking this away from test cricket would be harsh.

This appears to be a modern day fans opinion of test cricket who prioritises winning/losing over witnessing periods of absolute test of a players character.
 
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subshakerz

Hall of Fame Member
anil1405 said:
For every boring draw there is also an exciting drawn test that this format would benefit from witnessing.

Taking this away from test cricket would be harsh.

This appears to be a modern day fans opinion of test cricket who prioritises winning/losing over witnessing periods of absolute test of a players character.
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I guess if every boring draw had its equal exciting draw then it wouldnt be as much of a problem.

Actually, I am more of an old school fan who had to suffer through series of 2-3 drawn tests and a singular result.
 
Shady Slim

Shady Slim

International Coach
with respect, this is even dumber than people who say that they should get rid of the tie concept in american footbaw

draws themselves not inherently bad. roady roads which conduce 499-6d vs 499-6d cricket are a bad thing and the makers of those ought to be old yellered, but they aren’t even as prevalent of a thing as they were in the mid tens (and australia quite a culprit)
 
Manju

Manju

Cricket Spectator
subshakerz said:
It may seem radical, but can it be justified to play 5-days without a result? I mentioned in another thread that this is one of cricket's biggest downsides. How can so much resources be dedicated to arranging games in which the end is so unsatisfactory?

Sometimes it is exciting to have a short passage of play where a team is trying to survive until the end. But not if it lasts an entire 1-2 days play of just blocking. Having the rain cut short an impending victory just seems unfair, and the worst is flat pitches that just meander to draws and waste people's time.

Is it possible to change the rules to force a result somehow, or allow the team ahead to be able to declare victory?
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Not just winning or losing, even drawing a game needs extraordinary skills. And not jus like a flip of a coin, which ends with only two results, this have an another result too and that is what makes it unique. Let it continue, don't want to take the soul of the game away from it.....
 
TheJediBrah

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subshakerz said:
It may seem radical, but can it be justified to play 5-days without a result? I mentioned in another thread that this is one of cricket's biggest downsides. How can so much resources be dedicated to arranging games in which the end is so unsatisfactory?
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Says who?
 
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