straw man
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Flat tracks are particularly bad in NZ because we play so many 2-match test series and a large number of NZ test matches lose time to rain.
We should be aiming pretty much every match for pitches with some seam assistance where 300 is a par score (depends a bit on overhead conditions and how much it swings), you basically have one innings per day and you get a result in four playing days. Most NZ pitches are not going to break up on days 4 and 5 so that would be asking too much.
Basically the Basin Reserve pitch from the Windies series.
We should be aiming pretty much every match for pitches with some seam assistance where 300 is a par score (depends a bit on overhead conditions and how much it swings), you basically have one innings per day and you get a result in four playing days. Most NZ pitches are not going to break up on days 4 and 5 so that would be asking too much.
Basically the Basin Reserve pitch from the Windies series.