Shortened tours

[The Argonaut]

With the way that tours are organised these days it should be little wonder that away teams perform poorly on tour.

It used to be that sides would get a good hit out before playing the serious matches. Now an away team might get a couple of 3 day games before the first test to aclimatise. It is hardly a good preparation.

The necessity to play so many tests and one day games in a shorter amount of time is the cause of it. Gone are the days when Australia would go to England for a 6-7 month tour and vice versa.

It seems that you need to be a champion team to overcome this problem.

 

[Simon]

cricket is too professional now to be doing tours like that. players have wives and children and want to spend more time at home than they already do. Aeroplanes have a lot to do with no tours last 6 months anymore. Remember that is takes a solid 6 or 7 weeks to get there and the same to get back.

 

[age_master]

bery true