Crucket

So the test leg of the series against Pakistan is underway. I’ve added the tests to my schedule. If you scroll up a bit to the limited over matches, it looks like a normal tour, except for the jump from Dubai to Queenstown. I’m certainly considering all the matches against Pakistan as being part of a single series. As it is a rescheduling of the tour to Pakistan by New Zealand, I’ve been thinking of this series as a ‘home’ series for Pakistan that just happens to be taking place in away venues. Apparently Pakistan got to prepare the grounds in UAE and I also seem to recall that Pakistan will get the revenue from the series, as is normal for the home team.

Cricinfo however is treating the limited over and test legs as different series, Pakistan v NZ and NZ v Pakistan.

Also, surely the home team gets to choose the schedule. Now if I was writing the schedule, I’d start off with a warm-up in Queenstown, sure. However, there’s no way I would schedule the first test in Dunedin, with an average temperature of 12° in November, especially if I was from a country that typically averages in the 20s.