The editor of Cricket Statistician analyses recent events

SIMON SWEETMAN
At last! Some real cricket again. After the infuriating two-Test series with Pakistan (where was the decider it needed?) and the utterly meaningless ODIs against Australia B, we have to face a team that is going to give England a hard time. And the World Cup will have finished before we get to the Test matches, so somebody might even notice.
Which tells us it’s not just the format that matters. Despite the batting domination in two of the three, the T20 games formed a decent aperitif for the Tests, with the ODIs ...