The direct and irrefutable comparison is a child has being coerced and brainwashed into doing something that they otherwise would not have done. You blame the adult in one scenario and the child in the other. Is that fair?
Actually, that’s not the whole point. You make some valid points but this test is done with now. All that is left to do is learn lessons for the future.
Seems very suppositional to me. Wouldn’t a red ball behave the same? Maybe for not as long but that was irrelevant in this test. Surely a black seam would be easier to pick up?
Do you know this for fact or is it just an assumption? Genuinely curious because I am guessing spinners haven't bowled a great deal of overs with the pink ball before.
These three are still banned with no inkling as to how long the bans will last and no reply to emails sent to admin. Is left-wing fascism a plausible ideology? This board is giving it a good go.
Surely this result had nothing whatsoever to do with it being a day/night test, although Abel's stat is foreboding a time in the near future when "only" day/night tests are scheduled for 4 days and then we are well down the slippery slope.