Latest entry in my "why I love KD" journal. I was literally thinking about this and was on statsguru tweaking advanced filters when I saw this.
https://twitter.com/cricketingview/status/1351041600357621764
This era feels like the golden age of Day 5 4th innings cricket. Like tense 5th days go into the final session way more frequently than in my younger days (1985-2005). Makes sense because this is the least unequal test cricket has been ever. Almost every series is close.
For most of test cricket history, the favorite (usually also the home team) rolled over the underdog pretty easily. Because the objective differences in skills and resources were too vast. There were occasional fightbacks. But in bursts and spurts. Most tests were decided early.
Most tests still don't go into day 5 alive. But more do these days than ever before, or at least that's my educated intuition. @cricketingview have you ever tested something like this with your data?
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