Giving Test Cricket the Short Shrift

In the wake of New Zealand’s 0-4 drubbing by Bangladesh in the one-day series last October, Cricinfo published a stats piece which revealed that the kiwis had won just 16 out of 40 ODIs since the beginning of 2009. Given that NZ’s limited overs outfit had generally remained successful even as test fortunes declined, this was hard to stomach. […]