5 reasons why modern day Tests produce more results

#5 Pitches favour the home side

Home bowlers hold all the cards in Test cricket

The pitches now are prepared more in favour of the home side to provide them with a certain advantage. This is a very controversial topic of the game and a debate is ignited each time a Test series takes place.

Some believe that it is quite natural to prepare pitches to support the home side while others call for sporting pitches. But the fact is that no team wants to lose Tests at home and curators are influenced to prepare a pitch that favours the strength of the home side.

An Australian curator never prepares a rank turner when India tours and similarly, an Indian curator would not offer bounce on the track while hosting. This makes it easy for one side to dominate and hence the teams hardly win overseas these days.