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I think 3 is good enough but ill say 5 is better .

Well Sri Lanka vs South Africa games would have been good 

My only problem with the triangular series is that you just as often get meaningless dead matches

More then 7 matches for 2 sides playing is just pointless. I'll go with 4 or 5.

Yes I forgot that How long has this been going on(3 tests,5 ODI's) series. When were the ODI's actually started? my elders tell me they watched test matches only.

I think the reason the ICC does this is because they don't want people to see cricket as a boring sport I'm not saying test's are boring but thats the perception non-fans who no nothing about the game have of it whom they are promoting it to. and ODI's being a faster and more agressive game makes it look more intense but I still support 3-4 ODI's no more.

With Test cricket people seem to think its a 5 day game with no breaks. For exapmle I was watching some soccer coach or something on TV and he was asked "What do you think of Cricket" he replied well it's a good game if you know the rules but no one knows the rules and you can say to your wife I'm going to play cricket with mates and return after 5 days later I can send the link to the video if any one likes. It's nonsense people should see the class of the player(viewed in tests),not his ability to hit the ball (viewed in ODI).

They are always prmoting cricket as a fast sport and an ODI game. Here in Canada cricket is growing extremely fast. But no ones knows of test cricket here except the cricket watchers. That may be because Canada is not a test side but someone introduced to cricket should no of the real game first.     

Originally posted by ck_spin 7 is too much. dont know what trianular means...

I guess you aren't a cricket fan then. Any real good cricket lover knows a trinagular (3 sides like geometry) constitutes of 3 sides playing each other twice or thrice etc.

Anyways , my go is 5 odi's but when its india vs pak , I like 7. so damn exciting wathcing those 2. I guess they could like reduce it if they know those 2 specific side don't put on good shows in the odi's but if they do they can put it to 5-7 odi's.

Originally posted by Clobber Well Sri Lanka vs South Africa games would have been good My only problem with the triangular series is that you just as often get meaningless dead matches

yeah you can get dead matches, but it can liven it up in comparison to e.g. sri lanka vs england, and sa vs NZ, SA vs West indies etc, all these ended in 5-0 wins so the last 2 were dead, at least a trianglular series may help with a consolition win, or maybe a lucky win against one team, in which that form can be carried through to the next match!

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one more thing the number of matches hugely depends on that which two teams r playing ,means if aus playing BAN then one must like to watch 3 matches and if india and pakistan are playing u will not get bored with even 7

i dont think so as india pakistan matches the more u get the more u feel enjoyment

Get rid of the concept of a tri-series to start with!!! We see it here every year in australia, the matches between the two visiting teams get little crowd support!

Depending on the length of the tour and the difference in quality of the opposition, a 5-match ODI series is fine by me.  

7 matches is to many, they get monotonous by matches 6/7, as more times than not the series is all but decided.

3 matches on the other hand is too short, 5 matches gives each player a chance to make an impact, also it gives those who play in both tests & odi's a chance to play themselves into a little bit of form if they are lacking, or even a chance to get all important match fitness if they are coming back from injury.

However, i don't agree with a 5 match series between say Kenya & South Africa, all it's leading to is 5 thrashings for the kenyan's, something which does no good for the game at all, we like to see a contest!!!

So, 5 match series for me!

I think 5 is a good idea, 3 would be better for the players but it doesn't really give the fans a lot to watch. 7 is stupidand the last few are pretty poor normally.

Originally posted by Sledger Interesting that you also don't like triangular tournaments Claps. Is your view supported by the average Australian fan or is the concept popular?

I wish i could give you a definite answer on that Sledg, but i can't! I think the fact alone that the matches between the two visiting countries draw very small crowds shows that the idea is generally not supported.

The tri series do get good crowds in, and even without the crowd it is religiously followed by viewers.

The 7 day tri series provides a bit of variance for the crowds also, it would be boring have just having one team coming over and playing 5 tests and then the same team playing 7 ODI's.

5 matches are better. 3 is too short and 7 is too long. It woudn't be fun to see 4 matches and 6 matches series, because its most likely to end in 2-2 or 3-3.

7 or more is good for tri-series.

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My fault about that I'll edit that post right now.