Travel schedules and the hidden cost of a long tournament

Four flights in nine days does not appear in any scorecard, and it decides more matches than anyone admits.

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Travel schedules and the hidden cost of a long tournament

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Fixture lists are drawn up around broadcast windows and stadium availability. Recovery time is what is left over.

What a short turnaround costs

A fast bowler who lands at two in the morning and plays thirty-six hours later will bowl his overs. He will bowl them a yard slower, and he will feel it three matches from now.

The sides that plan for it

Squads that rotate their quicks through the group stage arrive at the knockouts with fresh bowlers and a worse group record. It is a trade that looks foolish in week two and obvious in week six.

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