I have a theory about the toss in cricket, it has always struck me as ludicrous that a 5 day sporting event with all the logistics involved is influenced by the toss of a coin. In other sports it is the same but nowhere does it have the dramatic influence that it can have in cricket. And this is only exacerbated if the captain is on an unlucky run.
Nasser Hussain was a terrible tosser and lost two thirds of the tosses he called, when you overlay this onto his record as captain he actually did pretty well. The way to alleviate the influence of the toss is to alternate the decision across the series or each time the two sides play. Over a five test series I would always give the extra option to the away team as the home crowd is always worth a bit of an advantage. This would allow each team to plan properly and maybe even change their line up knowing that they are batting or bowling at certain times of the match.
Any thoughts?
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