Should the TOSS be dumped in Test cricket?

'There's probably too much emphasis placed on the toss and the conditions away from home'

'There should be no toss. Visiting captain should be allowed to decide what he wants to do after inspecting the pitch'

in my opinion, is that tosses are big for television. It makes for good tension, everyone is focused on that coin when it's in the air and the winning captain's decision and so on.

NFL and Rugby : winner of the coin toss choose kicking off, receiving, or choosing an end zone to defend.

Test cricket per say is losing its identity. Change is the only thing which is constant.
a simple formula starting from first test match in a test series, the decision should be to the visiting team and next match to the host team and so on. Alternating the decision between visiting and host team.

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if is three tests 2 fuh home and 1 fuh the visitors...

5 tests 3 and 2.

and if is only 2 tests  well 1 and a harf fuh the home team...and if its 4 tests 2 and harf  same way..home team

dat is wat the math say : : :

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it sounds good at first but what this will do is force the home country to create dead pitches, since creating a pitch with any life will straight away give advantage to the away team who get to choose to to bowl first on seamer friendly wickets and bat first on spin friendly wickets.


Besides it adds extra level of interest because each team has to adapt to different conditions everywhere making the game more interesting.

I like the game just where it is..with a toss for the right to start the game any way it wants for the winner

So the visiting teams must be the ones to choose whether they want to bat or bowl first? I think there is some merit to this argument since the home team will benefit from their home support.

I am sure most would argue that the biggest benefit of playing at home is familiarity with the pitch and conditions. Home field support is an ancillary benefit. I'll run the numbers for home/away sides winning the toss and post them here to see what they reveal.