Great tests are all about evenly matched sides. It doesn't really matter how poorly each team is playing. Besides, missed opportunities and poor form dog every match. I fear such criticism is merely poor sportsmanship in disguise - it's easier to lambast both sides if the game isn't going the way we'd like it: the idea being that it somehow doesn't matter if we lose if both teams are playing crappy cricket - we can just dismiss the result.
These two teams are well matched despite their flaws, and what comes out of that is great cricket.
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