One of the most important tasks for cricket administrators — which they've failed dismally — is to maintain a reasonably even balance between bat and ball. With a third format of the game now flourishing, there's another equally important task at hand. Administrators need to achieve a reasonable balance between the long and short form cricket in order to enable players with the desire to develop the range of skills required to perform adequately in all three formats.

Du Plessis' hollow cry
This point became clear following Faf du Plessis' hollow cry for the toss to be scrapped in Test cricket. His plea would have had more credibility if it hadn't followed South Africa's abysmal twin collapses for 126 and 73 in Sri Lanka. If you bat poorly, having first choice of innings won't make any difference.