Down with dead rubbers
The baseball World Series has the right idea in ending a best-of-seven series when one team wins four matches, writes Patrick Kidd on his Line and Length blog in the Times
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The baseball World Series has the right idea in ending a best-of-seven series when one team wins four matches, writes Patrick Kidd on his Line and Length blog in the Times. England have already sunk to a 4-0 loss in the one-dayers but there are still three inconsequential matches to go before the series ends, leaving both teams little time to rest before the Champions Trophy, he says.

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