When and how did bi-lateral Limited overs and bi-lateral tests between countries become so out of synch?

It’s crazy to me how these days it seems that teams are playing a test series in a country, then coming home, then returning 4, 5, 6 or even 12 months later to play out the outstanding limited overs series, nations always seem to be playing catch-up on their bi-laterals these days, whether it’s tests, T20’s, ODI’s, things rarely seem to happen together anymore and series always seem to get crammed in at the most confusing times (see West Indies recently playing an ODI series in India 12 months after their test tour, Australia playing a completely random T20 series in India in August ‘17, and now playing an ODI series there in January in the middle of their own home summer, Sri Lanka playing a T20 series in Australia in October 8 months after touring for 2 tests, South Africa due to play ODI’s in India in March after touring for tests and T20’s in September and many many more)

I remember growing up touring was a pretty simple formula, fly to country, play one day series, play test series, come home.

When did the calendar become such a mess? Was it the beginning of international T20’s? The birth of the IPL? The year that things got switched around to accommodate Australia’s World Cup in 2015? I’m interested to pinpoint when this all became so confusing.

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