When will The Test season 2 be released in New Zealand?

Cricket fans rejoice! The Test season 2 is hitting Amazon Prime Video on January 13.

The first season of The Test was Prime Video Australia’s most successful sports documentary series of all time. So you better believe that expectations are high for the second at bat. Directed by Adrian Brown, who also helmed the first season, and co-directed by Sheldon Wynne, the four-part follow-up charts how the Australian men’s cricket team weathers the departure of both Captain Tim Paine and Head Coach Justin Langer in 2021/2022.

Paine and Langer were instrumental in returning the Australian team to respectability following the shocking ball-tampering scandal of 2018, when bowler Cameron Bancroft was caught on camera sandpapering the ball during a match against South Africa. Captain Steve Smith and Vice-Captain David Warner (not that one) were swiftly implicated. It was a dark day for Australian cricket, and while season one of The Test didn’t focus on the scandal, the events hung over the series like a lowering thunderhead, and the team’s efforts to redeem themselves are a core theme.

In season two, we join the team for the 2021/22 test season, where the players battle old enemies England, take the field in Pakistan for the first time in almost a quarter of a century, and go up against the Sri Lankan squad while that country was in the grips of incredible political unrest. Key players both on and off the field include incoming Captain Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Scott Boland, David Warner, and Usman Khawaja.

For cricket tragics, this is simply an unmissable series. But will the more casual observer find season two of The Test as gripping as the first, given the lack of an immediate hook like the ball-tampering scandal? Head to Prime Video on the 13^th to find out.