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India v England series

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Khukuri said:
I honestly thought it was going to break up worse than it has given how it was behaving day 1. Clearly they’ve done a good job producing a pitch that spins from the onset yet still holds up. This is actually turning out to be a well laid track. I still think there will be some balls shooting low if England manage to survive till the evening session on day 4
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It’s gone from a beach to a well laid track in 3.5 days.
Amazing :lol:
 

What’s the opinion on Burns on here? I really want him to do well and cement his place. He just never looks comfortable.
 
TravellingMackem said:
If you check back, not all of us are so naive to go on with the hype from day one mind
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Its a very poor pitch and not designed for five days of test cricket. There shouldn’t be huge puffs of dust emerging from the surface on day one. It’s day three and there are huge explosions of black dust from the surface. In test match cricket, that shouldn’t be happening.

It’s not particularly an excuse or a complaint about India preparing pitches suited to their needs as England haven’t bowled well on it or batted well on it, but it is not a good quality test match pitch.
 
chunkylover53 said:
Two problems

Crawley hasn’t convinced quite yet
Pope isn’t a 3 (yet)
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Agree. Just throwing out a suggestion.
Pope looks to have the right technique for a no.3 - seems odd that the selectors are adamant that he should "learn his trade at 6" (not got a problem with that) but are happy to chuck Lawrence in at 3 after a couple of tests.
 
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