brandon
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It usually doesn’t matter what the outcome of the game is IIRC. Certainly doesn’t matter in Championship cricket.
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It usually doesn’t matter what the outcome of the game is IIRC. Certainly doesn’t matter in Championship cricket.
Thank God they don't play 60 overs ODI's anymore
brandon
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Perhaps some truth in the tweet that suggested Ahmedabad would lose Test status if it recorded two gradings of a poor pitch in a row.
Thank God they don't play 60 ODI's anymore
They’d be TDI’s
Those old days of one dayers when they went off for a forty min lunch break after 30 overs of the first innings, then a tea break just after the start of the second innings.
then the games used to finished around 8pm in those old finals back in the day. Or that famous Lancashire match that finished about 930pm with no lights involved
then the games used to finished around 8pm in those old finals back in the day. Or that famous Lancashire match that finished about 930pm with no lights involved
Jack Torrance
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They were good cricket pitches. The one that has been mentioned recently is Lords because they got bowled out for 100 twice but that was the weather rather than the pitch. It was as flat as Lords usually is, Woakes got a century iirc
rentaghost
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Yes they were nobody made 300 at Edgbaston but it was as much swing as seam IIRC and probably in the top 5 test matches i have seen.
brandon
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Notice plenty of people on social media clutching about the pitch at Trent Bridge in 2015. It was far from a green-top, the excessive swing and seam was due to moisture in the pitch from overnight and early morning rain.
Jack Torrance
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And Australia just batted poorly. Root made a century on the same day. The only green pitch I’ve seen England play on in recent years was that test against Ireland a couple of years ago at Lords, which Root came out and said was not up to standard
Liverpool Beachball
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A bit touchy there
Salem Street South
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Silly Point
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Bloke would happily mankad 20 wickets if he could get away with it, taking the pitch out of the equation
England declared 1st innings
Also our batting was very flakey then, we were well into the play 5 all rounder stages
I'd fancy our lads to get runs at home
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rentaghost
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Its a rubbish argument he makes as well. If you just take the view that any pitch is OK because both sides are playing on it you just wouldn't get people watching test cricket. People paying months in advance for day 3 tickets and not seeing a ball bowled. I'm not as passionate as other on the 'unfair' side of the argument but I am really passionate about it in terms of paying customers and the future of the game. You cant have test matches with quality players finished in 5 sessions with Joe Root taking 5/8 and opening the bowling in international cricket. Utter joke.
brandon
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“We’ve never complained about the pitches”
So I just imagined Kohli whinging about the First Test pitch then?
If the interviewer thought quickly on his feet he should’ve responded with:
“A pitch that lasts longer than a session before it starts to explode.”
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India v England: Virat Kohli complains about Chepauk pitch and SG ball as hosts lose veneer of invincibility | The Cricketer
India v England: Virat Kohli complains about Chepauk pitch and SG ball as hosts lose veneer of invincibility | The Cricketer, cricket news, Joe Root, Chennai
www.thecricketer.com
brandon
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India v England: Virat Kohli complains about Chepauk pitch and SG ball as hosts lose veneer of invincibility | The Cricketer
India v England: Virat Kohli complains about Chepauk pitch and SG ball as hosts lose veneer of invincibility | The Cricketer, cricket news, Joe Root, Chennaiwww.thecricketer.com
Exactly
Voice of fair play
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They have really embarrassed themselves here imo in the desperate need to win to get themselves to the test championship and devalued the game.
Which is the worst bit.
Home advantage is already a massive advantage between India and England.
Without going over the top ,going any further and they is no point playing as we will know the result before a match played, which can’t be good for the game of test cricket.
I am not normally one to have a go at opposing sides and call them.
But on this India have no where to hide imo and deserve all the criticism coming their way for preparing that ridiculous pitch.
Just farcical
Which is the worst bit.
Home advantage is already a massive advantage between India and England.
Without going over the top ,going any further and they is no point playing as we will know the result before a match played, which can’t be good for the game of test cricket.
I am not normally one to have a go at opposing sides and call them.
But on this India have no where to hide imo and deserve all the criticism coming their way for preparing that ridiculous pitch.
Just farcical
Although I agree, they havent embarrassed themselves, as absolutely nobody is calling them out about it, so theyll not care and will never admit it
Voice of fair play
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I think they have embarrassed themselves.
You may be right that they don’t care though!
What sets cricket apart from the likes of football is the way it’s played and that the game is bigger than a team winning.
They have let the game of cricket down, but you probably right about them not caring.
It was Ashwin who ran out Buttler that time when he was backing up, which kind of says the type of mindset they have!
What I mean is, because everyone is so scared of them, the ECB, the ICC, England players, the English media, wont question it or say anything
Doesnt embarrassment come from you doing something wrong and everybody calling you on it?
BTW I totally agree with your view like, maybe I am being pedantic, but unless anyone calls them out on this, then they wont be embarrassed.
I really dislike them, the comments by Ashwin, Kohli and stuff and Rohit just leave a bad taste
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