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Should be a test for all not just one team.
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So 4 wickets in an innings (with multiple dropped chances as well) is nullified...but 39 runs for a great batsman is a fantastic return?
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Lets just all play on one nuetral venue then
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No, India just have to conform with the rest of the test playing nations and provide Test standard pitches not doctored pitches to suit the home side.
Yeah agree
And they have too many bugs too, and its too hot
England rains too much and it swings too much
Its too loud in the west Indies with all that music
Too many palm trees in Sri Lanka, coconuts everywhere
As for Sth africa, too many fast bowlers, should be more spin in the pitch to suit their crappy spinners
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Yeah agree
And they have too many bugs too, and its too hot
England rains too much and it swings too much
Its too loud in the west Indies with all that music
Too many palm trees in Sri Lanka, coconuts everywhere
As for Sth africa, too many fast bowlers, should be more spin in the pitch to suit their crappy spinners
Keep making excuses for them but in the end theres one word and its cheating.
So 4 wickets in an innings (with multiple dropped chances as well) is nullified...but 39 runs for a great batsman is a fantastic return?
When did I say it was fantastic?
Do you disagree that it's much more difficult for a good bowler to get wickets on an unhelpful pitch than it is for a good batsman to score runs on a difficult pitch?
Oh and btw how bad was the Adelaide pitch. No total over 250 and the match total without looking at actual numbers was about a 150 runs more than the third Ind/SA test. Diabolical!
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No other country cheats like India for a whole series. They produce pitches that make pace bowlers non requirements.
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Yes, that was indeed my point. In that 4/130 odd from Starc (which could have been 6), shows it is just as easy for him to get wicket on this unresponsive pitch as it was for Faf to score 39 runs
1. That is about 25% more runs scored
2. You didn't really get the point of that article, did you?
So, Starc in the form of his life gets a decent return of 4/130. Faf and Amla both having ridiculously poor series (Faf didnt even score more than single digits IIRC in the prior 4 innings) and they still managed to score 39 runs on a "diabolical" pitch. Yep, just the same...
The Perth test proved its a lot more difficult for bowlers to overcome a road. That's why it wasn't a contest. You will find several examples like that littered throughout history.
All well and good to produce %'s without context. It's not that difficult to score 25% more runs than the totals that came from this test. In saying that, I wasn't actually being serious. Still funny how Baz reckons there should still have been less grass on the wicket. Proves what I've been saying about how batsmen around the world have been spoon fed for a few years now. They make pitches look a lot worse than they are. And that is something that article didn't discuss at all. Hardly a balanced perspective.
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Pitch should've had a little less grass on it ideally. Not a huge deal but a pitch should start to flatten out says 2/3.
From both teams there was not one person who scored more than 40. You think that shows it's possible to score runs on a bad pitch, more than 4/130 (with multiple other chances) shows it's possible to take wickets on a road. Not really sure how I can argue against that logic...
Not even 1 fifty in the match. That is a TERRIBLE return for batsmen.
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So the Nagpur pitch has officially been labelled "poor" by the match referee. I've taken the below from cricinfo in relation to what is considered a poor pitch from the ICC:
On that basis it probably should be considered poor but there certainly should have been other pitches labelled poor especially under the last point.
On that basis it probably should be considered poor but there certainly should have been other pitches labelled poor especially under the last point.
I feel as though that last point is ignored.
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This mentality is coming from the rhetoric in the AUS media. This obsession with making "doctoring" accusations..
Might be because the AUS team only ever look good on flat wickets.
India win the toss and bat yet again...is that 4 from 4 toss wins this series?
So, how's thw pitch?
Man what is with the Indian's obsession with their sportsman? They are verbally masterbating over Sehwag right now. I don't mind praising a star of the game but this is ridiculous.
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Not a lot else going on, so most obsess over cricket and treat guys like Sehwag and Tendulkar God's
Some of the Indian fans on twitter can be pretty cringey
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Bit of a limited sample size to go on, but it's bizarre how poor Rahane's record in India is, compared to away.
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Piedt starting to bowl some pies.
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