Another poor pitch in Brisbane, now the road in Adelaide to come!!!

[DangerSloane]

19 odd wickets fell at brisbane playing on a highway, obviously all curators are told they must prepare batting paradises and it does not make good for cricket watching.
Off to Adelaide for the annual batting feast now and then hopefully Perth will provide as usual the best wicket in the country which sorts the men out from the boys and returns the game to what it should be.......A Test!!!

Sick to death of watching these snorefest matches played on batting highways.

They need to get back to when the first morning of a test match the batsmen are shitting themselves and the ball is doing all sorts of things. Moisture and grass must be the pitch first day of a test match.
The reason the matches don't go for 5 days when a real cricket wicket is prepared is because the modern batsman simply cannot play against the moving ball, they lack the technique and to be honest most of them would sulk at the end of the day saying it was unfair for them.

Cancel Adelaide and just go to Perth, if the normal highway is produced in Adelaide then it will be a draw. the only way to win in Adelaide is if you have a freak like Warnie.

head to perth and play some real cricket.

Even half demolished Adelaide oval takes a big dump on the WACA for cricket watching/atmosphere.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Even half demolished Adelaide oval takes a big dump on the WACA for cricket watching/atmosphere.

I really wanted to go to the Adelaide Oval to watch cricket but not sure if it'll be the same after re-development. Love the WACA and every time I go the games never fail to produce some excellent memories. Really worried redevelopments there will ruin the ground.

 

[damochandler]

No we had half a day washed out. If the captains hadn't decided to give it up, we would have lost 45 overs. Not that much, really. About average for a Test match.

45 overs is a lot of cricket.

 

[DangerSloane]

I really wanted to go to the Adelaide Oval to watch cricket but not sure if it'll be the same after re-development. Love the WACA and every time I go the games never fail to produce some excellent memories. Really worried redevelopments there will ruin the ground.

Ill agree that the game at Perth is always entertaining.
Adelaide oval has had its identity somewhat stolen however the old scoreboard and hill still remain.

 

[iluvparis]

45 overs is a lot of cricket.

Not when only 19 wickets fell in the first 400

 

[damochandler]

Not when only 19 wickets fell in the first 400

10 of those fell on day 3. a whole day didn't help. maybe people should stop thinking that the test wicket will be the same as the shield wickets every year. it never is

 

[tek87]

given the choice of Adelaide or the waca test, i would estimate 90% of cricket supporters would go to a waca game and those 10% who would not would be from adelaide .

 

[Stromageddon]

It's the current story all around the world. I rarely watch cricket from the Windies, India, Pakistan or Sri Lanka. All cement roads where the bowlers toil and toil for little reward.

Not so true - they've made a lot of spin friendly pitches lately, especially in their first class and club ranks.

 

[BACCS]

given the choice of Adelaide or the waca test, i would estimate 90% of cricket supporters would go to a waca game and those 10% who would not would be from adelaide .

If I want to see a result inside 3 days, I'll go to the WACA. If I want to get my full 5 days worth of Test cricket and see a result, I'll go to Adelaide Oval.

Many cricketers and current players always comment on how Adelaide Oval is one of the best grounds in the world to play at, have never heard that about the WACA.