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

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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.
 

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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.

I love a tinge of green on the pitch, nothing drastic though so the ball is seaming square. The Sydney pitch we had against Pakistan two years ago was perfect. Tough to bat on at the start but if you dig deep, plenty of runs to be had.

Lets be honest, no one wants to see 500 play 600 in the first innings.

P.S. THe Brisbane pitch is sooo overrated. Has been tripe for years but all we hear is how good that curator Mitchell is :eek:
 

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Adelaide is not to bad, it breaks up and cracks up providing you get the full 5 days in. The bad old 80s it was a shocker but if it plays true it will be good for batting but doesn't stay that way.

A message to Australia and South Africa, you want twenty wickets, bowl better.
 

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If Kevin Mitchell jr could just replicate his shield pitches for the test match the Gabba would be better. Reality is we don't want all wickets to be the same and it is a fine line between bowler friendly and batter friendly.
 
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This test would've had a result quite comfortably with an extra days play.

However, they also would've known that there was a good chance of storms this week, and prepared accordingly.
 

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we had a days washed out does anyone realise that. he produces the same pitch for the test every year and on 2010 was one out of the blue that there was no chance of a result.
This year the pitch was a lot slower than usual though. Didn't seem to be much in it early on either. That could also be down to the quality of bowling.
 

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FFS it would've been fine if it hadn't rained all day on Saturday and although batting friendly there will almost certainly be a result in Adelaide. I agree that pitches often lean towards batting too much but anyone that thinks that they will produce a green top for a Test match and risk having it all over in 2 and a half days is kidding themselves.
On the mainland anyway.
 

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Another full days play would've made for a very interesting result. There's a fine line between a road and a raging green top... Tough gig for the curators trying to maximise the amount of play patrons pay to watch while keeping them entertained with wickets falling.

That said, the deck did appear to become fairly docile at stages throughout this test. But how much does this owe to extremely disciplined, skilful batting from Amla, Kallis, Clarke, Cowan and Hussey (less so coming in at 6)? Conversely, how much was South Africa's control over the game during day 1 due to Australia's attack not quite getting their radar right for long enough?

Steyn and Morkel had our top order on toast remember and Australia pegged South Africa back markedly once their line and length improved on Day 2 (3). Australia also created many chances today.

Interesting to discuss
 

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Perth and Hobart consistently have the best wicket.

These two states also own their own grounds. Coincidence or does this give them greater independence to go against Cricket Australia?
 

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Day 3 was a first day pitch due to the rain on day 2, holding the pitch together. As a result, day 5 essentially had a day 3 pitch and it was therefore impossible to get a result
 

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The admin are clueless.

They want 5 day Test matches to maximise attendances/rating and revenue.

But they don't realise that, when it's a road where there is no competition between the bat and the ball, people switch off after the first couple of days.

Give me a 3/4 day Test with a result over a 5-day batting clinic any day of the week - I'll attend all of the days, and I'll watch it on TV.

This Test, I was in Brisbane for it but couldn't be bothered going to watch; barely watched it on TV either.
 

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we had a days washed out does anyone realise that. he produces the same pitch for the test every year and on 2010 was one out of the blue that there was no chance of a result.
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.
 
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While Adelaide is generally a good wicket for batting, I would not consider 3 draws in the last 20 years to be characteristic of a 'road' :rolleyes:

And people say SA is stuck in the 1980's...
For a large chunk of the last 20 years, Australia the best spinner of all time and one of the best quicks of all time, makes it easier.

Adelaide oval is a billiards table, not that there is anything wrong with that, each pitch has it characteristics
 

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Basically lost a full day and there would have been a result had there been 450 overs.

Lost 45 overs to weather and about 40 (by my count) to slow over rates and bad light. Its the over rate of test cricket that concerns me a lot more than the state of Australian pitches.
 
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