Sachinism Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 18 wickets in 64 overs on the 3rd day of play. Imagine this match was played in Mumbai Ironhide, chewy and AuxiliA 3 Link to comment
RAZPOR Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 true ,always found it weird . If this was played on a spinning pitch ,foreign commentators would have been all over talking about it but our indian manjus and sunnies are all over gushing over philander's bowling . Link to comment
CG Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Because we have inferiority complex.Seam is fine but Spin is dangerous. Cricketics, express bowling, Brainfade and 4 others 7 Link to comment
RAZPOR Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Just now, CG said: Because we have inferiority complex.Seam is fine but Spin is dangerous. should be the other way around. maniac 1 Link to comment
Trichromatic Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, CG said: Because we have inferiority complex.Seam is fine but Spin is dangerous. Pitch eased out in 3rd session. Does that ever happen on turners? It starts with being bad and gets worse only. Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 (edited) Kanpur 2008 (India vs SA) http://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/3865/ind-vs-rsa-3rd-test-south-africa-in-india-test-series-2008 (India won) Team scores = 265, 325, 121, 64/2 Total runs scored for the loss of 32 wickets = 775 Avg runs/wicket = 24.22 Top scores in 1st and 2nd innings from either team = 1st innings Ganguly 87, 2nd innings Graeme Smith 35 (Ganguly 13*, Dravid 18*) Distribution of wickets = 18-14 in favor of spinners Match ref = Mahanama Pitch rated as poor by ICC (still remember the moaning by Saffers esp Graeme Smith after the match got over , a match where we batted last) Mohali 2015 (India vs SA) https://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/15069/ind-vs-rsa-1st-test-south-africa-tour-of-india-2015 (India won) Team scores = 201, 184, 200, 109 Total runs scored for the loss of 40 wickets = 694 Avg runs/wicket = 17.35 Top scores in 1st and 2nd innings from either team = 1st innings Vijay 75, 2nd innings Pujara 77 Distribution of wickets = 35-5 in favor of spinners Match ref = Jeff Crowe Pitch rated as poor by ICC Pune 2017 (Aus vs India) http://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scorecard/17399/ind-vs-aus-1st-test-australia-test-tour-of-india-2017 (Aus won) Team scores = 260, 105, 285, 107 Total runs scored for the loss of 40 wickets = 757 Avg runs/wicket = 18.92 Top scores in 1st and 2nd innings from either team = 1st innings Renshaw 68, 2nd innings Smith 109 Distribution of wickets = 31-9 in favor of spinners Match ref = Chris Broad Pitch rated as poor by ICC Cape Town 2017 (India vs SA) http://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/19157/rsa-vs-ind-1st-test-india-tour-of-south-africa-2017-18 (SA won) Team scores = 286, 209, 130, 135 Total runs scored for the loss of 40 wickets = 760 Average runs/wicket = 19 Top scores in 1st and 2nd innings from either team = 1st innings Pandya 93, 2nd innings Ashwin 37 Distribution of wickets = 38-2 in favor of quicks Match ref = Chris Broad Pitch rating by ICC = yet to be released but people are going gaga about the excellent pitch and appreciating the great job done by the curator. P.S. I don't think any of these pitches are poor, variety is an essence of cricket and it is good to test the over rated batsmen every once in a while in an age of flat decks. In fact if any pitch deserves to be rated poor, it should be the one where 1500+ runs are scored in 5 days with no result in sight. As you can see, batsmen who applied themselves have got runs in all the above 4 matches. Somehow I feel there is bias when it comes to pitch preparation by goras viz a viz Indians. Edited January 8, 2018 by Gollum Sachinism and Laaloo 1 1 Link to comment
CG Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Pitch eased out in 3rd session. Does that ever happen on turners? It starts with being bad and gets worse only.Match was over in 2 and half days. Link to comment
rkt.india Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 (edited) Pitch changed due to rain. It had eased out on 2nd day when SA started their second innings. No bowler looked threatening then. Edited January 8, 2018 by rkt.india Link to comment
Rasgulla Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, rkt.india said: Pitch changed due to rain. It has eased out on 2nd day when SA started their second innings. No bowler looked threatening then. This... Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 I already made a thread here Mods kindly merge. Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Next time SA tour here, I want rank turners where matches won't last beyond 2.5 days. Will the goras cry 'great pitch' then? Turning_track 1 Link to comment
Shunya Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Virat Kohli - "Pitch was outstanding, I really liked. It was great for Test cricket..." Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Pitch was ridiculous . But crazy seamimg pitch no one cares , great for cricket massive spinning track is doctored pitch for home team Gollum 1 Link to comment
King Tendulkar Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 I actually don’t mind rank turners or seaming paradises same pitch for both teams and variety is spice of life Mosher and Cricketics 1 1 Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 3 minutes ago, Shunya said: Virat Kohli - "Pitch was outstanding, I really liked. It was great for Test cricket..." He should have called out the hypocrisy, stupid Kohli. Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 2 minutes ago, King Tendulkar said: Pitch was ridiculous . But crazy seamimg pitch no one cares , great for cricket massive spinning track is doctored pitch for home team Forget massive spinning track, even a moderately spinning track in India is marked as 'poor' as I showed in an earlier post in this thread. The hypocrisy needs to be called out. express bowling 1 Link to comment
goose Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 What makes you say the pitch didn't help us? Link to comment
gattaca Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Trichromatic said: Pitch eased out in 3rd session. Does that ever happen on turners? It starts with being bad and gets worse only. Edited January 8, 2018 by gattaca Link to comment
Gollum Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Bhogle and Sanju Manju were raving about the excellent pitch today, yet when we make abrasive turners they become apologetic, the latter even condescending. Link to comment
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