Australia killing test cricket with their flat pitches.

[ZodiaC]

Australia's best chance to win a test match was Brisbane. Traditionally they have always won here and always been ahead 1-0 in the series. check their record India was the last taem to draw here. 2003 vs India draw 2004 vs NZL won 2005 vs WI won 2006 vs England won 2007 vs SL won 2008 vs NZL won 2009 vs WI won Its going to be uphill task for Australia from here. They have to drop Johnson and bring back Bollinger.

Dada's epic innings

[Guest Gunner]

Reopening this thread. 1 wicket on the last 2 days of competitive cricket is a disgrace for a pitch. Not sure why this thread was closed? :dontknow:

Yes, fair enough. I closed it yesterday however after seeing today I was about to repoen the thread, you beat me to it. :--D PS: Boize enjoy!! Open season on the ozzies!! :cantstop:

[Sachinism]

Absolutely shocking, I heard someone making excuses about rain in the days leading up, not allowing proper preparation. I woulda thought the rain would have helped the bowlers, imagine it didn't rain 1000/2

[ravishingravi]

Mods should show some restraint in closing threads. There are other members here who will ably point out the stupidity if they feel so. Btw, this was the worst gabba pitch ever.

[putrevus]

this Gabba pitch was more atrocious than Motera and SSC, it is disgrace that no one says anything bad about it in the media. When this sort of thing happens in sub-continent it is slammed hard and blamed for killing the test cricket.But when it happens either in Australia or England it is termed just as great batting pitch. two fricking wickets in almost 7 sessions is just ridiculous and the hype for this fricking test match was just insane.Shame on Cricket Australia for making this sort of pitch.

[TumTum]

Bunch of whiners all of you! It was great for the bowlers in the first 2 days, but for some unknown reason it became really flat in the end. Never happens in Australia.

[vaibhav_delhi]

this Gabba pitch was more atrocious than Motera and SSC, it is disgrace that no one says anything bad about it in the media. When this sort of thing happens in sub-continent it is slammed hard and blamed for killing the test cricket.But when it happens either in Australia or England it is termed just as great batting pitch. two fricking wickets in almost 7 sessions is just ridiculous and the hype for this fricking test match was just insane.Shame on Cricket Australia for making this sort of pitch.

It is justified imo, It is painful to watch cricket on slow and low pitches like on some in india. Atleast brissy pitch wasn't that slow and low mate.

[EnterTheVoid]

Bunch of whiners all of you! It was great for the bowlers in the first 2 days, but for some unknown reason it became really flat in the end. Never happens in Australia.

Agree completely. After Siddle's hat trick and Australia being down on the ropes at 143/5, we were set for a really exciting contest. God knows what the **** happened to the cracks on day 1.

[putrevus]

It is justified imo, It is painful to watch cricket on slow and low pitches like on some in india. Atleast brissy pitch wasn't that slow and low mate.

those sort of pitches exist every where it just get magnified when it happens in sub-continent. Gabba has been flat always ,Look at the averages of all Aussies at Gabba but they scored their runs so fast in past that they had time to bundle opposition who were intimidated by the big Aussie scores and the nagging bowling by McGrath and Warne.

[Ram]

No swing, no spin, no pace, not much bounce, not even an modicum of pitch deterioration.. I think Australia have discovered the world's first non-impressionable, non-changeable, stay-the-same forever pitch. Dhoni said you needed 10 days of cricket to get a result in some of the flat Indian pitches.. You probably needed 10 weeks on this one.

[putrevus]

No swing, no spin, no pace, not much bounce, not even an modicum of pitch deterioration.. I think Australia have discovered the world's first non-impressionable, non-changeable, stay-the-same forever pitch. Dhoni said you needed 10 days of cricket to get a result in some of the flat Indian pitches.. You probably needed 10 weeks on this one.

When it happens in India media guys write obituaries for Indian bowlers and curator gets slammed but if happens anywhere it is just termed as batting pitch or given some excuse like lack of sun hindered the preparation. Perfect example is last year ODI match against SL when they almost chased 414 the pitch was slammed as graveyard for bowlers. But when South Africa chased 434 against Aussies at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg it was hailed as greatest ODI ever.

[Ram]

When it happens in India media guys write obituaries for Indian bowlers and curator gets slammed but if happens anywhere it is just termed as batting pitch or given some excuse like lack of sun hindered the preparation. Perfect example is last year ODI match against SL when they almost chased 414 the pitch was slammed as graveyard for bowlers. But when South Africa chased 434 against Aussies at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg it was hailed as greatest ODI ever.

Well, to put things in perspective, such humongous scores in places like South Africa are the exception, while these days, it’s the norm in India. Of course you’re occasionally going to get the dreaded combo of REALLY flat pitch + Electric outfield + Match-box size stadiums and those are going to produce these vulgar run orgies. But to have match after match be the same run feast is what people complain about.

[Sachin=GOD]

Well, to put things in perspective, such humongous scores in places like South Africa are the exception, while these days, it’s the norm in India. Of course you’re occasionally going to get the dreaded combo of REALLY flat pitch + Electric outfield + Match-box size stadiums and those are going to produce these vulgar run orgies. But to have match after match be the same run feast is what people complain about.

The people (i.e. the audience) love these high scoring games. Its the players/ex-players and some fans who have some knowledge of the game who see how much damage its doing to the game. In a country like India if you have 4-5 low scoring, people will start complaining because the common India viewer is more interested in watching the batsmen hit huge sixes and make centuries rather than the bowler take 4-5 wickets so the curators have to prepare flat pitches whether they like it or not.

[putrevus]

At least one guy in media has guts to come out and criticize the Gabba pitch. "Sorry skippers, but Test cricket doesn't need 'great matches' like this" http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/sorry-skippers-but-test-cricket-doesnt-need-great-matches-like-this-20101129-18dyc.html

[Sachin=GOD]

^ well done Peter Roebuck:clap:

[Fontaine]

I remember how the English media remarked about how boring Sri Lanka/India test matches are because of the flat pitches (which they kind of were). Now the bbc, etc are tripping over themselves and drooling all over Cook/Strauss/Trott and hailing this match as a remarkeable turnaround and moral victory. Little mention of how the crowd turnout was low and the match itself a dull, lifeless draw because of a nothing pitch.

[Sooda]

^ Ya. and Strauss calling Cooks innings the best in Ashes history was the biggest LOL

[Sachinism]

Good write up from roebuck. Glad he said it, while the others are too busy going gaga because its The Ashes.

[putrevus]

one more thing is media from sub-continent still lives in colonial age where anything happens in west is always right and also good.That is the reason they keep drooling over them and can never find anything wrong.They just cannot go past their thinking to say it was just an awful pitch. The media from west think how can anything good happen in sub-continent thats why you get headlines how test cricket is dying in here, how boring the cricket is here in sub continent forgetting so called home of cricket lords has one of the flattest wicket.This test also except Peter every media member found cricket as enthralling. They are labeling this Ashes as some kind of savior for test cricket and over hyped this one to death. In reality this has been the most boring one sided affairs in last two decades except one series in 2005.

[King Tendulkar]

These threads are there to point out the hypocricy and inconsisties that go on in world cricket. Its there to shoot holes in lazy sterotypes. As pitches is a classic example. When India produces draws like in 1st test against NZ. Pitch is condemned as disgrace, runs scored are declared cheap etc etc. You see this on this site were the oz/english fanatics(we know who they are) are quick to condemn India in this situiation and devalue the runs scored. You even get such threads locked to protect what are seemingly now the holy cows of australia/england/ashes if they are analysed with same paramaters as when India plays is. When shoe is on other foot its what an amazing knock to save the match, no mention of strike rate and this thing that seems to be always mentioned these days momentum.