India vs England 2012

[saneindian]

Total 10 home tests- NZ (Aug-Sep)- Hyderabad, Bangalore Eng (Nov-Dec)- Kolkata, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Nagpur Aus (Feb-Mar)- Chennai, Delhi, Kanpur and Mohali Each of the test centres getting a home test. Hope the pitches are friendly for the home side.

[Cricket Tragic]

Total 10 home tests- NZ (Aug-Sep)- Hyderabad, Bangalore Eng (Nov-Dec)- Kolkata, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Nagpur Aus (Feb-Mar)- Chennai, Delhi, Kanpur and Mohali Each of the test centres getting a home test. Hope the pitches are friendly for the home side.

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[Serani]

why ahmedabad? The crowd is always pathetic.

[kabira]

Total 10 home tests- NZ (Aug-Sep)- Hyderabad, Bangalore Eng (Nov-Dec)- Kolkata, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Nagpur Aus (Feb-Mar)- Chennai, Delhi, Kanpur and Mohali Each of the test centres getting a home test. Hope the pitches are friendly for the home side.

oh we need more test centers...10 is very small number in big country like ours.

[Cricket Tragic]

why ahmedabad? The crowd is always pathetic.

Crowd is poor in Nagpur as well. The problem is that they have 10 tests this season so they've just given every one a game.

[Number]

Shouldn't there be a India vs NZ 2012 thread first ? :hmmm: :--D

[Cricket Tragic]

Just to add that I'm talking about the new stadium in Nagpur. The old one had good crowds even for tests.

[Pagalpanti]

Bcci loves nagpur for some reason. Plenty of games there in past 3-4 years since the new stadium was built

Last test in Nagpur was played in 2006. :P I think you meant Ahemdabad.

[kabira]

why ahmedabad? The crowd is always pathetic.

won't be this time around...there was cricket overkill last season, this season it will be different

[Cricket Tragic]

Last test in Nagpur was played in 2006. :P I think you meant Ahemdabad.

You're wrong brah.

[Pagalpanti]

You're wrong brah.

Yeah, I stand corrected. Didn't know about the new stadium.

[The Outsider]

Don't understand the clamor for square turners or pitches taking tune from day one - different from having pitches which offer good turn and bounce. None of the pitches in the 0-8 scoreline can be classified as a green top or a trampoline. It'll be disappointing if India has to resort to square tuners to win tests even at home now.

[kabira]

We don't need square turners neither we should have absolute pattas, but knowing BCCI you will see Pattas at Ahmedabad and Nagpur

[Pagalpanti]

I don't think we need square turners to beat England. They couldn't read Jadeja the last time they played here. Even a flat track would do. Only a batting failure will see us lose/draw the series.

[Cricket Tragic]

Why the extreme? You can have a pitch that is neither a road nor a square turner.

[Trichromatic]

Why the extreme? You can have a pitch that is neither a road nor a square turner.

Yeah, it would good to have sporting pitches. If pitch is too extreme then either bowling or batting of both teams will suffer.

[Ultimate_Game]

First two tests at Eden and Mumbai..we should go for the kill and be 2-0 ahead with the ball turning and bouncing. Ahmedabad in all likelihood will be a dead track and Nagpour too would be a high scoring pitch. The absence of DRS may hurt us more in this series. DRS with the ball spinning is a lethal combination for batsmen with weaker technique against spin. Is there any chance that the BCCI will say yes to DRS before this series starts?

Yup on turning tracks with spinners as the main weapons DRS is a must have. DRS itself puts so much doubt in the minds of batsmen as they know that if the ball misses the bat, the fielding team can review the decision. I hope BCCI comes to its senses soon and stop harming the team coz of ego.

[asterix]

Yup on turning tracks with spinners as the main weapons DRS is a must have. DRS itself puts so much doubt in the minds of batsmen as they know that if the ball misses the bat' date=' the fielding team can review the decision. I hope BCCI comes to its senses soon and stop harming the team coz of ego.[/quote'] IMO it's not just BCCI but senior players too are not in the favour of DRS... All ICC needs (in the absence of DRS) is to depute Billy Bowden and Bruce Oxenford..

[saneindian]

The England test series will be played in the winters but the venues picked do not have any sort of a winter. Even in Nov-Dec, Kolkata, Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Nagpur will be around 33-34, hot enough for England to cry about the weather, pollution, noise etc.