What a classy test match pitch

[Cricketics]

One of the best. Gave us some

grey hair but this is what you want in Test cricket. Even stevens for bats and bowlers. It had something for everyone

 

Curator did brilliant

[sm332]

Yup excellent wicket - result in late Day 5, runs if you had patience and skill. Wickets if you had skill and perseverance. 

[velu]

aided by our bowlers

 

[CSK Fan]

11 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

One of the best. Gave us some

grey hair but this is what you want in Test cricket. Even stevens for bats and bowlers. It had something for everyone

 

Curator did brilliant

Meh, part of it had to do with two very average batting side playing and throwing their wickets away regularly. How many genuine wicket taking deliveries were there compared to wild slogs and reaching out to wide deliveries from both sides? Indian batting team from 2003 or Aussie team with Smith and Warner would have scored 450 plus

Edited December 10, 2018 by CSK Fan

[Cricketics]

7 minutes ago, CSK Fan said:

Meh, part of it had to do with two very average batting side playing and throwing their wickets away regularly. How many genuine wicket taking deliveries were there compared to wild slogs and reaching out to wide deliveries from both sides? Indian batting team from 2003 or Aussie team with Smith and Warner would have scored 450 plus

Average teams surely but there was always something for bowlers. The fact that pitch had something for bowlers all day is what I like as a bowler personally. 

[Straight Drive]

Good wicket indeed. 

[Ram]

I absolutely loving the 200-300 innings score trends in test cricket these days.. This is what 10+ of T20 cricket can do to batsmens' defenses. :)

[Straight Drive]

3 minutes ago, Ram said:

I absolutely loving the 200-300 innings score trends in test cricket these days.. This is what 10+ of T20 cricket can do to batsmens' defenses. :)

Yeah, these kinda pitches separate the hacks from test batsmen. The SA , England and now this series wickets are showing us who the hacks are.

Edited December 11, 2018 by Straight Drive

[Temujin Khaghan]

On 12/10/2018 at 10:54 AM, Under_Score said:

These close matches are the best!! close results like this keep Test cricket exciting..

First two in safferland and 1,4,5 tests in engerland were all close, I didn't enjoy :p

 

Close tests are only enjoyable when we win..

[Temujin Khaghan]

Also guys we are a good all-round team. Lol when the Sena visit us war is one-sided starting from first contact of bat and ball. Even if we lost in SA and eng, we atleast put an effort. Whereas when Sena visit us, they can take moral victory if they avoid innings defeat. Aus managed to win a single test during our homeground onslaught.

Edited December 11, 2018 by Temujin Khaghan

[Ram]

12 minutes ago, Straight Drive said:

Yeah, these kinda pitches separate the hacks from test batsmen. The SA , England and now this series wickets are showing us who the hacks are.

True that - would not trust anyone in this Indian line up other than Kohli, Pujara (and maybe Rahane) to last an hour against skilled bowling on challenging conditions..

[Cricketics]

On 12/10/2018 at 12:24 AM, Under_Score said:

These close matches are the best!! close results like this keep Test cricket exciting..

Yes, the real beauty of the game lies in these 300-350 run pitches which tend to support all kind of bowlers.

I mean look spinners came into play along with all the seamers also. Batsmen had to work hard for runs but those who showed patience did go on to make the difference.

 

I wish we have more such games around the world. 

[Ram]

3 minutes ago, Cricketics said:

Yes, the real buty of the game lies in these 300-350 run pitches which tend to support all kind of bowlers.

I mean look spinners came into play along with all the seamers also. Batsmen had to work hard for runs but those who showed patience did go on to make the difference.

 

I wish we have more such games around the world. 

Peak Sehwag, Dravid, SRT, VVS would have easily scored 400+ against this Aussie lineup on this very same Adelaide pitch.

 

Its not that the pithces are getting more bowler friendly, its just that batsmen are becoming progressively worse at constructing a test innings..

[Cricketics]

17 minutes ago, Ram said:

Peak Sehwag, Dravid, SRT, VVS would have easily scored 400+ against this Aussie lineup on this very same Adelaide pitch.

 

Its not that the pithces are getting more bowler friendly, its just that batsmen are becoming progressively worse at constructing a test innings..

I am not too sure about that Ram. I remember seeing many Indian line ups at their peak struggle in Australia. Not all of them came to the party together every time. Sometimes it was Dravid or sometimes it was Tendulkar but never the whole line up together consistently. Yes there were odd performances where we would rack big numbers but then it wasn’t consistent. 

 

This Aussie attack is as good as any attack on this pitch. Hazlewood might not be Mcgrath yet but he is quality and as effective as Mcgrath. Starc you can compare with Lee who has been on and off for Australia and Cummins plays the role of Gilespie. 

 

Al in all, this Australian bowlers are as good together, only difference is that the past cricketers performed well together andwere bigger names. 

 

I am not too sure if our plauers at peak would habe racked up 450 plus every time on this same track as mentioned above. 

[Straight Drive]

40 minutes ago, Ram said:

Peak Sehwag, Dravid, SRT, VVS would have easily scored 400+ against this Aussie lineup on this very same Adelaide pitch.

 

Its not that the pithces are getting more bowler friendly, its just that batsmen are becoming progressively worse at constructing a test innings..

The technique has been compromised as well along with patience and temperament to build a long test innings. 

[SUMO]

I like 400 first innings pitch which yeilds result.
There should be scope of a double century if someone is on ATG mode on the day.

[Straight Drive]

Wicket exposing hacks yet again.

[Deleted_User_1]

But Tera wicket to be yeh maharathis ko expose kar rayan hain arsenic Pilake

[The Dark Horse]

Top pitch again.

[King Tendulkar]

Loads of great game and tests in India.  Get decent game on balanced track abroad and we all go ga ga sigh