Rob Key on Sky Sports: "The pitch is not fit for Test cricket"

[AuxiliA]

Sky commentators-

 

When visiting teams are 100-7 in England: The batsmen must be poor. 

 

When England are 100-7 in India: The pitch must be poor. 

[Stan AF]

 

[R!TTER]

KP's a grade A arsehole, he never played on such pitches ever with DRS mind you. There's is some truth to the fact that this was a "very very difficult" track but the likes of Brat making it seem like it was very good wicket to bat on or vultures like KP should definitely be ignored. He's just that kind of scum who rises up to the surface leeching on others' leftovers!

[Jay]

5 hours ago, Frustrated said:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/india-vs-england-ind-don-t-complain-about-playing-on-green-decks-says-graeme-swann-on-pitch-criticism-101614304614455.html.    Swann is spot on.   

IPL contract is ready for him surely. Excellent work. 

[neel roy]

India went to Australia. Got rolled over at Adelaide after having the upper hand. Australia prepared a spicy pitch in Melbourne. India didnt complain and won convincingly. India didnt complain about pitch conditions across the tour. And now England comes to India and they start moaning about everything even the colour of crows flying in sky

[Suhaan]

4 minutes ago, neel roy said:

India went to Australia. Got rolled over at Adelaide after having the upper hand. Australia prepared a spicy pitch in Melbourne. India didnt complain and won convincingly. India didnt complain about pitch conditions across the tour. And now England comes to India and they start moaning about everything even the colour of crows flying in sky

Theu want pitches where part timers like Curram Curran papad become too hot to handle,they simply can't digest the spinning version of Curram Curran ie Axar wrecking havoc

[Jay]

16 minutes ago, neel roy said:

India went to Australia. Got rolled over at Adelaide after having the upper hand. Australia prepared a spicy pitch in Melbourne. India didnt complain and won convincingly. India didnt complain about pitch conditions across the tour. And now England comes to India and they start moaning about everything even the colour of crows flying in sky

Lmao they thought their phasssr bowlers can out bowl Indian fast tigers. Indian bowling attack at full strength is the best in the world. Period. 

[G_B_]

9 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

The Lord’s pitch when India plays there on WTC final

 

 

 

icc will control that deck.

 

they will want a 5 day test.

[putrevus]

11 hours ago, Jay said:

NhA first test was ****. Too toss dependant. 

 

Need flatter pitches with help for spin but not too much. Help for reverse swing. 

 

England are lucky no Umesh Shami and Jadeja though.

 

I think that's why India prepared such turning pitches. 

No first test they would not have scored 565, if Axar played. If they had been restricted to 150 less runs whole match changes. India still does not have its full team on the ground but is still expected to win.

[Jay]

6 minutes ago, putrevus said:

No first test they would not have scored 565, if Axar played. If they had been restricted to 150 less runs whole match changes. India still does not have its full team on the ground but is still expected to win.

True. What was the reasoning behind Nadeem selection ?

 

U reckon axar alone could have made the difference in the first test? Axar and say Siraj I reckon we would have had them easily. Not axar alone though. 

[Lone Wolf]

1 hour ago, Jay said:

Lmao they thought their phasssr bowlers can out bowl Indian fast tigers. Indian bowling attack at full strength is the best in the world. Period. 

They did outbowl our pacers but sadly for them spinners made the difference.  Ashwin Jaddu & later Sundar easily managed to outbowl Lyon...  That's where the close series was decided. 

Edited February 26, 2021 by Lone Wolf

[putrevus]

13 minutes ago, Jay said:

True. What was the reasoning behind Nadeem selection ?

 

U reckon axar alone could have made the difference in the first test? Axar and say Siraj I reckon we would have had them easily. Not axar alone though. 

Axar was injured,yes he would have made the difference.Axar's pace and angle is too hard to handle for right handed batsmen on these wickets. 

[Jay]

4 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

They did outbowl our pacers but sadly for them spinners made the difference.  Ashwin Jaddu & later Sundar easily managed to outbowl Lyon...  That's where the close series was decided. 

Only Cummins did. Starc got spanked. Hazelwood was ok. 

 

Our full strength bowling lineup din't even play from test 2 to 4. 

 

[coffee_rules]

1 hour ago, G_B_ said:

 

 

icc will control that deck.

 

they will want a 5 day test.

Was j/k,I know , ICC will not let it happen. I wish the final was a series of 3 tests.

[neel roy]

30 minutes ago, Jay said:

True. What was the reasoning behind Nadeem selection ?

 

U reckon axar alone could have made the difference in the first test? Axar and say Siraj I reckon we would have had them easily. Not axar alone though. 

We lost because we were gung ho. Gill played a rash shot when he was on song. Didnt mellow down. Pujara was unlucky. If he stayed we wd have got 400 and played one session more. Virat was casual with a cap on trying to smash moeen. Rahane got out to a full toss. Pant played one shot too many. All these on a 70 perc flat deck on day 3. Axar could have got them out for 500 but that would have meant playing one session extra anyways. Its the batting which did not click. Period. 

[Lone Wolf]

21 minutes ago, Jay said:

Only Cummins did. Starc got spanked. Hazelwood was ok. 

 

Our full strength bowling lineup din't even play from test 2 to 4. 

 

Hazel + Cummins easily had the better average than our every pacer including Boom.  Shami looked average in Pink ball game then got injured.  

Starc always get spanked for some reason against us.

Bumrah bowled better in Sydney than his figures show as some catches got dropped. 

Starc as well had terrible luck with Catches. 

Overall a very close contest that our spinners ensured we clinched.   Lyon & Paine are the culprits for Australia. 

Ash & Jaddu Sundar had vital contributions in our series win

 

Edited February 26, 2021 by Lone Wolf

[putrevus]

4 minutes ago, neel roy said:

We lost because we were gung ho. Gill played a rash shot when he was on song. Didnt mellow down. Pujara was unlucky. If he stayed we wd have got 400 and played one session more. Virat was casual with a cap on trying to smash moeen. Rahane got out to a full toss. Pant played one shot too many. All these on a 70 perc flat deck on day 3. Axar could have got them out for 500 but that would have meant playing one session extra anyways. Its the batting which did not click. Period. 

If they had scored 400 plus  then whole match changes on its head.Chasing 565 is such a huge pressure, you are playing for draw from the moment you bat first ball . Gill will continue to play those shots, Pant is not going to change the way he bats,.

 

This team's strength is their bowling both home and away. Batting just have to keep them in the matches.First test bowling failed so team lost.

[nevada]

49 minutes ago, Jay said:

True. What was the reasoning behind Nadeem selection ?

 

U reckon axar alone could have made the difference in the first test? Axar and say Siraj I reckon we would have had them easily. Not axar alone though. 

Axar was injured, so Nadeem was picked as a like for like replacement. Nadeem had actually done decently well in one match for India a while ago, so nobody thought he would turn out to be a dud of epic proportions. 

[express bowling]

40 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

They did outbowl our pacers

 

 

Our pacers had to bowl during the flattest period in the first test.

 

Apart from Anderson's spell on the last day in T1, I think our pacers were better overall.

[nevada]

2 hours ago, neel roy said:

India went to Australia. Got rolled over at Adelaide after having the upper hand. Australia prepared a spicy pitch in Melbourne. India didnt complain and won convincingly. India didnt complain about pitch conditions across the tour. And now England comes to India and they start moaning about everything even the colour of crows flying in sky

The Aussies even tried to intimidate our players with can't wait to get you to Gabba chatter. Imagine our players saying "can't wait to see you sweating buckets on the dust fields of Motera"!