Stop preparing dust bowls

[AKane]

5 hours ago, rollingstoned said:

This same Mumbai pitch we beat them handily last time with Mayank scoring an impressive century and Ajaz taking 10-fer. That was after we complained that the Kanpur pitch where they survived by 1 wicket was too slow. 

They came prepared this time - plus their SL series was a calculated plan to prepare for the Indian series.

 

I can't get over the fact that they did not have Santner for this test and it did not matter.

 

If India had not had Sundar for this match, everyone would be jumping up and down shouting "Sundar was injured" starting with that Gavaskar to everyone on this board.

 

The fact that Santner was injured and not available was an incredible stroke of good luck for India but it has been swept under the carpet as no big deal.

 

Edited November 4, 2024 by AKane

[rollingstoned]

12 hours ago, AKane said:

They came prepared this time - plus their SL series was a calculated plan to prepare for the Indian series.

 

I can't get over the fact that they did not have Santner for this test and it did not matter.

 

If India had not had Sundar for this match, everyone would be jumping up and down shouting "Sundar was injured" starting with that Gavaskar to everyone on this board.

 

The fact that Santner was injured and not available was an incredible stroke of good luck for India but it has been swept under the carpet as no big deal.

 

Santner and Sundar were both surprises. Ask any Kiwi fan and they would have told you he is a bum who has no business playing test cricket before this series let alone against India in India. Sundar wasn't even in any conversation after the Bang series when people were still singing eulogies to Ashwin and Jadeja who they believed were good for 3 more years, never mind that he will be our best bowler by far in this series. Lot of unforeseen events came to pass...

[rkt.india]

19 hours ago, rollingstoned said:

This same Mumbai pitch we beat them handily last time with Mayank scoring an impressive century and Ajaz taking 10-fer. That was after we complained that the Kanpur pitch where they survived by 1 wicket was too slow. 

No two pitches are same. This was a rank Turner. Last time wasn't.

[sensible-indian]

1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

No two pitches are same. This was a rank Turner. Last time wasn't.

It was a weird pitch.

 

Some balls would rag like a rank turner.

 

Some would just go on straight.

 

(Not talking about natural variations).

 

Even the bounce was inconsistent. 

 

Sometimes behaved like a Mumbai pitch..sometimes not.

 

Pitch wasnt quick. Was relatively slow for a Mumbai pitch.

 

Defo much tougher than a regular turner.

 

But a pure rank turner would rag consistently once the turn starts.

 

Just wondering how to classify this pitch.

[urbestfriend]

Apparently team management requested Rank turner. 

[urbestfriend]

Now senior players are doing some PR by blaming GG , and the rift started.

 

https://www.mykhel.com/cricket/ind-vs-nz-gautam-gambhir-went-against-india-players-for-spin-friendly-track-in-mumbai-318027.html

But it hurts to see too much effort going on preparing custom pitches instead of focusing on actual sports.

[AKane]

11 hours ago, urbestfriend said:

But it hurts to see too much effort going on preparing custom pitches instead of focusing on actual sports.

"preparing custom pitches" is a polite way to say  "doctoring pitches"

[express bowling]

When you have to micro-manage pitches so much then the problem is not the pitches but the players.

[Frustrated]

21 hours ago, express bowling said:

When you have to micro-manage pitches so much then the problem is not the pitches but the players.

 

This post should be pinned.

[Vk1]

Our batsmen have developed this strange habit - play everything on front foot - strange coz dravid was known for his square cuts. Back foot play though looks risky is a must on Rank turners