Dhoni defends flat tracks

[sangrock]

Dhoni defends flat tracks After a glut of runs in the Tests and Twenty20s against Sri Lanka, the first one-dayer in Rajkot also turned out be a bowler's nightmare raising questions over the quality of pitches in India, but MS Dhoni defended the curators. "Wickets are not easy to prepare. You try to get a good wicket and it turns out to be a flat one," he said. "The Kanpur Test the wicket was flat but still the game ended one and a half days' before schedule. In the last four games the wickets have been consistent and batter-friendly. It's easy to criticise preparation of wickets." http://www.cricinfo.com/indvsl2009/content/current/story/439989.html

[fineleg]

Dhoni defends flat tracks

MSD is FTB (just kidding to see if I can get gra23's attn :P) To be fair, he never "defended" flat tracks. Stupid headline by cricinfo.

[graphic23]

MSD is FTB (just kidding to see if I can get gra23's attn :P) To be fair, he never "defended" flat tracks. Stupid headline by cricinfo.

:aetsch: Even if he did, it is dumb. Arent the curators paid to maintain/build/grow tracks that can assist bowling *somewhat* ?

[Mr. Wicket]

MSD is FTB (just kidding to see if I can get gra23's attn :P)

Easier to just comment on Colbert if you're trying to catch G's attention. :P

[Zap_Brannigan]

He didn't defend flat tracks. He took a sly dig at the pitch in the last game when in the after game presentation he said "We struggled in the last 20 overs after getting 300 in 32 overs.If we had batted well, we could have above par score." It wasn't the exact quote but the gist.

[bunny]

Cant we prepare one seaming wicket and one square turner in this entire tour? It's getting monotonous.

[saneindian]

Eden Gardens for sure wont be a flat track and then we have a match at Delhi with a 9 am start, so expert the fast bowlers to get lot of help on that track.