UmarAkmal Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 Translated .... your team cant play spin if their balls were set on fire ... ? By the way when was the last time a England groundsman went out of the way to make a square turner in a match against Ind ... similar to what the Ahmedabad groundsman did ( putting up a green top against SA and AUS) in 2008 and Nagpur in 2004 ? Eng prepared a spinner friendly pitch against SL where Murali got 8 wickets.
UmarAkmal Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 And there are juicy seaming pitches in India ? Yet the groundsman went out of their way to produce a greentop on atleast 2 occasions. Comeback when England make a square turner out of Headingly while facing India and we can talk. Indian groundsmen prepared seaming pitch against Aus in 2004 not for the sake of good pitch, They did because they had issues with Indian captain. England groundsmen are not unprofessional people like them. Even if Eng prepare a pitch suiting the opponent, english captains dont fake injuries and sit out on seeing a green top like Ganguly.
graphic23 Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 it is a known fact that India if they are behind in a series produce a turner to save themselves or if they get ahead produce a road. English pitches are left to the groundsmen - you never hear of the ECB pressuring them like the BCCI do, nor of England players paying bribes to the groundsman having won on a doctored pitch like Dhoni did after Kanpur vs SA.... And your ignorance exposes itself again. Did you happen to watch the latest series vs. South Africa at home when we went to Eden Gardens 1-0 behind? That was a doctored pitch? Keep making posts like these, and more people will be glad they dont go to Cambridge.
satyam1729 Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 Indian groundsmen prepared seaming pitch against Aus in 2004 not for the sake of good pitch' date=' They did because they had issues with Indian captain. England groundsmen are not unprofessional people like them. Even if Eng prepare a pitch suiting the opponent, english captains dont fake injuries and sit out on seeing a green top like Ganguly.[/quote'] That comes from a fan of a country whose main batsman f*rt at the prospect of facing good fast bowler. And thanks for confirming that Akram was a injury faker.
Mr Eintstein Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 Making a pitch that plays to your side's stength is NOT pitch doctoring. Both teams have to play on the same pitch. Altering the state of the pitch mid-game after play finishes IS pitch doctoring.
king2be98 Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 I just don't understand why you guys don't give it a rest, honestly the Pak-Indo bashing has been done to the *****ing ground so why do you all b*tch and moan still? It starts off on one note and then ends up with the usual Pak-Indo crap like we see here from both sets of parties.
virufan Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 Akram was a legend. Please do not compare him with another legend McGrath. Both had their own styles. McGrath would tire the batsmen by bowling tirelessly at them in the same spot over and over again forcing the batsmen to make mistakes. Akram is a different kind of bowler who can bowl 6 different balls in an over - wides and nobes included :) He was erratic but a wicket taking bowler. On a lighter vein, taking the wickets of tailenders seem to be more difficult than the regular batsmen :)
Asim Posted April 27, 2010 Author Posted April 27, 2010 The REAL toe-crasher... I think the other one who produced such deliveries is Waqar only... L4PNmsC730M&feature=related
satyam1729 Posted April 27, 2010 Posted April 27, 2010 The REAL toe-crasher... I think the other one who produced such deliveries is Waqar only... L4PNmsC730M&feature=related And both cowardly skipped tour against top sides When OZ toured Pak in 1998, Waqar missed entire tour and Akram averaged 45 So another series of skipping tour . And in 1999 series in OZ , Akram averaged 55. And didn't play against OZ in 2002
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