Will BCCI object to ‘terror’ pitch?

[Serani]

You have a lot to learn...

He is talking bs.....

Steyn and Zaheer can and have.

Yeh sure mate.

[jairamesh]

How many other bowlers in the world can bowl when it doesnt swing? Steyn certainly cant' date=' Zaheer cant, strange cant think of any.[/quote'] i think the question is how many bowlers can swing the bowl when the conditions are NOT suitable for swing. Steyn and Zaheer are definitely one of them, along with Malinga, Asif.

[jairamesh]

Well sherlock if you think england care about Indian broadcasters you are mistaken.

Get off your high horse. It doesn't matter wtf England thinks, it's bigwigs, the moneymen, the TV rights ownership are effectively owned by News Corp in both India (ESPNStar) and England (Sky), and it's the audience and ad revenue in India that will count, not some curator's wet dream of a "terror" pitch that won't even last a day.

[Cricket Tragic]

India is saving county cricket. :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

The Telegraph understands that this summer’s tour by India, the global power of world cricket, will earn the England and Wales Cricket Board significant returns from their overseas broadcast deal with ESPN. In 2007, the ECB signed a rights deal with the broadcaster in the region of £40 million. A large slice, 45 per cent, is linked directly to the tour by India, a cheque which will arrive at a time when the county game needs a financial boost. When sponsorship and ticketing sales from the four Tests, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match are added, the visit by India will make 2011 the most lucrative in the history of English cricket. The money underlines the power of Indian cricket and the reason why boards are keen to play as many matches as possible against the recently crowned world champions and the No1-ranked Test side. To maximise income, over the next 18 months England will cram in 27 matches against India in all forms of cricket, touring the country twice Lord’s is already sold out for four days of the first Test and Surrey have reported 80 per cent capacity already for the first three days of the fourth Test. The one-day international against India at the Kia Oval on Sept 9 sold out before Christmas. However, most of the ticket revenue and match sponsorship would be kept by the individual grounds. “Perhaps we are now seeing the Ashes is not the only iconic series and Test series against India are taking their place at that table,” said Richard Gould, the Surrey chief executive. “Every Test series is important but perhaps now we are going to have a major event every two years rather than every four.” Hosting political party conferences, weddings, event management and sharing developments with other community organisations will have as much bearing on the future of county cricket as visits by Sachin Tendulkar

[Cricket Tragic]

That's from the Torygraph btw.

[Cricket Tragic]

Cricket Australia doesn't give a **** about the Ashes from a commercial point of view since India is the main draw.

The value of Indian television rights have changed the dynamic of international cricket with an Indian tour of Australia now generating five or six times that of the next biggest draw, England.

[mishra]

I was thinking to buy tickets for the game. But yeah they are doing too much refurbishment to the ground