rkt.india Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 Wouldnt say its bouncy... Usually pretty flat. I had heard it has been a minefield this county season and batting has been difficult here.
deepak_sach Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 No.I think a test match was abandoned after a team for which mohammed yousuf played for got hit... It was a "dangerous pitch" with ball kicking of good length just like Feroz shah kotla pitch..
Cricket Tragic Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 That was a good couple of months back. The pitch has not been a problem after that game. Anyone remember the epic collapse in 1996? Joshi was batting at 6. :facepalm:
Sooda Posted August 2, 2011 Author Posted August 2, 2011 Its only a 2 day game vs Nothants I read. Wonder what the point of that is, hope our guys get some time in
Cricket Tragic Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 Its only a 2 day game vs Nothants I read. Wonder what the point of that is' date=' hope our guys get some time in[/quote'] They'll probably have an agreement of each team batting for a day.
deepak_sach Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 They'll probably have an agreement of each team batting for a day. Will India survive for a day?:nervous::nervous::nervous:
NareshK Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 It will be better for India if its a bowler friendly pitch. Our bowlers will be more effective in that case. I can see the batsmen raising their game and one of them playing out of their skins but I'm not convinced that our inexperienced bowlers can outbowl England on a flat pitch, especially if Zak doesnt play. So we need to back our batting and put pressure on England. Same thing happened in Trent Bridge. When the pitch was assisting bowlers, India got a lead of about 60 and could have extended it further. But when the pitch flattened out, our bowlers were taken to the cleaners. Of course, batting also failed in the 2nd innings but they have the quality and can do much better.
deepak_sach Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 It will be better for India if its a bowler friendly pitch. Our bowlers will be more effective in that case. I can see the batsmen raising their game and one of them playing out of their skins but I'm not convinced that our inexperienced bowlers can outbowl England on a flat pitch' date=' especially if Zak doesnt play. So we need to back our batting and put pressure on England.[/quote'] England is the home team .....
Cricket Tragic Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 Will India survive for a day?:nervous::nervous::nervous: :cantstop:
jukkha Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 Great post. I would go with 4 pacers so they are not getting tired always! (spinners have been a failure this series for both teams) (also just in case Zaheer gets injured again!!)) Sehwag Gambhir Dravid Tendulkar Laxman Yuvraj Dhoni Kumar Zaheer Ishant Sreesanth
Trichromatic Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 I don't think pitch matters for Indian team at this moment. Confidence is down. They struggled even at Lords where pitch was flat.
jukkha Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 I also think Kumar has the potential to become a good bowling allrounder? Maybe more exposure up the order for future odi games as a trial?
NareshK Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 England is the home team ..... Yup I know that. What's your point ?
deepak_sach Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 Yup I know that. What's your point ? There's no point saying "I hope the pitch favours India","I want the pitch to be flat"....
Cricket Tragic Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 I don't think pitch matters for Indian team at this moment. Confidence is down. They struggled even at Lords where pitch was flat. Yeah but we need something to discuss. :((
Serani Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 Probably will be flat, the weather has been good here so preparing the pitch would have been easy, I reckon hard and flat.
CG Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 It will be better for India if its a bowler friendly pitch. Our bowlers will be more effective in that case. I can see the batsmen raising their game and one of them playing out of their skins but I'm not convinced that our inexperienced bowlers can outbowl England on a flat pitch, especially if Zak doesnt play. So we need to back our batting and put pressure on England. Same thing happened in Trent Bridge. When the pitch was assisting bowlers, India got a lead of about 60 and could have extended it further. But when the pitch flattened out, our bowlers were taken to the cleaners. Of course, batting also failed in the 2nd innings but they have the quality and can do much better. Our bowlers did well in first innings and broad and swann were extremly lucky that their move to slog payed up ,otherwise it could have been different and same thign happened when we were leading,in second innnings we had them at 57 for 2 but captaincy was terrible so many runs were scored to thirdman edged of good ball and indian bowlers will be better or equall y worse than english bowlers on flat surfaces as english bowlers also have performed badly when the pictehs have been flat. Our problem is batting if your 3 batsman cannot play bouncers and dhoni is out of form ,there is no hope ,we have to change the batting order to original one
ravsdh Posted August 2, 2011 Posted August 2, 2011 ppl miss the whole point on the whole broad-swann partnershup at 124/8 had we bowled them out for 150 odd, our batsmen would have had about 20 more overs to face. and trust me it was swinging round corners. i was at the ground and it was barely light enough to play, thats how cloudy it was we would have been 4 down atleast on that day, and would have probably managed 150 or so ourselves. so we wouldnt have even had a bloody lead
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