Pitch at Ageas Bowl?

[G_B_]

or this jMloZQCglfY So basically ashwin with a carrom ball is like a leg spinner to the right hands and can target the rough?

[rkt.india]

or this jMloZQCglfY So basically ashwin with a carrom ball is like a leg spinner to the right hands and can target the rough?

He will have to pitch it very wide outside off or down leg and in test match batsmen can neuter that with pads. In a test match, Amla would not have played that ball like that, rather used his pad. If Ageal Bowl does not have moisture on first day, I doubt it will have much rough at all like Tentbridge. Lords had rough because it had moisture on first day. I believe it might be a pitch like it was at Headingly against SL, little bit of grass and a lot of bounce and good enough pace on the wicket rather than Lords or Trentbridge.

[flamy]

like this ball cMEFqtiwmhY

What's the homo reviewing it for? :hysterical:

[BlueBee]

Covers on to keep sun off

"It will be more like the pitch [for the second Test] at Lord’s I hope. “Traditionally our pitches have had good pace and carry and I’m expecting more of that, which will make for a good game.

[zep1706]

There is definitely some amount of grass, although not as much as Lord's. There will be help for the seam bowlers for the first two sessions but if you can negotiate that without losing too many wickets it should be a good wicket to bat on and then it spins of day 4 and 5. So I reckon, it might be a bat first wicket.

[avicric]

Where you got picture mate?

[Sachinism]

^^ Cricinfo from yesterday. Will probably continue to get a good watering till Sunday. So could become a lot more greener if they choose to go down that route. Would be good to win the toss and test England on an extremely green wicket

[BlueBee]

Wicket will be green but not as it was at Lord's. They're watering it and also covers up when the sun's out. So gonna be a good match.

[rkt.india]

win toss and bat!!!

Seems like none of the two seen here is the pitch. But this.

Pretty green: The groundsman expected the pitch to remain reasonably green by the toss despite the warm weather © ESPNcricinfo Ltd

[Sachinism]

There are no survivors from the last time India played at the Ageas Bowl - formally the Rose Bowl - Hampshire's home ground, a bowl rising out of nowhere in the outskirts of Southampton. Two members of that 2002 team are travelling as commentators; Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly will remember this as a nasty pitch with such uneven bounce that led to rumours that the Indians did not even want to bat the second time around in that tour warm-up. The Indians won that match comfortably, though, bowling Hampshire out despite declaring with a lead of only 252. Nigel Gray, the head groundsman, remembers that pitch all too well, but those were the bedding-down days, only two years into the existence of Hampshire's new home ground. The pitch for the Test, only second in the history of the venue looks green, not as green as Lord's last week, but promises good carry and bounce. It has been an incredibly hot week leading up to the Test so the challenge for Gray and his team has been to retain the moisture. The pitch has been spending most of its time under the hovercraft, and is uncovered only for watering. The pitches for this series have received their fair bit of attention after Trent Bridge proved to be slow and low and Lord's brought the home team a loss even after they got their ideal seaming conditions and the first use of the surface. Trent Bridge even earned a poor rating from the match referee David Boon. If Trent Bridge and Lord's are two ends of a scale, Gray believes his pitch is somewhere in the middle but leaning towards Lord's. "It will be a pretty good pitch," Gray said. "It has a bit of grass on it and will have good pace and bounce. A good international pitch. Grass is there but there but it isn't oceans of grass." Gray is not too much into lengths of grass, but the mower right now is set at around 10mm. It will be trimmed later, but Gray is not sure to what height. Trent Bridge, by comparison, had 8mm three days before the Test, which was to be cut down to 6mm. Gray believes there is more to it than just the height. "I am not one so much for the height of the grass," Gray said. "I go for the feel. We do check the height once in a while and whilst it is interesting it doesn't make the entire difference to what a pitch is like. There are other factors like how dense the grass is, how green it is. This has got some green on it." He expects the ball to seam around but not alarmingly. Gray was later seen in conversation with Alastair Cook and Peter Moores, but he does not need any instructions. Asked if he was told by England what to give them, he said he knew England wanted English conditions, and that is what he will strive to provide. The heat - with highs going over 30 degrees and no rain expected anytime soon - remains a challenge. Has there been any change in what England might want after they lost at Lord's in pretty English conditions? "Not as far as I am aware," Gray said.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-india-2014/content/story/763771.html

[zep1706]

I think it might be a good toss to lose actually. Let the other guy decide.

[zep1706]

Where you got picture mate?

One twitter, one cricinfo.

[111sourab]

hmmmmmm....toss is pretty crucial:weights:

[brendan07]

Yeah....I'm sorry what did I tell you last week? Flat, no life. Useless pitch. Hope there is a result as I am one that prefers results but it will be a boring draw

[BlueBee]

They are not so brave to present this type of pitch. I bet it's gonna be a flatbed.

:musicman:

[Lord]

:musicman:

Wicket will be green but not as it was at Lord's. They're watering it and also covers up when the sun's out. So gonna be a good match.

:cantstop: kahi pe dustbowl bhi likha hoga :P

[BlueBee]

:cantstop: kahi pe dustbowl bhi likha hoga :P

In the pics it looked green so.