The Cricket Thread

[Kellfire]

You want a contest.

Having a deck that has both sides making 600 runs for no wickets is just as bad.

This is admittedly a bit more interesting but it’s still a farce.

How is this not a contest? There’s only 33 runs difference!

 

[DanFST]

It’s a test for the batsmen for a change. Test matches can last five days. They don’t have to.

It's not a test, it's a joke.

The best batsmen in the world couldn't get 100 on there. There is no reward for playing with technique. It's just luck if it breaks through the surface or not. Imagine Murali on this deck!

 

[Captainron]

It’s a test for the batsmen for a change. Test matches can last five days. They don’t have to.

If you want bad cricketers, prepare bad wickets. It doesn’t help the game.
This would be the equivalent of making Man City and Bayern play on a muddy bog.

 

[Captainron]

How is this not a contest? There’s only 33 runs difference!

It’s a one sided contest where the ball is way ahead of the bat.

 

[Kellfire]

If you want bad cricketers, prepare bad wickets. It doesn’t help the game.
This would be the equivalent of making Man City and Bayern play on a muddy bog.

Not really, as neither team have the players to make the most of a muddy bog! This is a home team making sure a pitch is suited to their skills - and look, it might be backfiring. I find that fascinating and as someone who prefers watching spinners dominate to anything else in cricket I’m finding this an enthralling watch.

 

[Kellfire]

It's not a test, it's a joke.

The best batsmen in the world couldn't get 100 on there. There is no reward for playing with technique. It's just luck if it breaks through the surface or not. Imagine Murali on this deck!

Murali versus Warne on a wicket like this would’ve been amazing.

 

[Kellfire]

It’s a one sided contest where the ball is way ahead of the bat.

I think it’s fair because the contrary is true more often than this!

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Because test match cricket is supposed to be a test.

Joe root has just got 5-8.... The pitch Is unsuitable. If barely lasted 1 session, let alone 5 days.

Exactly. 20 wickets falling in less than 2 days is laughable.

 

[DanFST]

Murali versus Warne on a wicket like this would’ve been amazing.

That's the thing, It wouldn't be.

Warne using his skill to pick spots in the footmarks on a 5th day pitch. Murali turning it every direction with no change, using complete guile.


You can bowl short/long on this turd, flight or darts, it just might break through the surface and bite stupid amounts. Joe root just got 5-8, he bowls pies.

 

[Junior]

Wickets should be prepared to last 5 days.

I get that you play on dust bowls in the subcontinent and have to play spin well, but this is too much for 4 sessions of cricket.

 

[Deleted member 1418]

Murali versus Warne on a wicket like this would’ve been amazing.

Yep - one the greatest spinner ever; the other a chucker! ?

 

[Junior]

That's the thing, It wouldn't be.

Warne using his skill to pick spots in the footmarks on a 5th day pitch. Murali turning it every direction with no change, using complete guile.


You can bowl short/long on this turd, flight or darts, it just might break through the surface and bite stupid amounts. Joe root just got 5-8, he bowls pies.

Exactly this.

 

[Kellfire]

That's the thing, It wouldn't be.

Warne using his skill to pick spots in the footmarks on a 5th day pitch. Murali turning it every direction with no change, using complete guile.


You can bowl short/long on this turd, flight or darts, it just might break through the surface and bite stupid amounts. Joe root just got 5-8, he bowls pies.

Each to their own, I guess. I don’t have a side here though I’d rather see India win so perhaps that’s why I’m finding the chaotic nature more enjoyable.

 

[Captainron]

I think it’s fair because the contrary is true more often than this!

You are way in the minority (But then again, you usually are?!)

Every cricket pundit/player is hating this pitch becuase it is a shocker.

 

[Kellfire]

Yep - one the greatest spinner ever; the other a chucker! ?

We all wish we had the joints of a Murilitharan... or a Paul Adams!

 

[Kellfire]

You are way in the minority (But then again, you usually are?!)

Every cricket pundit/player is hating this pitch becuase it is a shocker.

Probably because most people are entertained by fours and sixes whereas I like to see batsmen completely tied up.

 

[Deleted member 18588]

As a former off-spinner, I’d kill for pitches like these. I remember how harrowing it was to show up to an away ground and be told we were being shifted onto an artificial wicket that day. That was my figures destroyed!

Blimey! What sort of cricket was that?

I have never seen or played on a ground where use of an artificial strip was possible.

As for this pitch, it's a sad apology for a Test track.

 

[Kellfire]

Decent start for England.

 

[Piece]

Play forward man

 

[Mudball]

Wasnt there a sky sport clip of Murli talking about his guile and how he changes he action for some balls. Even after Hussain was told what he was facing, he could not pick up ..