They don't need to trick up the pitch to do that in this series. This pitch makes it a lottery, it gives England a punchers chance.
It's a pitch to kill test cricket
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It's a pitch to kill test cricket
Piece
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Green pitch or not, doesn't excuse batters who can't move their feet. This is Test Match cricket not T20. That first ball approach from Brook summed it up really.
Bethell. Never a truer a case that if the face fits. Certainly not based on form!
Bethell. Never a truer a case that if the face fits. Certainly not based on form!
D-S
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Not sure if broadcasters, sponsors, cricket grounds’ vendors etc. will appreciate such short test matches especially when they are one sided. It won’t help get more money into the Test game when they are facing such competition from the shorter forms.
4LEX
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They wanted a one or two day humilation in front of the biggest crowd, simple as that.
ger147
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If a humiliation was the plan it worked out well, eh??
That sort of pitch preparation should be against the rules for test cricket...
That sort of pitch preparation should be against the rules for test cricket...
Someone is going to get their backside kicked for that wicket. A two day Test!? Lots of ticket refunds, lots of food and drink going to waste, lots of hotel rooms cancelled etc.
And then there’s the cricket. A side of Australia’s quality amassing less than 300 runs across two innings…
And then there’s the cricket. A side of Australia’s quality amassing less than 300 runs across two innings…
It's the sort of pitch that would get a fine in certain parts of the world. It will be interesting to see if the match referee has the bottle to see it through
I refer back to #6,401
Mudball
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Wanted to watch the highlights of 4th test match on TNT.. but watched on Twitter... job done.
also from twitter.. cracking aussie humor at the airport
also from twitter.. cracking aussie humor at the airport
The Squirrel
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It's the sort of pitch that would get a fine in certain parts of the world. It will be interesting to see if the match referee has the bottle to see it through
I refer back to #6,401
My county team got a (unfair) points deduction in the County Championship for a 2-day-result pitch where 20 wickets fell on the first day, despite the fact they scored 250 in their own first innings, so it was hardly an unplayable nest of vipers - largely just terrible batting by the visitors. On that basis, can we deduct the Aussies a win for each of their 2 day pitches in this series? Would make Test 5 more interesting…
D-S
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Just watching the highlights and a lot of Australia’s runs today were edges through the slips so they were a bit lucky to make even that total.
irip
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I wonder with the way cricket is going is it time to make tests 4 days?
With the way players now bat and looking at this pitch would it make test cricket more exciting?
Or is it time to stop playing tests?
Are the players and fans only interested in the shorter format of the game now?
Personally I hope not but interested in people’s opinions?
Would you rather go to a test match first day or a T20 international?
With the way players now bat and looking at this pitch would it make test cricket more exciting?
Or is it time to stop playing tests?
Are the players and fans only interested in the shorter format of the game now?
Personally I hope not but interested in people’s opinions?
Would you rather go to a test match first day or a T20 international?
I don’t like the idea of 4 day Tests for one reason. It makes playing for a draw easier.
I like all formats of the game. First choice is Tests followed by 50 overs matches. T20 can be exciting from the batter’s perspective but bowlers don’t get the chance to work a batsman over to create a mistake. Bowlers end up bowling to reduce scoring strokes rather than take wickets.
Whatever the rights and wrongs of pitches like that one, the authorities still need to consider the fee paying public.
The Boxing Day Test at Melbourne is iconic. There will be England cricket followers who have saved for some time for what they may have seen as a once in a lifetime opportunity to travel half way around the world to see this match, a good proportion of whom will have bought tickets for the third day, rightly expecting to have seen a full day of Test cricket, weather permitting.
They have been denied that chance owing to the preparation of a pitch which has no place in the 4-day game, never mind a Test Match.
Absolutely disgraceful.
The Boxing Day Test at Melbourne is iconic. There will be England cricket followers who have saved for some time for what they may have seen as a once in a lifetime opportunity to travel half way around the world to see this match, a good proportion of whom will have bought tickets for the third day, rightly expecting to have seen a full day of Test cricket, weather permitting.
They have been denied that chance owing to the preparation of a pitch which has no place in the 4-day game, never mind a Test Match.
Absolutely disgraceful.
D-S
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A friend of mine has based their whole trip to Aus around going to the Boxing Day Test. They bought tickets for the first two days (he was up in the middle of the night during our golf trip to Portugal in June buying the tickets online as they were released).
He said today that it’s the first time he has managed to watch a complete Test match!
He said today that it’s the first time he has managed to watch a complete Test match!
I wouldn't buy a ticket to a T20 game so that's an easy one. No interest in them.
I'm old school in terms of cricket though, ask someone below the age of 40 and I suspect the answer will be reversed
