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*Official* England in West Indies
- Thread starter Richard
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silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
I'd be pretty livid if a ground bearing my name became a disaster like this.
That is, of course, assuming that my name actually meant something in cricket history.
shivfan
Banned
I was there....
This is slightly different, though.
The 1998 pitch was a hazard to batsmen.
This outfield is a hazard to pace bowlers and fielders.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Well, that's better than having the series reduced to a three-Test series. The question is, can anyone rustle-up a satisfactory pitch at 24-48 hours' notice? You'd have to doubt it, but you never know.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
What questions did he ask and to whom?
shivfan
Banned
why can't it be moved?
Regardless of what choice is made on the toss, the run-up should not be this bad....
Scaly piscine
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
The excuses used about not knowing the ground would be unfit are just beyond piss poor.
I mean yea it's ****ing impossible to test the run-ups isn't it
I mean yea it's ****ing impossible to test the run-ups isn't it
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Match referee. What the **** is going on; what are you going to do about it; how could this be allowed to happen?
Bravura stuff, actually.
Precambrian
Banned
Both involving England.Two Tests abandoned in West Indies within 11 years... amazing.
Neil Pickup
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Alan Hurst (match ref) just spoke to TMS and he seemed (a) fairly sure that this ground wasn't getting better, and (b) pretty keen that the match could be re-arranged for an alternative venue as there were large numbers of travelling fans.
Refreshing common sense: Stanford Ground or ARG...?
Refreshing common sense: Stanford Ground or ARG...?
TT Boy
Hall of Fame Member
Photos don’t and won't tell the true story. It looks pretty good from afar, the few sand patches aside. The Gabba looked aesthetically worse.
Are there any photos of the ground yet?
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
Well I don't think it's really fair that England are batting first if the game was moved.
Obviously the Windies had a plan to bowl first on this pitch and if this match was moved they'd maybe want to bat first.
Basically I'm saying that I'm not really in favour of this match being moved with England resuming on 7 runs.
TheRedButton
Cricket Spectator
Rumours that Stanford's ground might be a goer, if there is a square ready.
He would love that....
He would love that....
Yeah feel really bad for him, also comes at the worst possible time for West Indian cricket, just come of their best win for years and with a chance of winning a series and then this happens.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
You were familiar with the nonsense of Stanford's ground being used for the Twenty20 thingy a few months back?
It's got to be the ARG or somewhere else in the Caribbean.
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah, you really need the clip of Nasser digging a hole in the outfield with his hand whilst play was suspended.
shivfan
Banned
My solution is....
1) Abandon this Test match.
2) Start a new test, calling it the third Test, at the ARG tomorrow.
Precambrian
Banned
Who is the match referee?
EDIT KK Alan Hurst.
EDIT KK Alan Hurst.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Haha, bloody hell, it'll be a new game started.
England didn't start the first of the two Tests in T&T at 16-3 or whatever it was.