Not getting into the pitches thingy, but its equally exciting to watch a spinner bowling to a batsman under pressure with 6 fielders around him.It's about 100x more exciting watching seamers dominate so I'm not really complaining
Patience.....Burgey strikes again
Hey, I am cool with it. And sorry if this was already covered.. I might have missed the pages as the game is moving so fast.Great idea!
Lots of wickets != bad pitch. The pitch is meh. The bowling is good.
So your point is completely about other matches then, and you're not bringing up any facts relating to this match at all?
It's exciting, but just nowhere close. My opinion of course, some may prefer it the other way around.
Haha fair dos; I retract my previous patronising post then.
Jo'burg 2006/2007? India Vs SA.. That pitch was every bit as bad as any RSA had to play in India... Of course, it was the return series game that was reported..
tbf he doesn't have an issue with this pitch, he has an issue with the hypothetical consistency across which the rule is applied.
Í 'don't. My point is that the same does not seem to apply when they encounter a pitch that actually helps spinners get wickets without being anything near unplayable.
Then why is he whinging about pitches in a thread in which has no relation to poor pitches?
show me the facts about this pitch not being reported
To me, nothing beats the thrill of watching an opposition batsman having to face the music with spinners from both ends, a HUGELY vocal crowd and a pitch that actually offers something for the said spinners. The 2001 series comes to mind and so does the 2004 game in Chennai, when after a huge partnership between Martyn and Gillespie, Australia suddenly ran into our spinners coming into form and they had their tails up. Watching it live, those are experiences that rival what any batsman can produce.
Yep. Should have had a crack.
To be fair, spinners rely on the pitch more than seamers. The ICC can't really report something for being 'incredibly overcast' as has been the case often when pacemen dominate. I think the spin friendly pitches are fine, just some of them are pretty heinous and designed to suit three pronged spin attacks, which shouldn't happen.