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Read the articleLyon is an off spinner like Ashwin and Harbhajan. What am I missing ?
Read the articleLyon is an off spinner like Ashwin and Harbhajan. What am I missing ?
Why is it any worse than, say, the Chennai pitch?Haha. I'm all for home pitches and Ill defend that forever. But doesn't sit right to specifically change the preparation in one area where the opposition bowler happens to bowl. If that was done at, say, Lord's, there'd be an outcry.
NopeIt was prepared for our strengths, rather than Australia's weaknesses. It's just a bonus to us Australia has no quality spinners, even if they did the pitch would be identical.
In the Warne case it was doctored to negate the advantage of a specific opposition bowler, which just doesn't feel right.
So Sachin hitting Warne for sixes out of the rough in that epic 155 in 1998 happened because of the curator?! Thats a shame
And why would they be doing that? Could it be because of the abundance of flat tracks that were being prepared because of the ICC constantly taking action against any pitch that turned?Nope
India knows that our strength is pace bowling and weakness is playing spin so a pitch was prepared accordingly
Anyway, India is just about the only country in the world where home cricketers publicly call for doctored pitches and then bitch if they are not "up to their standards"
Does that feel right?
To me, it's just plain embarassing
There's nothing wrong with creating a pitch to suit your team's strengths but the aim should always be to produce a pitch which (initially, at least) plays the same across the whole rectangle as to treat left and right handed players equally. Picking and choosing bits of the wicket to prepare differently is definitely weird.Nope
India knows that our strength is pace bowling and weakness is playing spin so a pitch was prepared accordingly
Anyway, India is just about the only country in the world where home cricketers publicly call for doctored pitches and then bitch if they are not "up to their standards"
Does that feel right?
To me, it's just plain embarassing
So Sachin hitting Warne for sixes out of the rough in that epic 155 in 1998 happened because of the curator?! Thats a shame
did you watch the last 3 test series in india before this?Nope
India knows that our strength is pace bowling and weakness is playing spin so a pitch was prepared accordingly
Anyway, India is just about the only country in the world where home cricketers publicly call for doctored pitches and then bitch if they are not "up to their standards"
Does that feel right?
To me, it's just plain embarassing
Where did I complain about the pitch?It's not an Indian home test victory against Australia without Social complaining about the pitch.
"Doctored" implies the two teams played on two different pitches, or it was unfair in some way. Learn2play.Nope
India knows that our strength is pace bowling and weakness is playing spin so a pitch was prepared accordingly
Anyway, India is just about the only country in the world where home cricketers publicly call for doctored pitches and then bitch if they are not "up to their standards"
Does that feel right?
To me, it's just plain embarassing
By that logic, every pitch that India plays on outside the subcontinent that isn't spin friendly is specifically created to negate the impact of Indian spinners.Why is it any worse than, say, the Chennai pitch?
After all, that was prepared specifically to negate the impact of 3 Australian bowlers not just one
not sure if seriousHow on the money was I hey? Everyone mocked my claim that Maher was nudging Steyn and Anderson and now he's set to become Australia's no. 1 player.