*Official* Third Test at Old Trafford

[Burgey]

England has a long history of nefarious pitch preparation. Anyone who knows the game's history is aware of past atrocities.

 

[Spikey]

just because a fire broke out on a couple of isolated sections of the pitch does not mean the pitch was tampered with

 

[NUFAN]

Mark Vermeulen is on the groundstaff Spike.


BTW

Australia have been warned that the Old Trafford pitch is not the raging turner that might have been hoped for, with officials at the ground expecting it to suit the seamers more than spinners.

Leg spinner Stuart MacGill said England were entitled to ask for conditions that suited their pace attack, and, in any case, might play into Australian hands if the curator prepared a pace-friendly pitch.

"It may well actually work in our favour if they did that, because a bit of extra pace in the deck wouldn't hurt me much," he said.

 

[Riggins]

wait stuey mac is available for selection?

 

[fredfertang]

England has a long history of nefarious pitch preparation. Anyone who knows the game's history is aware of past atrocities.

All convictions are now spent, so that there post be trollin'

 

[Burgey]

All convictions are now spent, so that there post be trollin'

An outrageous slur!

 

[fredfertang]

An outrageous slur!

No it's not - you can't go around introducing evidence of events that took place before even dinosaurs like you and I were born - if this is an example of the way you conduct yourself in court I'm not surprised you win so often!

 

[Tangles]

wait stuey mac is available for selection?

#betterthaneveryonesincewarne

 

[dermo]

wait stuey mac is available for selection?

if you've had any past success for australia your available for selection

 

[Maximas]

good to hear a pacy pitch is being prepared, a bit of bounce never hurts spinners either

 

[Maximas]

Lol, McGill was a hack after Warne retired (wrist injuries didn't help), still, get him him!

 

[Adders]

England has a long history of nefarious pitch preparation. Anyone who knows the game's history is aware of past atrocities.

And you have a long history of posting bollocks.........the only atrocious thing we are going to see at Old Trafford is the Aussie batting scorecard matey

 

[The Battlers Prince]

But even Warne was a hack of Warne after his surgery.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

And you have a long history of posting bollocks.........the only atrocious thing we are going to see at Old Trafford is the Aussie batting scorecard matey

Na, every dog has his its day. Surely Aus can produce something sometime somewhere, may as well be OT

 

[Burgey]

And you have a long history of posting bollocks.........the only atrocious thing we are going to see at Old Trafford is the Aussie batting scorecard matey

It just gets easier

 

[Biryani Pillow]

England has a long history of nefarious pitch preparation. Anyone who knows the game's history is aware of past atrocities.

Australia has a long history of not being able to accept that they were beaten and whining about 'nefarious pitch preparation'.

I started my umpiring this season on 20 April. Even at that time of year, on good school and Club grounds, I was seeing rock hard pitches - normally a rare sight before June. I asked a few Groundsmen who said that, because the winter was cold but reasonably dry and following the decent spring, pitches were very hard on top but a few inches below the surface there was plenty of moisture. If the weather was cool enough to allow this to come slowly to the surface pitches would be very flat. If, as happened, there was hot weather the moisture underneath would dissipate and pitches would tend to break up.

I have seen that in the last 4 weeks at various Clubs. Some pitches are just about holding together but I'm not surprised to see a serious 'bunsen'.

 

[Prince EWS]

I couldn't care less what kind of pitch you produce for HGA, that's what makes it HGA. But it should be one pitch, not different pitches stuck together - if a pitch advantages or disadvantages a particular kind of bowling ie. spin, then all well and good but not particular bowlers based on which arm they bowl with or some ****. That's just ridiculous.

Yeah I agree.

 

[Swingpanzee]

2 more ****ing hours.

 

[Swingpanzee]

Are the rumours that Bird's not playing true? I can't find a legit source that shows Starc's playing and Bird isn't. Would loved to have watched Bird for the first time.

 

[Burgey]

Australia has a long history of not being able to accept that they were beaten and whining about 'nefarious pitch preparation'.

I started my umpiring this season on 20 April. Even at that time of year, on good school and Club grounds, I was seeing rock hard pitches - normally a rare sight before June. I asked a few Groundsmen who said that, because the winter was cold but reasonably dry and following the decent spring, pitches were very hard on top but a few inches below the surface there was plenty of moisture. If the weather was cool enough to allow this to come slowly to the surface pitches would be very flat. If, as happened, there was hot weather the moisture underneath would dissipate and pitches would tend to break up.

I have seen that in the last 4 weeks at various Clubs. Some pitches are just about holding together but I'm not surprised to see a serious 'bunsen'.

It just gets easier

Indeed.