*Official* Australia in Sri Lanka 2016

[TheJediBrah]

As I say, dreaming...each to their own...

You're either simply completely delusional and ignorant, or tricking yourself into actually believing what you're saying because you don't want to except that your side does it, when others don't.

As I said, I would be very disappointed if Australia did it to any real extent. As it stands I really wish they did it more. I'm getting sick of us preparing home pitches that suit the opposition a lot more than they should.

 

[91Jmay]

New Zealand literally produced super green pitches for the Aus series and there was much wahhing on here about it.

South Africa probably only country I can think of who don't do it to a huge degree. Australia at the moment have extremely flat pitches which suit their bowling attack which is great at bowling teams out on flat pitches and their batsmen who are dangerous but loose against any kind of movement. In the past those pitches have changed to suit their line ups. Remember when they had Warne pitches breaking up by Day 2, which then mysteriously stopped happening when we had Swann and they had no spinner.

 

[Howe_zat]

I've heard that it's this delivery that was originally called the 'chinaman', but I've also heard that's crap and that 'chinaman' refers to the stock ball. Either way I don't think it's an ideal name for a delivery.

For mine, he's bowling conventional wrist-spin, left handed, and that delivery is just a wrong'un. When Herath bowls an arm ball we don't call it something else just because he does it left handed.

Aww come on, making up more names for deliveries is part of one of the finest cricketing traditions, confusing foreigners

 

[91Jmay]

Love a good low scoring Test. Hope Sri Lanka front up in 3rd innings, give the Aussies at least 150 to chase.

 

[YorksLanka]

You're either simply completely delusional and ignorant, or tricking yourself into actually believing what you're saying because you don't want to except that your side does it, when others don't.

As I said, I would be very disappointed if Australia did it to any real extent. As it stands I really wish they did it more. I'm getting sick of us preparing home pitches that suit the opposition a lot more than they should.

no I am neither, i just don't have a holier than though attitude..dont try and make this personal btw, newsflash the world does allow opinions different to yours..

 

[TheJediBrah]

New Zealand literally produced super green pitches for the Aus series and there was much wahhing on here about it.

South Africa probably only country I can think of who don't do it to a huge degree. Australia at the moment have extremely flat pitches which suit their bowling attack which is great at bowling teams out on flat pitches and their batsmen who are dangerous but loose against any kind of movement. In the past those pitches have changed to suit their line ups. Remember when they had Warne pitches breaking up by Day 2, which then mysteriously stopped happening when we had Swann and they had no spinner.

I don't believe you're silly enough to actually think any of that is even remotely accurate. Australia's flat pitches have nothing to do with trying to get a home advantage. It's purely a bull**** commercial reason. Whether or not it actually gives Australia an advantage is quite debatable, with no definitive answer. I'd say it sometimes helps them, sometimes doesn't, indirectly in either case. And that's how Test cricket should be. The slow **** pitches 2 summers ago when India toured were about perfectly suited to the helping India and negate Australia's quicks.

Maybe New Zealand have done it recently, but generally speaking I can't remember them being serial offenders.

no I am neither, i just don't have a holier than though attitude..dont try and make this personal btw, newsflash the world does allow opinions different to yours..

It does not have anything to do with opinion. It's clear as night and day.

 

[Howe_zat]

New Zealand literally produced super green pitches for the Aus series and there was much wahhing on here about it.

South Africa probably only country I can think of who don't do it to a huge degree. Australia at the moment have extremely flat pitches which suit their bowling attack which is great at bowling teams out on flat pitches and their batsmen who are dangerous but loose against any kind of movement. In the past those pitches have changed to suit their line ups. Remember when they had Warne pitches breaking up by Day 2, which then mysteriously stopped happening when we had Swann and they had no spinner.

No, Australian pitches are not prepared in a particular way at all. Hard, fast, flat surfaces actually just occur naturally, like shrubs.

The other day I was walking in the lake district and halfway up Grisedale Pike I found a lovely concrete-hard cricket pitch with no discernable movement. It's a little known fact that birds and small rodents often clear away the heather in these 22-yard strips in order to build their nests.

It's a shame that cricketing authorities outside of Australia don't take advantage of these charming natural resources and instead mercilessly chop up their perfectly flat wickets in devious attempts to cheat.

 

[DriveClub]

I don't remember a nz pitch other than being a complete grassbank on day 1,2 and flattening out for the rest of the test

 

[TheJediBrah]

No, Australian pitches are not prepared in a particular way at all. Hard, fast, flat surfaces actually just occur naturally, like shrubs.

The other day I was walking in the lake district and halfway up Grisedale Pike I found a lovely concrete-hard cricket pitch with no discernable movement. It's a little known fact that birds and small rodents often clear away the heather in these 22-yard strips in order to build their nests.

It's a shame that cricketing authorities outside of Australia don't take advantage of these charming natural resources and instead mercilessly chop up their perfectly flat wickets in devious attempts to cheat.

Quite baffling that this needs to be explained, but when your "natural" home pitches change depending on who's touring, or are significantly different from your normal first-class pitches to the pitches prepared for Tests and the Test pitches give your home side a bigger advantage than an average First-class pitch would --> that's the issue under consideration.

Irrelevant and stupid post tbh

 

[91Jmay]

Right, because these Sri Lankan pitches are massively different from their first class pitches and totally different from anything we've seen in Sri Lanka before. I didn't even know they bowled spin.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Bitching and moaning about "deliberately prepared" pitches aside, I will grant that it is good viewing to see a Test like this instead of the constant run-fests we've been getting in Australia. If only just for a change.

And if it brings the teams closer together and gives a closer result than I guess that's good thing as well.

Right, because these Sri Lankan pitches are massively different from their first class pitches and totally different from anything we've seen in Sri Lanka before. I didn't even know they bowled spin.

wait, you think every Sri Lankan pitch behaves like this on day 2?

 

[Howe_zat]

Quite baffling that this needs to be explained, but when your "natural" home pitches change depending on who's touring, or are significantly different from your normal first-class pitches to the pitches prepared for Tests and the Test pitches give your home side a bigger advantage than an average First-class pitch would --> that's the issue under consideration.

I guess I didn't know you watched so much Sri Lankan domestic cricket.

 

[Burgey]

Jeez I had that turning more live than Hawkeye did. Thought it might have been missing.

Once again though, the WPNCOS proves himself a magnificent performer on adversity.

 

[Dan Jamson]

Australian pitches are absolute roads these days. Hence the clown shoes average for a fairly bog standard player like Voges. Smith also comes across as a flat track bully.

 

[morgieb]

86 run lead. Keep them under 200 and we should be fine. Feels a bit like the Mumbai test around 2004 though.....

 

[TheJediBrah]

I guess I didn't know you watched so much Sri Lankan domestic cricket.

Well now you do

 

[DriveClub]

Bitching and moaning about "deliberately prepared" pitches aside, I will grant that it is good viewing to see a Test like this instead of the constant run-fests we've been getting in Australia. If only just for a change.

And if it brings the teams closer together and gives a closer result than I guess that's good thing as well.



wait, you think every Sri Lankan pitch behaves like this on day 2?

14 out of 15 top wicket takers in the last fc season were spinners I think so yeah

 

[Adders]

If Lyon outscores O'Keefe this innings then I'm packing my things up and going home

This entire board was praying for Rhino to get those extra 7 runs.

 

[Howe_zat]

Cracking review that one.

Still think this match will be decided by the first innings. Will take a genuinely awesome 3rd innings knock from Mathews or Chandimal to open up a dangerous lead.

 

[Compton]

I think some are switching cause and effect.

Australian pitches aren't prepared flat because it suits Aussie seamers. The Aussie seamers play well on flat pitches because that's all is ever produced in Australia.