You know, it's getting tiresome when every single post you make has some kind of snide remark. It frankly makes you look like a complete dick.
Yrs but its because Australia wants to improve their chances of winning by taking Indian bowlers out of the game. The faster pitches will give us a sniff of winning and they don't risk it. Hope we get to see them play each other at Perth soon.
And even then, only a pitch with lots of lateral movement.
How was it snide any anyway whatsoever? I couldn't have been more straight up, than saying it's all well & good to critique others, but it's useful to actually state your alternative. When you don't you look like a dick for sitting on the fence & there's nothing more tiresome than people who disagree but don't state their own position.
Not even close. India have been ordinary at best (and that's being generous) anywhere outside Asia (barring minnow opposition) for a long time. Asia is only a small part of the world (even though 4/10 top teams are Asian) and performances outside Asia are more important than exclusively performing there
oh god not you too
Why? As important? Sure. More important? Ridiculous.
With Shami, Umesh and Ishant, might be closer than you think. If they all click together for one game.
And the West Indies, so effectively their last 2 series and soon to be 3 series in a row assuming Australia belt them in the 2 remaining Tests which I expect they'll do.
Because Asia is one small part of the world, even the cricket world
Depends on how many types of pitches the imaginary continent has. If it has dustbowls, roads, slow and normal tracks, thats a lot of different conditions and would be fair to rate thrm well.
I think the other factor in play here is just how dominate India have been at home. I mean even NZ managed a draw in Perth last year and gave Aust a decent run in the day night test, and if you believe McCullum from his book had the test stolen by that Lyon decision based on when NZ had to bat (ok I admit that's probably taking it too far
). The point is India has become a true fortress & I can't see any side going there & not getting demolished atm, I couldn't say the same about any other side.
Dominant*I think the other factor in play here is just how dominate India have been at home. I mean even NZ managed a draw in Perth last year and gave Aust a decent run in the day night test, and if you believe McCullum from his book had the test stolen by that Lyon decision based on when NZ had to bat (ok I admit that's probably taking it too far
To be fair, Africa just encompasses Zimbabwe and SA, while Asia includes India, UAE, SL and BD. And then the pitches in WI are very similar to these as well. So it's a large chunk of cricket.
WTF??
You're not wrong, it's a highly subjective concept.
really not that complicated to understand, but if anyone was going to struggle it'd be you!WTF??
10 test teams, broken up by continent..........
Asia - 4
Europe - 1
Australasia/Oceania - 2
Africa - 2
America - 1
Yeah, Asia is a small part of the cricketing world
Only thing you got right is that Australia exclusively plays well in Africa..............and yeah I don't rate them.
No mate, you're not getting away with it that easy.
You need to temper some of that condescension when anyone disagrees with you bro, because it can make you look a little more foolish when one of your arguments blows up in your face. Unless you were specifically meaning there's Asia and the rest of the world which perhaps you should have made clearer, then Adders' response to you reads as perfectly reasonable.
I don't understand why you people take a guy who took a protractor to his tv screen to decide if a bowler chucks seriously.
