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[Spark]

Yeah there was very little by the way of genuinely inconsistent bounce, which is usually the real "this is kind of a lottery" indicator.

 

[Debris]

Genuine question. Has a batting pitch ever been rated poor?

This one probably.

1st Test: West Indies v England at Kingston, Jan 29-Feb 2, 1998 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Energetic]

If Australia can win the 2nd test then they can't lose the series which will be an achievement in itself. I'm amazed just how much test Cricket India has played lately. Usually, they are known to play plenty of ODI Cricket. I thought ODI was their favourite format.

 

[cnerd123]

resist urge to rant. resist urge to rant

 

[honestbharani]

May the energy be with you, *****

 

[cnerd123]

I was referring more to the pitch being rated 'Poor', but that guy is annoying too.

 

[vcs]

I think Energetic's posts are quite reasonable these days TBH.

 

[indiaholic]

Lol at the pitch rating. Makes sense if you consider all that precious ad revenue though..

 

[cnerd123]

Oh God can you imagine Warne on the next match

"Yea well, this game's gonna be a real test for Steve on a Test-standard pitch now..."

"A guy like Steve is great on a bunsen because so many of his deliveries just go straight on, but when you got a proper Test wicket, it's bowlers like Lyon who you turn to..."

 

[Compton]

Oh God can you imagine Warne on the next match

"Yea well, this game's gonna be a real test for Steve on a Test-standard pitch now..."

"A guy like Steve is great on a bunsen because so many of his deliveries just go straight on, but when you got a proper Test wicket, it's bowlers like Lyon who you turn to..."

This is bang on

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Lets face it. Broad is just salty.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Also probably angry that it did not turn enough

 

[Niall]

Didn't Broad also report this test

1st Test: Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Aug 31-Sep 3, 2011 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

However the 2 roads that we got in the next 2 tests remained free of criticism.

 

[Shri]

The Broads are ****s. Why is this a surprise?

 

[Burgey]

I dunno, thought the pitch was dry but hardly worth the rating it copped. Turn on day one was pretty big but not vicious. One team just collapsed twice.

 

[adub]

Yeah, might have been a bit on the dry side, but it's India FFS. Every Australian expected something like it. Not one Aussie would have been shocked to see how it played. We took 5 spinners for a reason.

You don't score two 250+ scores on a bad pitch either. India score 200+ in their first innings and you're looking at a classic test match.

It was a bowler's pitch, but only one side ****ed up on it.

 

[Starfighter]

Pitch earns a poor rating because one team collapsed to a whole bunch of straight balls

 

[TheJediBrah]

This one probably.

1st Test: West Indies v England at Kingston, Jan 29-Feb 2, 1998 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Don't think that's a batting pitch

 

[Gnske]

Don't think that's a batting pitch

***** would have defended this

 

[burr]

Pune pitch rated ?poor? by Broad | Cricket News India & International, Match Schedule, Scores, Report and Ranking: Wisden India

Ridiculous. The India-England series was dull, dull, dull because of the pitches. Australia scored over 500 on this poor pitich. As others have said, ridiculous.