*Official* 3rd Test at the Sardar Patel Sports Complex, Ahmedabad, 24 - 28 Feb 2021

[honestbharani]

Yeah it does have to be said that this pitch looks significantly harder to bat on than the last one. That Chennai deck had extravagant turn and some occasional extra bounce, but it was fairly slow and actually relatively predictable in how it behaved. This is notably unpredictable in that some will turn explosively and some will do basically nothing at all. Obviously though the batting from both sides has been... not the best.

Which was my point yesterday...

 

[honestbharani]

A little surprised Archer isn't bowling here.

They both want their 5-fer...

 

[Burgey]

One thing Leach has going for him is he tends to err on the full side instead of dragging them down. Still not great but at least you can set a field for it

 

[Shri]

A little surprised Archer isn't bowling here.

i'll be surprised if anderson bowl another over in this test match, let alone archer

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is a hilariously entertaining game
Why would you want pitches like this to not exist ffs.

 

[Burgey]

Lol these are genuine grenades Root is bowling here

 

[Gnske]

Almost all the wickets from spin and Spark is surprised they're still bowling spin.

Agent Smith him guys.

 

[Burgey]

i'll be surprised if anderson bowl another over in this test match, let alone archer

R E S T E D
E
S
T
E
D

 

[Spark]

i'll be surprised if anderson bowl another over in this test match, let alone archer

Really? From what I saw before I went to bed, Anderson was getting the new ball to hoop under lights yesterday.

 

[Arachnodouche]

I see Rahane failed again. Useless dopey ****.

 

[Flem274*]

this joe root seems a handy offie, can he bat at all?

 

[eroticfishcake]

I see Rahane failed again. Useless dopey ****.

Pujara's record is even worse than Rahane

 

[Shady Slim]

was giving a pommy mate at work an almighty stir today for england's overnight performance, now he doesn't get to bite back given i'm not due back in to the office until wednesday by which time india will have chased whatever england puts up only three or four down

isn't justice a lovely thing

 

[Shri]

Really? From what I saw before I went to bed, Anderson was getting the new ball to hoop under lights yesterday.

yeah but whats the point if look good and do nothing

root's got 4 for 6

 

[nzfan]

Yeah it does have to be said that this pitch looks significantly harder to bat on than the last one. That Chennai deck had extravagant turn and some occasional extra bounce, but it was fairly slow and actually relatively predictable in how it behaved. This is notably unpredictable in that some will turn explosively and some will do basically nothing at all. Obviously though the batting from both sides has been... not the best.

My memories of watching test cricket in India on similar decks, sehwag 110, dravid 170, tendulkar 120, ganguly 80 and total of like 500+ we score 200+ in the first inning, 100+ in the second and lose by an inning and 100 runs. Thank God no more I'm hoping when we visit next.

 

[Gnske]

Pujara's record is even worse than Rahane

This post will get Agent Smith'd for sure by the squares in the thread.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

On Asian pitches, spinners who can bowl at a quicker pace(whenever required) look so damn effective. That should be one of the criteria when picking spinners for such conditions.

 

[wpdavid]

A couple of thoughts.
Statistically, Root is the world's finest all-rounder in 2021.
And it's been a while since we've seen a two-day test, but this could be the day.

 

[morgieb]

Stokes drops it.

D R O P P E D
R
O
P
P
E
D

 

[Gnske]

Haven't seen Stokes drop anyone that hard since Bristol