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

[KungFu_Kallis]

I'm struggling to remember a worse test number 8 than Archer. Even Caddick in the infamous 1999 line-up had more about him than Jofra.

Tim Southee imo

 

[Spark]

gavaskar is going to make so many english tabloid journos blow their top lmao

 

[Burgey]

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Couldnt open the link for some reason but the last one not involving a minnow would be late 90s or early 2000s wouldnt it?

 

[Arachnodouche]

Can always rely on Gavaskar to rub in the salt

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Yeah was that Sharjah test

 

[wpdavid]

Couldnt open the link for some reason but the last one not involving a minnow would be late 90s or early 2000s wouldnt it?

Your lot against Pakistan in Sharjah in 2002.

 

[GIMH]

Other than Bairstow, it's hard to be mad at any of the batsmen here.

Those innings from Crawley and Rohit yesterday look even better than they did at the time.

 

[Burgey]

Your lot against Pakistan in Sharjah in 2002.

More likely to lose in two days than win these days

such a lottery this deck but I would love to see Smith’s antics on it if he stayed in for a while

 

[OverratedSanity]

Other than Bairstow, it's hard to be mad at any of the batsmen here.

Those innings from Crawley and Rohit yesterday look even better than they did at the time.

Both had the benefit of playing the pacers early though. But yeah they've been a level above.

 

[Burgey]

Leach has actually done a decent job with the bat here so far.

 

[Spark]

Other than Bairstow, it's hard to be mad at any of the batsmen here.

Those innings from Crawley and Rohit yesterday look even better than they did at the time.

I don't think Pope did himself justice tbh. Looked, uh, very suspect even defending straight balls.

 

[wpdavid]

77 for 7 with both batsmen on 7. What more could you want?

 

[honestbharani]

More likely to lose in two days than win these days

such a lottery this deck but I would love to see Smith’s antics on it if he stayed in for a while

Feel Warner would be genuinely dangerous if Ashwin is not in the opposition.

 

[GIMH]

I don't think Pope did himself justice tbh. Looked, uh, very suspect even defending straight balls.

Agreed, but your brain must be fried the second you get out there on a pitch like this. It's like walking on black ice. Every step is terrifying.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Carrom ball spinning like a leg break. Murali bowling doosras here would be indistinguishable from Warne.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Joe Root taking the new ball is going to be another under the heading of things I never expected to see.

 

[Bijed]

Largely agree but I'd generally like to be entertained longer than two days.

I also think rating individual pitches is hard because I don't really mind this pitch but if we had a whole five match series of them I'd probably start getting annoyed. If pitches like this are rare then they're fine, but if they're relatively common then I start agreeing with SS.

Haha, I was thinking of doing an article about pitches like this but PEWS has basically put my thoughts into one paragraph

 

[Burgey]

One of the comms mentioned in the first session that the over rates hadn’t been great given the amount of spin bowled. Firstly, 27 wickets in one and 2/3s days slows things down a bit, and secondly, thank **** it’s been slow or it might be over already

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

Hmm even the finger flicked carrom ball is ragging. Yikes

 

[GotSpin]

Agreed, but your brain must be fried the second you get out there on a pitch like this. It's like walking on black ice. Every step is terrifying.

Yeah absolutely