*Official* 4th Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, 4 - 8 Mar 2021

[Burgey]

Like imagine if you practice spin bowling daily for 20 years but someone says it’s just not cricket when a ball spins on day 1.

A perfectly valid position to hold. You shouldn't have to practice finger spin for 20 years ffs. Just dump it in the rough and hope it does something different every now and then. That's literally all the "skill" is. It's why it's rightly looked down upon as the poor cousin of cricketing skill sets.

 

[ParwazHaiJunoon]

This attitude explains why Aus never produced sub 30 averaging off-spinner.

 

[Burgey]

Nah, what explains it is they haven't needed to

 

[ParwazHaiJunoon]

Nah, what explains it is they haven't needed to

 

[ParwazHaiJunoon]

A perfectly valid position to hold. You shouldn't have to practice finger spin for 20 years ffs. Just dump it in the rough and hope it does something different every now and then. That's literally all the "skill" is. It's why it's rightly looked down upon as the poor cousin of cricketing skill sets.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1361178876773240833

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Tag yourself, I'm the unorthodox slip placings

 

[Daemon]

I’m the ump who raises his finger even though it’s bowled

 

[silentstriker]

I'm the fielder directly behind the umpire.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

No wait I'm the keeper who will never be able to effect a stumping.

 

[Senile Sentry]

No wait I'm the keeper who will never be able to effect a stumping.

Oh hi Tim Paine

 

[Starfighter]

This attitude explains why Aus never produced sub 30 averaging off-spinner.

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[silentstriker]

Did you just trot out Hugh Trumble? I think in practical terms, that proves his point rather than yours.

 

[Starfighter]

It really doesn't. Last time I checked the physics of spinning a cricket ball haven't changed. He'd likely have made hay on these pitches. And if someone's going to make an unequivocal statement of course I'm going to have a shot.

 

[Shri]

 

[Pup Clarke]

I think England will go
Sibley, Crawley, Bairstow, Root, Stokes, Pope, Foakes, Bess, Leach, Stone, Anderson

 

[Shri]

It doesn't matter

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

"It's a lot of sacred cows you have to get rid of..." The quote sums up everything about who gets to make what....unspoken rule???


Like I have stated in a previous post, the mindset coming into a test match should be to dominate. Simple as that. England had the negativity flowing around prior to the first ball being bowled in the 3rd test. Sometimes it's best to ignore all the noise around and play cricket. Put your skills to the test

 

[honestbharani]

It doesn't matter

 

[Arachnodouche]

"It's a lot of sacred cows you have to get rid of..." The quote sums up everything about who gets to make what....unspoken rule???


Like I have stated in a previous post, the mindset coming into a test match should be to dominate. Simple as that. England had the negativity flowing around prior to the first ball being bowled in the 3rd test. Sometimes it's best to ignore all the noise around and play cricket. Put your skills to the test

The players have been gracious enough in the face of some iffy umpiring tbh. Anyway, assuming the wicket for this match has "predictable" spin, how do England counter Axar? Feels like a very awkward, suffocating bowler to face in these conditions. Hardly gives the ball any air and pings them in from well above six feet and wide of the crease, so coming down the wicket isn't a great option. Since he doesn't turn it a lot, maybe guard against the one that goes straight through by getting the pad out of the way and playing inside the line?

 

[silentstriker]

Ahmedabad pitch likely to be spin-friendly in fourth England Test

According to a BCCI insider, despite the hullabaloo over the third Test pitch, India doesn’t want to “take any chance by offering a flatbed and risk its chances of progressing to the World Test Championship”.

sportstar.thehindu.com