*Official* Australia vs South Africa -2022/3

[trundler]

SA getting the lead is lame. I was hoping for a reenactment of this:

AUS vs SA Cricket Scorecard, 5th Test at Melbourne, February 12 - 15, 1932

Get cricket scorecard of 5th Test, AUS vs SA, South Africa tour of Australia 1931/32 at Melbourne Cricket Ground dated February 12 - 15, 1932.

www.espncricinfo.com

 

[honestbharani]

Pune 2017 was a good pitch and I have no idea what that was the one that people bring up when the pitch that came after that was clearly much more of a lottery especially by Day 3.

I dont think any of the pitches that series were bad except for maybe Ranchi which was one that would suck the life out of test cricket.


And for a while Pujara and Saha and then Smarsh and the other guy did.

 

[Starfighter]

I mean wasn't that when SA were quite explicit that they were doctoring pitches to suit their quicks? Hard to have too much sympathy for Elgar and co there.

Yeah, that funny period which coincided with Maharaj's form slump.

 

[Spark]

I dont think any of the pitches that series were bad except for maybe Ranchi which was one that would suck the life out of test cricket.


And for a while Pujara and Saha and then Smarsh and the other guy did.

Oh yeah that Ranchi pitch was pretty bad but in the boring sort of way.

 

[Xix2565]

Wont have sat out injured, for starters.

Should bring him back just to read pitches before toss, would get every one right just by the injuries developed after observation.

The worst pitch by far this decade was Jorburg 2018 in the Ind vs SA series. I'm not exaggerating when I say it could be considered genuinely life threatening.

They were going to call it off when the Saffers were getting hurt, after India batted twice smh. Disgraceful.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Oh yeah that Ranchi pitch was pretty bad but in the boring sort of way.

Still produced a good test tbf

 

[Sunil1z]

You still haven't seen any of the game. You just want the pitch to be bad because you've got a massive chip on your shoulder

Why would I have chip on my shoulders?
Keep defending this pitch and then call normal SL wickets as doctored .

 

[OverratedSanity]

I really enjoy watching Ngidi bat. Quality smile.

Yes. Cute.

 

[Bahseph]

Yeah, that funny period which coincided with Maharaj's form slump.

Somewhere around this time the decision was made to not focus on grooming Test batsman who can score 100's and dish out pace friendly pitches and hope SA cobble together 300 somehow.

 

[Line and Length]

Indentations (acknowledged by commentators) = excessive movement off the seam = unacceptable pitch.

I accept that the bowling attacks are stronger than the batting line-ups (especially SA) but a two day Test isn't good for Test cricket. Financially it is a disaster.

 

[centurymaker]

Australia/Curator took a big risk going with a pitch like this.

If South Africa had won the toss, match would be a lot closer than right now.

 

[ashley bach]

There's a remote chance this test is all over today if S.A get skittled for something like 120. FMD Australia could win by an innings yet.
Who's the big winner there? Collections at the gate end up minimal, television audiences miss out and last but not least we here at CW get robbed
of days of cricket. Really does make you wonder what the curator was thinking producing this jungle.
It's greener than a ripe marijuana plantation ffs, the curator himself must of been stoned out of his brain.

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[Starfighter]

That's jammy as ****.

 

[Spark]

Pitch it up please

 

[OverratedSanity]

Taking 'feet in a concrete' to the next level

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Well they have junk batting. As I said, Better batting side say India would have put up around 200

I agree , and not just junk Batting but a poor attitude aswell , Zondo trying to get a not out , the heads drop so quickly there's no fight ...A lack of honesty as well , Elgar at the toss saying he would have batted first (Who the **** is he kidding? ?), everyone in the SA setup pretending the exclusion of Rickleton is okay ...So toxic .

 

[Spark]

Pitch it up please

Okay fair enough

 

[ataraxia]

@thierry henry

 

[Shady Slim]

Like there have been some turning pitches in Tests I've seen that are definitely worse than this, but likewise if there was a seaming wicket that was as bad as those turning wickets (for example if Paul Collingwood was taking 6 for 9) that would be just as bad. I just don't think there have been seaming wickets that get as bad as the more extreme examples of dustbowls that have popped up

part of this is because on seamy pitches you've got three pace bowlers who take all the wickets though, whereas in the spin pitch examples that you cite where an elgar type can take five that's often partly a function of that guy being the second team's touring spinner. for all we know kyle mayers could roll in and take five on this pitch effortlessly, but we wouldn't know because he isn't going to get a bowl on a pitch like this in an attack that already has got starc boland and the cumster.

and i say this as someone who thinks this pitch rocks, i just don't think your argument holds

 

[Starfighter]

If it started with Labuschagne, it's definitely not out.