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*Official* Australia vs South Africa -2022/3

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the big bambino said:
Congratulations Australia but I've had enough of green mambas and 2 or 3 day tests. Also lazy groundsmen who can't produce a test wicket and then justify their crap blaming the batsmen not making a game of it. It would be good to see the pitch sanctioned and the "greenkeeper" sacked as an example.
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You can’t sanction someone because people can’t bat
 
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India won ahemdabad test by 10 wickets chasing 60 off runs .But here 35-4 which include 19 runs (highest of the inning) from extra tells clear story .
 
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OverratedSanity said:
Half out of curiosity and half out of wanting to prove you're pulling **** out of your backside as usual, I looked up the tour game.

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SL-XI vs AUS Cricket Scorecard, Tour Match at Colombo, July 18 - 20, 2016

Get cricket scorecard of Tour Match, SL-XI vs AUS, Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2016 at P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo dated July 18 - 20, 2016.
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O'Keefe took a 10fer and SL played two spinners in Jayasuriya and Chaturanga. I didn't follow the game like you apparently did, but that seems like a strange scorecard for a supposed greentop. I want to give you the benefit of the doubt so I'll apologize if this isn't the game you're thinking of. It actually seems like SL gave Australia a very good primer of what to expect in the tests.
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That is the right game. They played 4 seamers, and it was as pace-friendly a pitch as you will get in Sri Lanka, and more importantly couldn't have been more different from the pitches prepared for the Tests.

To be fair to you I can see why this wouldn't be clear to you by just looking at the scorecard, and the captain of the Sri Lankan XI side didn't quite stick with the official plan by bowling a lot of overs from the 2 spin bowlers they did have, who were both considered to be all-rounders rather than specialist bowlers at the time IIRC. But that doesn't change any of the facts.

Stop trying so hard to prove me wrong lol. I know a lot more about Australia cricket tours than you do
 
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TheJediBrah said:
That is the right game. They played 4 seamers, and it was as pace-friendly a pitch as you will get in Sri Lanka, and more importantly couldn't have been more different from the pitches prepared for the Tests.

To be fair to you I can see why this wouldn't be clear to you by just looking at the scorecard, and the captain of the Sri Lankan XI side didn't quite stick with the official plan by bowling a lot of overs from the 2 spin bowlers they did have, who were both considered to be all-rounders rather than specialist bowlers at the time IIRC.

Stop trying so hard to prove me wrong lol. I know a lot more about Australia cricket tours than you do
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No , I refuse to believe you because you are a very bad poster.
 
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OverratedSanity said:
Half out of curiosity and half out of wanting to prove you're pulling **** out of your backside as usual, I looked up the tour game.

www.espncricinfo.com

SL-XI vs AUS Cricket Scorecard, Tour Match at Colombo, July 18 - 20, 2016

Get cricket scorecard of Tour Match, SL-XI vs AUS, Australia tour of Sri Lanka 2016 at P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo dated July 18 - 20, 2016.
www.espncricinfo.com www.espncricinfo.com

O'Keefe took a 10fer and SL played two spinners in Jayasuriya and Chaturanga. I didn't follow the game like you apparently did, but that seems like a strange scorecard for a supposed greentop. I want to give you the benefit of the doubt so I'll apologize if this isn't the game you're thinking of. It actually seems like SL gave Australia a very good primer of what to expect in the tests.
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From what I recall, it was the net wickets which were green not the practice game pitch

Could be wrong
 
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@OverratedSanity

To be clear, I don't necessarily have a problem with home teams doctoring wickets. I don't think it's dishonest, or against the spirit of the game or anything like that. I only brought it the SL tour up as an example because some people seemed to have a very hard time grasping what the term means
 
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Gob said:
From what I recall, it was the net wickets which were green not the practice game pitch

Could be wrong
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It was both. Even a lazy look at the scorecard would show that. More than half the overs bowled by seamers compared to the Tests which would have been closer to 10%, if that.
 
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Gob said:
From what I recall, it was the net wickets which were green not the practice game pitch

Could be wrong
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Yeah I think the complaint about the tour game was actually the selection of the host team (no specialist spinners), not the pitch. Seems like it turned plenty.
 
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The Pindi pitch was also bad and got a below average rating which was at the other extreme. That's fair considering 'poor' is not just about how easy it is to bat.
 
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