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*Official* England in India 2023/24 #CryMoreTour

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RossTaylorsBox

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Does anyone important roll out the "subcontinent pitch doctoring" lines any more? Sounds like it's become more of an online thing and players don't really care that much about it.
 
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RossTaylorsBox said:
Does anyone important roll out the "subcontinent pitch doctoring" lines any more? Sounds like it's become more of an online thing and players don't really care that much about it.
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They may say they don't but going by Rohit's presser they clearly care

I don't think it needs to come from anyone important - lots of media carry the doctoring angle and that plus social media chatter carries weight.
 
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Yeoman

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The pitch for the third test on England’s last tour was truely terrible, as bad as the recent one in Cape Town. Root took 5-8 and the match finished in about 1.5 days of regular playing time. The other pitches on that tour took a good deal of spin but one must expect different conditions in different parts of the world and I don’t think that they were unfair.
 
Molehill

Molehill

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Yeoman said:
The pitch for the third test on England’s last tour was truely terrible, as bad as the recent one in Cape Town. Root took 5-8 and the match finished in about 1.5 days of regular playing time. The other pitches on that tour took a good deal of spin but one must expect different conditions in different parts of the world and I don’t think that they were unfair.
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There was some weird **** going on with the pink ball in that too. England played 3 seamers thinking the day/night aspect would suit - It didn't. India didn't bowl a single over of seam in the second innings and the Axar darts took 11-70 in the match!! That game was just a farce and not a good advert for Test Cricket.
 
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RossTaylorsBox

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Molehill said:
There was some weird **** going on with the pink ball in that too. England played 3 seamers thinking the day/night aspect would suit - It didn't. India didn't bowl a single over of seam in the second innings and the Axar darts took 11-70 in the match!! That game was just a farce and not a good advert for Test Cricket.
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Maybe don't read the pitch wrong next time.
 
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Ashes81

State Vice-Captain
Molehill said:
I see Talksport have got the commentary rights ahead of TMS. That will reduce the numbers listening in by a significant amount I'd imagine. It's so much fun hearing a bit of commentary squeezed in amongst gambling ads.....and truly terrible commentators too (FFS McKenna again).

BBC Sounds announced it's top listened to shows during the year, the Top 24 were TMS Ashes related.
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I hate Talksport's cricket coverage- it's so poor, I probably won't bother listening.

Andrew McKenna, Harmison, Gough 😢
 
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Molehill

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RossTaylorsBox said:
Maybe don't read the pitch wrong next time.
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I don't think anyone quite knew what was going to happen, not sure anyone expected that either.

No pitch whining from me anyway, I always think you're entitled to do what you want in your own country. Although if it turns into a farce that suits no one (flat roads or all over inside 2 days) then it's probably not good for cricket.
 
honestbharani

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RossTaylorsBox said:
Does anyone important roll out the "subcontinent pitch doctoring" lines any more? Sounds like it's become more of an online thing and players don't really care that much about it.
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I mean like Chris Broad, the match referee who applies very clear double standards? If this pitch was not dangerous, then I wonder what is.
 
Owzat

Owzat

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Molehill said:
There was some weird **** going on with the pink ball in that too. England played 3 seamers thinking the day/night aspect would suit - It didn't. India didn't bowl a single over of seam in the second innings and the Axar darts took 11-70 in the match!! That game was just a farce and not a good advert for Test Cricket.
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not sure in my following of England in India they ever latch on to sensible tactics and selections, seam to always be more quicks in the squad than likely to be used, plethora of spinners but horses for courses only really works if they're any good and batsmen without the ability or temperament to play spin - and sometimes just brainless, think they can just apply one approach eg play from crease, sweep everything or go down the track to everything.....
 
Molehill

Molehill

International Captain
Owzat said:
not sure in my following of England in India they ever latch on to sensible tactics and selections, seam to always be more quicks in the squad than likely to be used, plethora of spinners but horses for courses only really works if they're any good and batsmen without the ability or temperament to play spin - and sometimes just brainless, think they can just apply one approach eg play from crease, sweep everything or go down the track to everything.....
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And of course this time they've managed to not select the best spinner in the CC before they even head out there. It probably won't make any difference, but I can't help thinking Dawson would've been a handy all rounder.
 
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