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*Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

Spark

Global Moderator
Ok so are pitches now wildly worse for batting than they’ve been in the last 30 years, or have we just given up on batting? Because the approach and the acceptance of the approach to tough conditions (just slog cos staying in is impossible) is new and tied to a sense of hopelessness that didn’t previously exist?
I think it's exactly the right approach here within reason tbh. This is as difficult a pitch to bat on as you're likely to see outside of the legitimately stupid pitches which roll on the ground. Every other ball is doing something daft and totally unplayable.
 

PlayerComparisons

International Vice-Captain
Ok so are pitches now wildly worse for batting than they’ve been in the last 30 years, or have we just given up on batting? Because the approach and the acceptance of the approach to tough conditions (just slog cos staying in is impossible) is new and tied to a sense of hopelessness that didn’t previously exist?
There’s been a significant increase in test batting strike rates this year. I blame it on Bazball tbh. This is the way test cricket is headed.
 

thierry henry

International Coach
I think it's exactly the right approach here within reason tbh. This is as difficult a pitch to bat on as you're likely to see outside of the legitimately stupid pitches which roll on the ground. Every other ball is doing something daft and totally unplayable.
So the answer is basically that pitches that are wildly unfit for batting have become much more common. Which is ITSTL I guess.
 

Spark

Global Moderator
There’s been a significant increase in test batting strike rates this year. I blame it on Bazball tbh. This is the way test cricket is headed.
You absolutely cannot be just fiddling around scrounging singles on a deck like this. Usually I'm all for knuckling it down and gritting your way through it, but not here. Not only is it the only way you'll ever really score, it's also the only chance you have of knocking bowlers out of their rhythm.
 

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah I find it hard to believe that BazBall and T20 proliferation have just so happened to coincide with pitches so unplayable that you have to slog
This isn't just a bazball or t20 thing. Pant and head where doing this before mccullum took over on some horrid pitches, and head was a bad t20 cricketer until 2024. The whole "bat aggressively because your gonna get one with your name on it" approach for hard batting conditions has been around for ages in FC cricket, no?
 

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