Hallujaliah to you two! Someone else has actually taken note of the plethora of seamless wickets in England!
The only explanation can be that The ECB are anxious to make Tests last 5 days (at least it's been a success), but really, it is surely a disadvantage to England.
England's strength has been seam bowling for God knows how long now (certainly since covered wickets). We can't control the weather (last summer was the best for some time... 8 years in fact
and even in 2002, the worst for 40 years, the weather at the Tests was generally OK) which makes swing difficult or easy, but we can control the movement off the seam.
I wouldn't say we get turning wickets in England, though. I classify a "turning" wicket as one that offers enough assistance (for all the match) for fingerspinners to present a threat to competant batsmen. These wickets are typical to Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and India (and Pakistan when they want them). You see them sometimes in West Indies, and typically at The SCG, too.
But you hardly ever get any at the English Test grounds. Wristspinners will present a threat on any surface, we all know that, but when was the last time England had a decent wristspinner? Bosanquet?
Anyway, in the last 15 Tests in England, I'd say we've got this:
Wickets offering essentially no seam or turn at any time in the match: 8
Wickets offering a bit of seam but only for the first couple of sessions: 3
Proper English wickets: 2 (both wasted on Zimbabwe)
Things that degenerated into piles of rubbish in 2 days or less: 2
Not good enough. Uneven bounce is something best avoided for as long as possible. But movement off the seam is a must for a proper Test pitch in England. Of those 8 wickets at the top, there have been 4 draws and 1 victory at about 19:30 on the last day.
However, only 6 days of Test-cricket have been lost in the last 2 years, 4 against Zimbabwe. The ECB's method is working, but how much damage is it doing to England?