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*Official* 4th Test at the Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, 4 - 8 Mar 2021

Spark

Spark

Global Moderator
karan_fromthestands said:
Technology is only good for preventing howlers. These close calls are still always going to be touch and go. Ball-tracking has been off on various occasions. Same with snicko, sometimes it is just inaccurate. Not sure about this one though, not watching it live.
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This is mostly miles off the mark. The ways that ball tracking can fail are well known and none of them apply to that dismissal.
 
karan_fromthestands

karan_fromthestands

State Captain
silentstriker said:
Nah, you can’t think like that. They’re not “screwing” around for the fun on it. Just look at the stadiums and the viewing figures - if you want players (and boards) to keep prioritizing Test cricket, you have to keep it popular.
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In that case there has to be a lot of planning done about the venue, pitch etc.

The day night matches have to be played on grounds that are not affected by dew, and the pitches have to be flat because there are visibility issues in twilight, plus the pink ball offers more help to the bowlers. Or may be have separate stats for pink ball cricket altogether.
 
KungFu_Kallis

KungFu_Kallis

State Captain
karan_fromthestands said:
In that case there has to be a lot of planning done about the venue, pitch etc.

The day night matches have to be played on grounds that are not affected by dew, and the pitches have to be flat because there are visibility issues in twilight, plus the pink ball offers more help to the bowlers. Or may be have separate stats for pink ball cricket altogether.
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Do we want cookie cutter committee planned cricket, or do we want natural variation and the excitement and tough tests of skill in wildly different conditions?
 
cnerd123

cnerd123

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separate stats is silly, but pitches/outfields for Day-Night games should definitely be better selected. Will improve with time. The Pink Ball is still a WIP too, and generally as players get used to it the standard of the games will improve.

Great little segment there showing how much quicker the pink ball skidded on compared to red.
 
silentstriker

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
karan_fromthestands said:
In that case there has to be a lot of planning done about the venue, pitch etc.

The day night matches have to be played on grounds that are not affected by dew, and the pitches have to be flat because there are visibility issues in twilight, plus the pink ball offers more help to the bowlers. Or may be have separate stats for pink ball cricket altogether.
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I mean, in this age of statsguru, you can separate the stats out anyway you want.
 
silentstriker

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Teja. said:
Pujara earns 8 crore per year from his BCCI contract ffs. He's hardly lacking for money.
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Well no one is claiming poverty. But it’s all relative right? You’re at a job and you’re comparing yourself with your colleagues in terms of fair compensation.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
@karan_fromthestands and @silentstriker day-night tests are not ICC screwing around. Its a legitimately good idea that will add to the viewership and make test cricket a bit more viable. But it is on the individual countries to figure out how best to conduct them, what grounds-pitches etc. And it is a learning process for everyone involved, including the curators. I am sure the next time we play a day-night test in this ground, the pitch will be better prepared. Everyone is working off unknowns there. We have not had a day-night test on a turner before.
 
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