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Fair enough, thanks for clarifying.
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*Official* - Road to India in South Africa - 2010-11
- Thread starter Sir Alex
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marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
Flat wicket odds-on favourite I reckon.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
replace Sehwag with "most cricketers".. would be truer still.
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Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Black_Warrior
Cricketer Of The Year
Not me..I consider him a great player already...if he gets a 100 or two in South Africa against a steamig Steyn/Morkel, my regard for him will only increase..if he doesnt..it wont decrease one bit..Same in the case of Tendulkar.You know Sehwag's doing well for himself when people want him to fail in "certain" places so that they can apply "certain" tags on him...
slowfinger
International Debutant
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
kingkallis
International Coach
Cevno
Hall of Fame Member
To be fair i think none of the south african Batsman average over 40 against India in South Africa Except Kallis and Prince(who is unlikely to play,i think).
And there is reason for it. South Africa Vs India in South Africa for the last 2/3 tours atleast has been a low scoring series. Partially due to the time of the tour and also the fact that South Africa seek to prepare Pace Bowler friendly wickets against India to exploit there lack of pace bowlers. I doubt this would be the case if India had a decent pace attack.
And i do not know why this is used as a stick to beat down on Indian batsmen,when in fact in the same series south african batsmen are not doing much better themselves and that too facing a much ordinary attack.
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Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Yeah agree with Uppercut. They prepared pace friendly tracks when Australia toured in 2006 as well, when pace bowling is clearly a strength of Australia (it definitely was back then).
Can't remember the actual state of the pitches in 2009 though, for one reason or another. They produced 3 results though so I imagine they were reaosnably pace friendly. Feel free to correct me peeps.
Can't remember the actual state of the pitches in 2009 though, for one reason or another. They produced 3 results though so I imagine they were reaosnably pace friendly. Feel free to correct me peeps.
kingpin
State Vice-Captain
Dont digg my old memories....Yep, that Indian series was quite a weird one.
Spoken about it many times with my fellow Indian fans, but God that 3rd test in 2006 was a disgrace for India
Spark
Global Moderator
Kingsmead on the 2nd day definitely counts as pace-friendly.
aussie
Hall of Fame Member
Ye for the AUS vs SA 09 series:
- 1st test @ Jo'Burg was bowler friendly.
- Dubran was for the majority then it flatted out on the final 2 days or so.
- FInal test was a road.
But although SA pitches usually are bowler friendly its hard to predict which grounds will do what based on past ENG & AUS tours to the country that i've seen in the past.
Looking @ the grounds that will be used for this test series.
- Centurion could be anything based on tests i've seen on the ground. It could be a road, a slow tuner or a greentop
- Durban definately will be seamer friendly.
- Capetown could be anything also. Road or a seamer
It all depends on what happens on the day really. But at least i would certainly expect SA to leave grass on all the surfaces to maximise home advantage.