*Official* Sri Lanka in India

[Sanz]

Starting the charge, nothing wrong with that.

I know, just disappointed, was looking forward to watch him.

 

[Sir Alex]

How many times have we seen Tendulkar throwing his wicket away after a reprieve.

 

[Pothas]

Maybe he believes in Richards first chance average and is just doing his bit for the cause.

 

[Sanz]

He looks great when he gets going doesn't he? Slaps the ball all over the ground off the back foot. So strange to see a modified cut going straight down the ground.

I will be honest here, I have never watched Daniel bat in any form of cricket, He may be good But I am not going to watch him bat when we have Dravid and Laxman batting together.

 

[Athlai]

I will be honest here, I have never watched Daniel bat in any form of cricket,

Thats ridiculous of you.

 

[Furball]

I have seen flatter wickets and yet not seen anyone bat like Sehwag and Gambhir did and it was very entertaining watching them bat on the first day.

Precisely. The openers taking the spinners apart was a treat to watch.

Besides, if the first Test in South Africa sees SA 400/2 at the end of day 1, will people blame crap bowling, good batting or the pitch being a road?

 

[Athlai]

Precisely. The openers taking the spinners apart was a treat to watch.

Besides, if the first Test in South Africa sees SA 400/2 at the end of day 1, will people blame crap bowling, good batting or the pitch being a road?

Almost certainly all 3 will be blamed.

 

[Sir Alex]

Almost certainly all 3 will be blamed.

Athlai check out this match http://www.cricinfo.com/indvsl2009/engine/match/64023.html South Africa scored about 460 runs on the opening day but I don't think pitch was blamed in the report that followed. http://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/127513.html

 

[Pothas]

Its England, it is bound to be the crap bowling.

 

[Sir Alex]

Its England, it is bound to be the crap bowling.

Pakistan was the oppositin team and had Waqar Younis, Sami, Saqlain etc.

 

[Edged&Taken]

...(yawn) ... next wicket will fall at 590

 

[Sanz]

Will that be before lunch or after ? 500 Up.

 

[Furball]

Its England, it is bound to be the crap bowling.

That's my point though.

There is a bias against subcontinental pitches. The Sri Lankan spinners before lunch were dreadful.

 

[Pothas]

Pakistan was the oppositin team and had Waqar Younis, Sami, Saqlain etc.

Was not talking about that you silly little man.

 

[honestbharani]

As opposed to Kumble when India were ambushed second test. But of course it’s Australia and South Africa’s fault for the benign surfaces being produced.

India given how poor their spin stocks are can no longer get away with preparing square turners, only if they are facing the likes of South Africa. Sri Lanka would dick them, even with Murali being close to finished, Herath being a hack and Mendis decoded. And they would have lost the first test by an innings if Sri Lanka had anything close to a decent seam attack.

yeah... coz Indian batsmen are duds..

 

[Sir Alex]

Was not talking about that you silly little man.

You posted directly below my post. So i assumed that dear old fellow!

 

[Pothas]

Wow that is amazingly unlucky, would feel bad for him if he was not on 140 odd, his dissapointment at being out shows how much he loves to score runs though.

 

[honestbharani]

Australian pitches tend to bring results though, for whatever reason. It's just as easy to score runs but they're not so painfully slow. There's nothing worse than seeing a bowler take the batsman's edge time and time again only for it to drop short of first slip.

In any case, it's always good to reserve judgment of a pitch until both teams have batted. But I'm not optimistic.

Again.. the classic case of deciding something is good or bad from scorecards than by actual experience... So the chennai pitch against England last year was a cracker, wasn't it?

 

[honestbharani]

All true, but nonetheless, if the results are still coming then there isn't a problem that particularly needs to be fixed. Once we get test series ending in 0-0 draws in Australia then it'll be fair to give their ground staff an earful.

There is generally some pace and decent bounce, too. Rarely see such a slow pitch in Australia, except perhaps at Adelaide.

yep.. judge a pitch by results.. Let us all conveniently forget that the quality of the players playing on the said strip is what actually decides whether there is a result in the game or not.. Brilliant...








NOT

 

[biased indian]

According to cricinfo the pitch is starting to assist the spinners a little compared to yesterday any one watching the game also feel so ??