You Bum! We get plenty of sunshine, we also however get lots of rain!
wait... edit...India has monsoons....
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wait... edit...India has monsoons....
Have you watched the game? This is a good pitch. NZ have just been shit. The last test was a poor pitch.. It was too slow. Relying on scorecards will tell you nothing.
Fair points. Do think England have tailored the pitches to their advantage though - 2015 Ashes springs to mind.
The amount of balls ending up at leg slip would indicate lots of turn.
Nz have been crap, nothing to do with the pitch. Some of their dismissal were joke.
Yeah I mean one team has scored 500+ on a rank turner, and the other team were scoring at 3+ in their second inning... Terrible pitch
Look at NZ's 2nd inning for example.
1st wicket - straight ball
2nd wicket - little turn
3rd wicket - Ross Taylor was a moron (he slogged every ball he was there the commentators were furious
4th wicket - lofted attacking shot for no reason
5th wicket - run out.
All spinners other than Ashwin being spanked..
Watch the game or don't commment tbh.
I bet if the same score happened in England or Australia , we would have heard praise for their fast bowlers. Remember how there was no mention of pitch when India got bundled for 36 or when Anderson rips through opposition in cloudy conditions. Maybe it's time for touring teams to learn to play spin rather than moaning always.Yeah I mean one team has scored 500+ on a rank turner, and the other team were scoring at 3+ in their second inning... Terrible pitch
Look at NZ's 2nd inning for example.
1st wicket - straight ball
2nd wicket - little turn
3rd wicket - Ross Taylor was a moron (he slogged every ball he was there the commentators were furious
4th wicket - lofted attacking shot for no reason
5th wicket - run out.
All spinners other than Ashwin being spanked..
Watch the game or don't commment tbh.
It is the same moronic cliches every time India spanks someone at home.Terrible pitch
Watch the game or don't commment tbh.
In the past, the retort would have been to wait until they travel but that’s kinda hard when they have won the last 2 series in Australia and the last one in England.
Not sure you can refuse to play the last game and then declare victory.
Do you want to throw a bone and give you guys a draw for being 2-1 down, in a pandemic curtailed series
You've not a leg to stand on here.
Says that after his team abandoned a series in South Africa for the same reason.
But won't be cricket without indulging in some hypocrisy.
Like you don't after your team left SA? Or after your batsmen didn't when they saw a spinning ball in India or decent fast bowlers when we toured England?
This has nothing to do with the fact India haven't won the series.
Being pedantic for the sake of it. I will enjoy seeing your boys spanked in the Ashes, though I usually want Aus to lose more
What?
EDIT - I feel like you're both having me on here. India refused to play the last game, the boards then decided to play the final game next year. How on earth are you getting so defensive at me telling you India haven't won a series that both parties agree they haven't won?
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agree - see someone comment earlier that Indians complain about the pitch.. definitely not true. It's so internalised as part of cricketing culture here in India for 20+ years year that we were terrible on pitches supporting movement. Many players are routinely discussed as with the asterisk of not being good enough away from home.
I love it when we play in swinging/seaming conditions away - and Indian fans are infamous for complaining about a lot of things, but not this.
When the shoe is on the other foot, though, they sure do complain a lot. It's like we're not allowed to smash anyone at home. Shastri and Kohli are on record multiple times saying they'll play on any pitch.. other teams need to bring that attitude.
Not to mention -- we're missing 3-4 big players.. NZ have been crap
I only see Indian fans bring it up in response to others complaining that spinning pitches are unfair and the argument is always 'both should be allowed' not that we should try and stop the ball seaming or swinging.
But how are spinning pitches unfair. Why shouldn't touring teams learn to play spin. I don't remember Golden aussie side moaning about the pitch in fact they used to come to India and give us a fight.
Also the original post was such pitches should be removed when in reality their has been nothing wrong with the pitch but in fact NZ have been crap and don't know how to play spin. I agree some of the pitches in England's tour of India earlier this year were poor but this pitch has not been poor is the point.
It's funny how you accuse Indian supporters to be defensive when it's a non Indian supporter who brought the pitch argument, which It seems he clearly didn't see the match but just saw the scorecard and presumed the pitch is shit.
They aren't unfair. Are you confusing me with someone else?
But you were the one mentioning that you only see Indian fans in response to others complaining about the pitch. Obviously it will be Indian fans who will be calling out that poster not Pakistan fans or SL fans.
Oh, sorry, that's not what I meant. What I mean is when Indian fans talk about the swing and seam they only do so when they're responding to someone bringing up spin. I wasn't saying it's only Indian fans who ever bring up swing and seam as a home advantage.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/...s-ajinkya-rahane-as-test-vice-captain-1292431
Rohit takes over from Kohli as ODI captain, replaces Rahane as Test vice-captain
Good decision to remove Kohli from captaincy. I think this could be the end for Rahane as well. did extraordinarily well in Australia last year but his form has been abysmal.
Rohit takes over from Kohli as ODI captain, replaces Rahane as Test vice-captain
Good decision to remove Kohli from captaincy. I think this could be the end for Rahane as well. did extraordinarily well in Australia last year but his form has been abysmal.
Right decision to remove Kohli from captaincy but what a disgraceful way to end it.
Loads of dressing room leaks right now. Ofcourse Ganguly is behind it, one of the most toxic people around.
Loads of dressing room leaks right now. Ofcourse Ganguly is behind it, one of the most toxic people around.
Not surprised tbh. English fans here are a tedious lot when it comes to pitches.
Fixed it for you!
We're lovely, actually.
Only thing I really know about Ganguly as a person is how unpopular he was in the dressing room during his spell with Lancs. Which, given they had him back years later, I'm not sure how seriously to take.
What do you find objectionable about him?
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Brilliant again today. Shame the tour is being cut-short due to a Covid outbreak in the Windies team.
Great piece, I always assumed players dedicated themselves to their craft as much as Ashwin describes here but I’m increasingly of the opinion that such dedication is a rarity.
An advert for the Allen Stanford documentary just popped up - I knew he was in prison but not that his sentence is 110 years!
Ajaz Patel got dropped from the squad.
May be the right decision but that must be the biggest fall from a peak for anyone in cricket history. 10 in an innings and dropped.
May be the right decision but that must be the biggest fall from a peak for anyone in cricket history. 10 in an innings and dropped.
I just heard someone pronounce Moeen Ali the same way you'd say Mohammed Ali and it was oddly jarring.
Is that a TV thingy or the Greg James podcast?
Think it said it was on Sky Documentaries.
Ta.