The standard of umpiring in all aspects in this test has been shockingly poor. It's raised concerns about having home country umpires.
Indian commentators talk a lot of shit. The last time Aussie visited, the first test match pitch was more extreme and it backfired on us with O Keefe absolutely wrecking us. Took 12/80 or something like that. We got bowled out for 105 in both innings.
Absolutely agree. There should be some sort of oversight by the ICC in regards to the pitch preparation. Allowing the home team to have complete control over the pitch gives them a huge advantage even before a single bowl is bowled.
Leach is decent but he still bowls too many loose deliveries. Not sure you can say he's really good.
I was saying Ashwin was really good and that Leach is as good as the rest of India's options, without Jadeja.
Ah right, got you
Nope.
Have to look at the pitch first. In Chennai the SG ball has worn quickly and offered reverse quite early, be interesting to see what their pink ball does but I would not go in expecting to play 4 seamers.
It's an option isn't it. As you say, very pitch-dependent.
I am absolutely certain that England will play only leach in that test. Woakes or Curran will play in place of Ali . If Moeen can't do it on this pitch he has to go
That spin gets worse as the match goes on.
Because of previous matches.
Are people whingeing? Not sure too many are really. Tbh i think it's fair enough, the beauty of test cricket is that you get different kinds of pitches. Looks like the toss was important here though.
So what? We used to destroy teams in flat conditions a few years back and the whining was non stop back then too.
You asked a question. You got an answer.
There is no guarantee had England won the toss the scenario would have been any different to this. Pitch is assisting spinners but it has been the same since ball one. Truth is England have bowled and batted horribly. If India scores 200 plus in this innings, it just shows England were just poor.
Yeah of course, Johnny. We're not the holy grail of cricket teams but we put in a tonne of work in improving aspects of our game that were lacking. Those horrible tours of England and Australia went a long way in changing Indian cricket.
I'm not sure England batted that badly. It's definitely the bowling I'd point to.
. I think everyone prefer's pitches that last 5 days and offer an even contest between bat and ball but also accepts that you're going to get pitches biased in the favour of the home team's strengths and that it is part of the challenge of touring.So the solution is to have pitches which behave the same? That'd be pretty boring, no?
Agree
The problem is when India lose matches be it home or away, theres never talk about the wicket. We're winning today and of course, theres talk about the pitch.Ah man, I hate talking about pitches
England did a great job last test, India have done a great job this test.
I love spinning tracks personally, find it much more exciting to watch with everyone round the bat, lbw shouts every few seconds but guess everyone is different.Ah man, I hate talking about pitches
England did a great job last test, India have done a great job this test.
Personally I do prefer pitches that have more in them for seamers, I just find fast bowling more exciting than spin bowling.
But the point is none of the dismissals were due to some craziness in the pitch. Ashwin as always was brilliant but also some of the shots were not good. Foakes was your best batsmen who looked quite comfortable. Rest never did.
Absolutely not , have turning tracks in India but maybe not this extreme where puff of dust is coming out every ball in the 8th over of day 1 .
Yeah, it's just really good conditions for Ashwin who is a really good bowler.
Think you're doing England a disservice here.
Yeah OK and we should also ensure that the ball doesnt swing ball 1 in other conditions. Sounds fair.
Things are declining rapidly. At this rate we'll be arguing over an umpiring decision from 2006 before the third day starts.
