Cricket: International Discussion Thread

[sand_man]

Gill gone for a duck! England off to a flyer! Is there a dedicated thread for this series? Should be....

 

[Dan C]

Does Broad think he is the Karate kid with that headband ?

 

[Dan C]

Rohit playing well here... nice to see some action in test cricket

 

[Creag]

 

[Creag]

 

[sand_man]

India's 320 odd first innings total is more like 500 on this deck!! One has to ask the question, are we going to see a toss-centric result? Is it acceptable for a day 2 pitch to be behaving like a day 5 pitch? Was Rohit's 161(230) the best innings ever?

England 17/2 in the 8th over...

 

[sand_man]

England 52/5...

 

[R13...]

England 52/5...

Looks like India have "fixed" the pitch like the always do when normal cricket doesn't work for them.

 

[sand_man]

Looks like India have "fixed" the pitch like the always do when normal cricket doesn't work for them.

Pitch is a shocker for sure... win the toss, win the match...

 

[Agent_Smith]

This is not a thing new in India. When we toured there years ago, it was the same story.

 

[Dan C]

What a catch !!

Eng 87/6

 

[Dan C]

India's 320 odd first innings total is more like 500 on this deck!! One has to ask the question, are we going to see a toss-centric result? Is it acceptable for a day 2 pitch to be behaving like a day 5 pitch? Was Rohit's 161(230) the best innings ever?

England 17/2 in the 8th over...

Rohit had a couple of lucky chances going his way. But I think he just played a one day game and it worked.

 

[Dan C]

 

[sand_man]

106/8 at tea, day 2... carnage

 

[Dan C]

WI 409 & 117​

BAN 296 & 95/3​

Day 4: 3rd Session - Bangladesh need 136 runs

 

[sand_man]

This is not a thing new in India. When we toured there years ago, it was the same story.

It's one thing preparing a pitch that suits your strengths but at the very least it should be fair in that it retains its character for at least 3 to 4 days. Doesn't matter where in the world you are, a pitch is going to wear and play quite differently on days 4 and 5. But this deck has been s hit from day 1. And getting worse. India made good use of it on day 1 and they bowling pretty damn well today so can't say it's all pitch....

If England don't avoid the follow on would India enforce it? And risk batting 4th on this deck? Would they back themselves to bowl England out again cheaply and be chasing less than 100 for victory?

 

[sand_man]

I would love to see India batting again today...

 

[Enzo Matrix]

Why even bother with a pitch. Just play on the outfield, its certainly better than that pitch

 

[Dan C]

Some really good catches by the Indians...

Eng 131/9

 

[Creag]

WI 409 & 117
BAN 296 & 134/5 (38)
Day 4: 3rd Session - Bangladesh need 97 runs