Quote from: aev on February 24, 2021, 04:14:57 PMWell we can happily disagree. The pitch for the last test was awful - I think this one is nowhere near as bad.Unless we are able to bat time we will struggle to be competitive in India.Don't forget both of these are pitches that are facing 10 days of play. The first lasted about 3 before it started doing dodgy stuff and was clearly unfit for purpose by the 2nd test this looks every bit as bad as day 4 of the first test with supposedly 9 days to go on it. My concerns are what will happen over the course of the 2 games based on some dodgy stuff already.
Well we can happily disagree. The pitch for the last test was awful - I think this one is nowhere near as bad.Unless we are able to bat time we will struggle to be competitive in India.
Quote from: paul_e on February 24, 2021, 04:19:12 PMQuote from: aev on February 24, 2021, 04:14:57 PMWell we can happily disagree. The pitch for the last test was awful - I think this one is nowhere near as bad.Unless we are able to bat time we will struggle to be competitive in India.Don't forget both of these are pitches that are facing 10 days of play. The first lasted about 3 before it started doing dodgy stuff and was clearly unfit for purpose by the 2nd test this looks every bit as bad as day 4 of the first test with supposedly 9 days to go on it. My concerns are what will happen over the course of the 2 games based on some dodgy stuff already.Maybe, but I guess one of the consequences of bubble cricket is playing games at the same venues. And pitches turning on day 1 in India isn't something that should be surprising to anyone. I would have thought before the series started this was our best chance of a result. As it turns out, we won the toss in the first one and batted very well. The frustrating thing for me today was winning the toss and batting so poorly.
We were by and large rubbish. What we need to do now is come out tomorrow and basically bowl perfectly and get everything right, and some luck. We need to limit India to no more than a 100 run lead to have any chance.As an aside I think the third umpiring in this series has been atrocious. The inconsistency today of looking at multiple angles for the Leach review and then barely looking at anything for the catch or the stumping was appalling. It doesn’t matter whether the decisions were out or not, you have to show the same level of diligence for both teams.
Quote from: paul_e on February 24, 2021, 04:19:12 PMQuote from: aev on February 24, 2021, 04:14:57 PMWell we can happily disagree. The pitch for the last test was awful - I think this one is nowhere near as bad.Unless we are able to bat time we will struggle to be competitive in India.Don't forget both of these are pitches that are facing 10 days of play. The first lasted about 3 before it started doing dodgy stuff and was clearly unfit for purpose by the 2nd test this looks every bit as bad as day 4 of the first test with supposedly 9 days to go on it. My concerns are what will happen over the course of the 2 games based on some dodgy stuff already.They aren't the same pitches being used for both games at a venue though surely? One is being prepared whilst the other is being used.
Quote from: taylorsworkrate on February 24, 2021, 06:43:25 PMQuote from: paul_e on February 24, 2021, 04:19:12 PMQuote from: aev on February 24, 2021, 04:14:57 PMWell we can happily disagree. The pitch for the last test was awful - I think this one is nowhere near as bad.Unless we are able to bat time we will struggle to be competitive in India.Don't forget both of these are pitches that are facing 10 days of play. The first lasted about 3 before it started doing dodgy stuff and was clearly unfit for purpose by the 2nd test this looks every bit as bad as day 4 of the first test with supposedly 9 days to go on it. My concerns are what will happen over the course of the 2 games based on some dodgy stuff already.They aren't the same pitches being used for both games at a venue though surely? One is being prepared whilst the other is being used.Correct. I’m more concerned about the pitches for the 5x T20’ss at the same venue especially given the importance of those as practice and in Indian conditions relative to the World Cup in October. I’d rather win that than a bilateral test series.
I never judge a batting performance in a test match until both teams have batted on it.India batted with grit and placed a value on their wickets, we didn’t.