The International Cricket Thread

[aev]

Still think the pitch for the last test was worse than this.

I think we look mentally shot.

[PaulWinch again]

Nah look at the score India got.

[Monty]

It's just not actually that much fun, watching batsmen too afraid to try anything, scrabbling around just waiting to get out. Both England and India were mismatched against the ball.

[olaftab]

Total carnage on a disgraceful pitch. ICC should be asking some questions that Indian board needs to answer. No test match should end in less than two days.

[aev]

Maybe they will be docked points for the bad pitch.

[Monty]

It's not even that the pitches absurdly favour India. They'll win this match but they might have lost it, their batsmen had no chance either.

[paul_e]

It's not even that the pitches absurdly favour India. They'll win this match but they might have lost it, their batsmen had no chance either.

Absolutely, I don't think it's any disrespect to Root to suggest that him getting 5-8 points to the pitch being a minefield.

[ChicagoLion]

It’s not a fair contest of bat v ball.
A 2 day Test is just nuts.

[aev]

It's not even that the pitches absurdly favour India. They'll win this match but they might have lost it, their batsmen had no chance either.

Absolutely, I don't think it's any disrespect to Root to suggest that him getting 5-8 points to the pitch being a minefield.

With the pitches clearly being prepared to take spin early, I do think they favour India as they have better spinners.

Of course, we often do the same at home too. I guess the differences is even at home it maybe a tricky first session or so but then improves, before deteriorating.

The last pitch just simply got worse from the first ball being bowled, with the pitch disintegrating.

[aev]

Maybe Archer will open up bowling his left arm spin?

[Monty]

It's not even that the pitches absurdly favour India. They'll win this match but they might have lost it, their batsmen had no chance either.

Absolutely, I don't think it's any disrespect to Root to suggest that him getting 5-8 points to the pitch being a minefield.

With the pitches clearly being prepared to take spin early, I do think they favour India as they have better spinners.

Of course, we often do the same at home too. I guess the differences is even at home it maybe a tricky first session or so but then improves, before deteriorating.

The last pitch just simply got worse from the first ball being bowled, with the pitch disintegrating.

It's fine having pitches which favour the home team, that's going to happen naturally. People grow up in different climates, climate affects the kind of cricket they'll learn, later on they find themselves better at home conditions than away. But this is preposterous - yeah it favours India, but if a batsman gets 0 it doesn't matter what your bowlers do.

[PaulWinch again]

It’s a pointless game this. India have won, but what a waste of time. That said, even on a more acceptable pitch some of our players don’t have a clue against spin.

[Monty]

Broad and Anderson should drop their pace and bowl cutters.

[paul_e]

It's not even that the pitches absurdly favour India. They'll win this match but they might have lost it, their batsmen had no chance either.

Absolutely, I don't think it's any disrespect to Root to suggest that him getting 5-8 points to the pitch being a minefield.

With the pitches clearly being prepared to take spin early, I do think they favour India as they have better spinners.

Of course, we often do the same at home too. I guess the differences is even at home it maybe a tricky first session or so but then improves, before deteriorating.

The last pitch just simply got worse from the first ball being bowled, with the pitch disintegrating.

I'm fine with pitches favouring the home team but there has to be some balance to it, you have to think that if a batsman plays well he'll get the rewards and be able to post a big score, that's not the case here, it's just a case of scoring as many as possible before you get one with your name on it. Today has been even worse than I thought when I was moaning about it yesterday.

What really bothers me is I hate watching a game where the bat or ball completely dominates, it's just not interesting to watch.

[PaulWinch again]

No agree it’s pointless.