England were piss poor - repeated unacceptable innings. Also Bairstow - what a selection.tRegardless of that India should face some sort of penalty for that pitch. I have no problem with a spinning pitch, or a seaming pitch or whatever. Home advantage is fine, but a pitch that causes a result in two days is unacceptable.
England do have an issue against spin. At least 3, probably 4 of the top 6 don’t appear to have a clue.
Quote from: PaulWinch again on February 25, 2021, 07:09:39 PMEngland were piss poor - repeated unacceptable innings. Also Bairstow - what a selection.tRegardless of that India should face some sort of penalty for that pitch. I have no problem with a spinning pitch, or a seaming pitch or whatever. Home advantage is fine, but a pitch that causes a result in two days is unacceptable.Hmmm ....... good luck with that!!
English batsmen do not play on spinning pitches in county games. The administration encourages pitches to be generally seamer friendly and flat in the county game. Somerset got penalised last season for having a pitch that suited their spinners. Bess and Leach are products of Somerset’s academy, Bess taking the white rose dollar. Swann and Monty came through the Northamptonshire academy, starting their careers on a Wantage Road track that turned. Moeen bowled well in the Birmingham Leagues at the age of 16 but was a batsman who could bowl when he reached the England set up, playing at Worcester and Edgbaston. Rashid became a one day bowler, as he was overlooked from about 2011 onwards. He got on pitches in Pakistan which should have suited him but he bowled as he did in England, to contain and it all went wrong. Good young spinners do exist but get into the county circuit and have to bowl to contain on pitches suited to fast medium wobblers. As a consequence our top order (with the exception of Root) haven’t got a clue when it goes off the straight. If you can’t bat as a left arm twirler you’re first to be dropped in league cricket, hence the bating is prioritised and the bowling takes a back seat. I read a piece about Warne in the Lancashire leagues as the overseas pro getting lambasted by the locals because he wasn’t taking wickets. He was almost dropped but got a decent couple of runs. Breaking into the county academies is tough if you’re solely a spinner. Getting into the county team harder and making a reputation harder still. Our batsmen therefore don’t learn against the better bowlers and the national team cannot last 80 overs for 20 wickets.