Modern-day batsmen and flat pitches - Page 9

Xuhaib · 16-12-2009, 11:56 PM

Yeah I rate that Inzi inning very highly because Mohd Rafiq was bowling as well as a left arm spinner can ever bowl. Infact I have never seen Vettori bowl that well as Rafiq did in that game. That does not mean Rafiq> Vettori its just that for that particular test match Rafiq was world class so runs against him in that game trully hold some value.

aussie · 04-01-2010, 12:05 AM

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Perfect for this thread..

popepouri · 04-01-2010, 11:53 AM

Interestingly Sehwag debuted in SA and scored a hundred. Can't remember if the pitch was flat though.

Edit: Oh wait, Gibbs scored a hundred in that game too so yes it was flat.

aussie · 04-01-2010, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by popepouri

Interestingly Sehwag debuted in SA and scored a hundred. Can't remember if the pitch was flat though.

Edit: Oh wait, Gibbs scored a hundred in that game too so yes it was flat.

HA, dont let the Indian fans on this site hear you say that pitch was flat sir, they are going to cry out..

Sanz · 04-01-2010, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie

HA, dont let the Indian fans on this site hear you say that pitch was flat sir, they are going to cry out..

This is getting ridiculous. Continous baiting of Indian members on the forum on Sehwag isue.

India were 4/68, It was Sehwag's debut match and the guy went onto score a 100.

Tendulkar at the end of the day :- "It wasn't a flat track, that's for sure"

But let me guess, we have to just disregard the 20 years worth of Cricketing excellence and experience and depend on your ability to read scorecards, isn't it ?

GingerFurball · 04-01-2010, 04:45 PM

IF Sehwag scores runs > 100

THEN Pitch = "flat"

ELSE pitch /= flat

aussie · 04-01-2010, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Sanz

This is getting ridiculous. Continous baiting of Indian members on the forum on Sehwag isue.

India were 4/68, It was Sehwag's debut match and the guy went onto score a 100.

Tendulkar at the end of the day :- "It wasn't a flat track, that's for sure"

But let me guess, we have to just disregard the 20 years worth of Cricketing excellence and experience and depend on your ability to read scorecards, isn't it ?

. I got a fish...

Well no you dont have to believe me, i saw the game BTW (specifically the highlights of the Sehwag/Tendy partnership) so its was never arguing just on reading the test scorecard.

It is funny that a actual South African poster called the pitch flat, when i was bashed for saying so. Thus no-one can say i have a biased agenda towards Viru, so you can go argue with the South African now..

GingerFurball · 04-01-2010, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie

. I got a fish...

Well no you dont have to believe me, i saw the game BTW (specifically the highlights of the Sehwag/Tendy partnership) so its was never arguing just on reading the test scorecard.

It is funny that a actual South African poster called the pitch flat, when i was bashed for saying so. Thus no-one can say i have a biased agenda towards Viru, so you can go argue with the South African now..

I'll take Tendulkar's word over yours thanks.

honestbharani · 05-01-2010, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by GingerFurball

I'll take Tendulkar's word over yours thanks.

Tendulkar knows nothing about cricket.. aussie knows everything.. y r we even arguing?

popepouri · 05-01-2010, 07:18 AM

Tongue in cheek. Hence the Gibbs reference. Read the headline and the first line of this article: http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/107615.html. Tongue in cheek again.

IMO, Sehwag is class.

Richard · 10-01-2010, 03:43 AM

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Originally Posted by popepouri

Interestingly Sehwag debuted in SA and scored a hundred. Can't remember if the pitch was flat though.

Edit: Oh wait, Gibbs scored a hundred in that game too so yes it was flat.

I remember that Test well and the deck offered a decent bit in the opening session-and-a-bit, hence Pollock (who was by then only capable of bowling really well on seaming decks no longer flat ones) and co. reduced India to 60-odd for 4. Tendulkar played superbly for 20 overs or so to coast that out, Sehwag played really well for about 5-6 overs to do likewise. They then both made spectacular hay when the deck flattened-out, which it did and remained thus for the rest of the game.

That's why I think Sehwag's best would've come as a middle-order batsman if decks were green more often over his career.

Manee · 10-01-2010, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Richard

That's why I think Sehwag's best would've come as a middle-order batsman if decks were green more often over his career.

Perhaps, but it is a double-edged sword. Sehwag's potential has been maximised as an opener, in this generation, because he is able to dispatch the new ball which comes on and flies off the bat quicker than the old ball, does.

Richard · 10-01-2010, 04:16 AM

Of course it has. I still think he'd have been damn successful as a middle-order batsman in the time he's played but in said time he's met the needs of the day well.

I don't think he'd meet the needs of the more "standard" day well at all though.

Uppercut · 10-01-2010, 09:10 AM

Tbf, in India, the easiest time to bat is often when the ball's new.

Manee · 10-01-2010, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Uppercut

Tbf, in India, the easiest time to bat is often when the ball's new.

Not sure about that, considering the amount of openers that we got through in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

04-01-2010, 11:53 AM	#123 (permalink)
popepouri State 12th Man Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waterloo, ON Posts: 770	Interestingly Sehwag debuted in SA and scored a hundred. Can't remember if the pitch was flat though. Edit: Oh wait, Gibbs scored a hundred in that game too so yes it was flat. Last edited by popepouri; 04-01-2010 at 11:54 AM.

04-01-2010, 04:45 PM	#126 (permalink)
GingerFurball International Regular Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Glasgow Posts: 3,839	IF Sehwag scores runs > 100 THEN Pitch = "flat" ELSE pitch /= flat __________________ CW Red Career FC: 1,241 runs @ 47.73, 4 100s, 5 50s, HS 190 Career OD: 470 runs @ 31.33, 4 50s, HS 63

05-01-2010, 07:18 AM	#130 (permalink)
popepouri State 12th Man Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waterloo, ON Posts: 770	Tongue in cheek. Hence the Gibbs reference. Read the headline and the first line of this article: http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/107615.html. Tongue in cheek again. IMO, Sehwag is class. Last edited by popepouri; 05-01-2010 at 07:26 AM.

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16-12-2009, 11:56 PM	#121 (permalink)
Xuhaib International Captain Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Karachi Posts: 5,659	Yeah I rate that Inzi inning very highly because Mohd Rafiq was bowling as well as a left arm spinner can ever bowl. Infact I have never seen Vettori bowl that well as Rafiq did in that game. That does not mean Rafiq> Vettori its just that for that particular test match Rafiq was world class so runs against him in that game trully hold some value.

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aussie Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Gunchester Posts: 15,548	A time to loot and plunder \| Decade Review 2009 \| Cricinfo.com Perfect for this thread..

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Richard Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 2005 Posts: 80,161	Of course it has. I still think he'd have been damn successful as a middle-order batsman in the time he's played but in said time he's met the needs of the day well. I don't think he'd meet the needs of the more "standard" day well at all though.

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