What to do about tour matches

[TheJediBrah]

Tbf if your pool of talent is so deep that your second XI could comfortably beat a visiting side, then you might as well score psychological points instead of softballing the warmup.

In the case of the NZ your match that was called off, the conditions weren't even that bad. They were just spitting the dummy because a team of Shield rejects was 0-500 against them.

 

[stephen]

The pitch looked atrocious. It was quite funny though that a porch which saw 0-500 was declared too dangerous to bat on.

 

[jimmy101]

The pitch looked atrocious. It was quite funny though that a porch which saw 0-500 was declared too dangerous to bat on.

I suppose if teams are batting on a porch there's always a danger of a window being broken. Understandable really.

 

[cnerd123]

The pitch looked atrocious. It was quite funny though that a porch which saw 0-500 was declared too dangerous to bat on.

I wonder if we had pitches like this back in the old days, which would be lifeless and slow till chunks of it started coming off, leading it to suddenly being unplayable basically overnight. Kinda like subcontinental pitches but more extreme. Would make for some very lopsided scorecards.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Nah it was supposedly because it was "dangerous" for the fast bowlers with the footmarks being a mess. Which was probably largely accurate tbh, but NZ whinged a bit more than was warranted.

 

[cnerd123]

The Cricinfo report suggests it was abandoned because a few balls bounced alarmingly towards the end of the first session on Day 2. Apparently McCullum thought it was dangerous already and decided not to bowl the quicks that whole morning as a result.

 

[Burgey]

The only danger posed by that deck was NZ's bowlers catching chronic fatigue syndrome on it.

 

[Starfighter]

I really wonder how much some modern players would whinge about some uncovered era pitches? I don't think that anyone up to the seventies would have batted an eyelid at the Johannesburg pitch a few months ago.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah but it's just what you're used to isn't it?

 

[TheJediBrah]

The Cricinfo report suggests it was abandoned because a few balls bounced alarmingly towards the end of the first session on Day 2. Apparently McCullum thought it was dangerous already and decided not to bowl the quicks that whole morning as a result.

Possibly being a bit harsh but I got the feeling that a big reason he didn't bowl the quicks was they were already 0-300 and McCullum was spitting the dummy

 

[OverratedSanity]

I really wonder how much some modern players would whinge about some uncovered era pitches? I don't think that anyone up to the seventies would have batted an eyelid at the Johannesburg pitch a few months ago.

I'd like all the current players whinging about rank turners like nagpur 2015 and pune 2017 to go watch highlights of gavaskars final test innings in 1987. Now that was an unplayable pitch. Makes those other pitches I mentioned seem roads by comparison. There were a few balls bowled by Pakistan's slow left armer (Iqbal Qasim I think) which landed around a good length and almost bounced over the keeper's head.

 

[Daemon]

The pitch looked atrocious. It was quite funny though that a porch which saw 0-500 was declared too dangerous to bat on.

It was declared too dangerous to bowl on. McCullum and Guptill had to send down 21 overs lol.

 

[TheJediBrah]

It was declared too dangerous to bowl on. McCullum and Guptill had to send down 21 overs lol.

"had to"

 

[OverratedSanity]

My favourite thing about that scorecard (among the many great things about it) is that the partnership was finally broken by Tom Latham who has literally never taken another wicket at first class or list A level.

 

[cnerd123]

My favourite thing about that scorecard (among the many great things about it) is that the partnership was finally broken by Tom Latham who has literally never taken another wicket at first class or list A level.

Has he even bowled since then? If not, then when he retires this would be a fine addition to the 'great last balls' thread

 

[Hicheal Michael]

Possibly being a bit harsh but I got the feeling that a big reason he didn't bowl the quicks was they were already 0-300 and McCullum was spitting the dummy

Facts don't care about your feelings - Ben Shapiro

 

[Burgey]

McCullum just had a sook because his bowlers were getting belted. It set the tone for the whole tour.

 

[Flem274*]

125kph long hops both sides of the pitch in brisbane and perth from the half fit wonder duo was too dangerous for my eyes

it was a good reminder to, as stuart broad would say, stay humble and keep working hard for the betterment of our great nation

 

[TheJediBrah]

McCullum just had a sook because his bowlers were getting belted. It set the tone for the whole tour.

Pretty much. Unfortunately couldn't use the same excuse in the Tests. If it wasn't for the Day/Night test being on a greentop I doubt NZ would have taken 20 wickets total for the series let alone in a single Test

 

[S.Kennedy]

Worst thing was the Indians who had a tour match against a fairly good quality Essex side. The Indians refused to play for four days because of ''the heat'' and moaned about the state of the pitch. Essex had to refund about 2,000 tickets. No sympathy then when they got thumped 4-1 off England.