*Official* 3rd Test at the Sardar Patel Sports Complex, Ahmedabad, 24 - 28 Feb 2021

[wpdavid]

Man, even chasing 100 with this kind of batting will be hard. England not out of it yet.

Another 70+ runs looks a heck of a long way off from here.

 

[silentstriker]

I think even chasing 75 is going to be tricky. Obviously india would be favorites until it reaches about 100-120, but it’s such a lottery that anything can happen.

It’s very exciting but not great cricket.

 

[Burgey]

Literally my job. But do go on.

And on.

 

[Window]

This pitch is obviously bad but will the next match be the same/similar considering it's at the same ground?

 

[Shri]

ash has not been good enough here, like i predicted

get washi on

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Mods ban anyone who posts a meme in this thread

 

[honestbharani]

These two looked pretty good last inning, until Pope got done, just like that.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I don't really hate it in theory, but in practice the way they actually rate pitches is awful.

I don't know what metrics they use, but this is clearly sub par.

If India don't cop a points deduction for it there's really no point even having the potential penalty.

 

[Burgey]

I think even chasing 75 is going to be tricky. Obviously india would be favorites until it reaches about 100-120, but it’s such a lottery that anything can happen.

It’s very exciting but not great cricket.

I have a feeling India would chase it down quite easily for some reason. Sometimes see that in low scorers. One side just randomly makes like 3/120 odd in a sea of tiny scores

 

[Spark]

okay the pitch is what it is but ollie pope has a looooot of work to do against spin

 

[honestbharani]

Literally my job. But do go on.

And on.

Not in here. So, off.

And, off.

 

[KungFu_Kallis]

I think even chasing 75 is going to be tricky. Obviously india would be favorites until it reaches about 100-120, but it’s such a lottery that anything can happen.

It’s very exciting but not great cricket.

Define great cricket then if this is not. Is it great only when bat and ball are doing as well as each other and you have 400 plays 300 and a day 5 finish?

 

[Neptune]

Get to 50 and we have a game on.

 

[Spikey]

wow this pitch ! a spinner lands one on off stump and it goes straight on and hits off stump !

 

[Spark]

Define great cricket then if this is not. Is it great only when bat and ball are doing as well as each other and you have 400 plays 300 and a day 5 finish?

this is so unreasonable lmao

 

[Shri]

ash has not been good enough here, like i predicted

get washi on

ashwin!

 

[cnerd123]

I don't think there are WTC point deductions for bad pitch. Haven't seen anything about it anyways. Pitch ratings just tend to affect whether a venue can have International status or not.

I find this pitch fun, but fast bowlers couldn't land in their delivery strides safely by the end of day 1, so that would be the biggest argument for describing it as poor.

Axar's bowling with serious pace and revs and using the crease nicely. Very accurate too. Hardly 'lobbing' them down.

Scoring should get easier as the ball gets wet, so these two just need to survive till then.

 

[Calm_profit]

Match is over now back to work, Congratulations India.

 

[honestbharani]

Pope is a specialist #6 too, right? He does not bat higher even for his county?

 

[cnerd123]

hahaha AshWIN wafg