_00_deathscar
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I mean we had just laid the template for them for a whole innings before they took the ball, in which they batted (hilariously poorly)...
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*Official* 3rd Test at the Sardar Patel Sports Complex, Ahmedabad, 24 - 28 Feb 2021
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honestbharani
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Oh yeah. Azhar Ali hit big runs in the Dubai D/N test then? Somehow I seem to recall Azhar Ali doing well in some day/night test. But you are right, it was Shafiq and they should have won.
honestbharani
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DC had 4 players in the XI right? Must be nice.
Burgey
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Yeah I think realistically you aren’t gonna build the worlds biggest ground then bar it from hosting internationals
honestbharani
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But even if it were not so big and so good, I would say I would give more leeway to a new ground and groundsman than to an established one. It is a hard thing to get right, pitches and even the slightest mistake combined with other factors can make you look very very bad. Pretty thankless job, tbh.
Starfighter
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Just watched the highlights of Bairstow's fantastic innings. People who I think would have done a better job include a) Chris Martin and b) me.
Surely he won't be playing test cricket again. Surely...
Surely he won't be playing test cricket again. Surely...
Victor Ian
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Just on pitches, can a pitch that starts with spin friendly conditions turn benign and flatten out as a seeming pitches can? Or is it a given that spin is aided more and more as the game progresses?
Starfighter
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If a pitch starts out damp it can get better, especially after rolling. I know there was an example of this in India a few years ago, though I forget when. It was more of a feature of the uncovered wicket days though - a wet pitch can flatten out remarkably if rolled when it is drying.
Don't think it really happens with drier pitches, though think there's been some that have slowed up and at least made defence easier.
Don't think it really happens with drier pitches, though think there's been some that have slowed up and at least made defence easier.
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honestbharani
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Yeah Mohali in 1998 against NZ is the example of the former and Ranchi in 2017 is an example of the latter.
chris.hinton
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Shambles from England, Picked the wrong team. Archer, Broad, Anderson wasnt really needed at all for the test. Having Archer at number 8 is a joke and something that should not happen again. We really need to pick at least 2 spinners for the 4th test. Moeen shouldnt have been sent home, we need to get out of this idea that Anderson/Broad can get us out of trouble all the time with the ball.
India wasnt all that great, but obviously did more then enough in the 2 days.
India wasnt all that great, but obviously did more then enough in the 2 days.
centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
It was quite obvious imo.
Pitch was very dry and India had just run through England using Spin.
Manee
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It felt uncharacteristic of England, who I've for so long associated with deep batting line-ups.
I really wonder what is the story behind Broad's complete regression of batting ability - I remember talks of him batting at seven for England!
Senile Sentry
International Debutant
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Yep.. the spin bowling version of Anderson knocking the poles of Gill and Rahane in the first test. But this being the same batsman getting beaten the same way even though one was around the wicket and one was over the wicket, is just awesome.
Senile Sentry
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Yeah the absolute class of Ashwin in full glory.Yep.. the spin bowling version of Anderson knocking the poles of Gill and Rahane in the first test. But this being the same batsman getting beaten the same way even though one was around the wicket and one was over the wicket, is just awesome.
cnerd123
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these sort of highlights lack context. It looks like Pope just missed straight balls, but really it's because so many balls before that spun at him. He didn't do as badly as this video suggests.
OverratedSanity
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Unlike Axar, Ashwin knows when it'll go straight on. Most of the time. Especially round the wicket the way he gets it to curve away is pretty amazing. Used it to amazing effect in Australia and got the same "he's just getting wickets with straight balls " comments.
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Senile Sentry
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Yes, therein lies the mastery.
Ashwin precisely knows to the decimal degree how much each of his delivery will turn and to the nanometer where it would pitch. Whereas Axar was basically sending out 95 km darts not knowing in the slightest whether it will spin or not himself.