What is harder - batting on a green top or bowling on a road...

[robelinda]

Indeed.....i might go for bowling actually, you spend 6 straight hours with not a single bit of seam movement or swing or bounce.....

 

[r3alist]

Indeed.....i might go for bowling actually, you spend 6 straight hours with not a single bit of seam movement or swing or bounce.....

It's physically more demanding, especially if the weather is hot, and it normally is with flat tracks.

Technically it's a hard call, normally talented bowlers/batsmen find some way to prosper.

 

[Chubb]

It must be horrid to bowl on a road because of the physical effort and small margin for error... however, if you're batting on a greentop you only get one chance; one small mistake and it's over... difficult one.

 

[Howe_zat]

Bowling on a road. Not just the phsyical effort, there's also that greentops usually don't last anywhere near as long in that state.

 

[Manee]

Bowling on a road. If the batsmen apply themselves, bowlers have no chance. A good batsman can always potentially prosper, regardless of conditions.

 

[Cevno]

In terms of Physical effort or difficulty wrt to making a contribution to the game?

Would go with Batting on a Greentop presuming it is the latter. Batsman just get one chance, and on a "Real" greentop the probability of that one chance lasting longer decreases significantly and it even might not be your fault.

While as a bowler bowling on a road is certainly difficult physically, there is still a chance of picking a wicket due to one mistake of the batsman or keeping it tight by bowling tight/aggressively. The natural balance of the game helps the bowlers here, even though it gets reduced with a road.

All ultimately depends on the Talent of the player in question too, though.

 

[Howe_zat]

Bowling on a road. If the batsmen apply themselves, bowlers have no chance. A good batsman can always potentially prosper, regardless of conditions.

I don't think that's really the case. There are bowlers that can take the pitch out of the equation, like Steyn did at Nagpur last year. It's just that we've seen more of batsmen prospering lately than bowlers.

 

[SteveNZ]

Batting on a greentop. One unplayable nut and you're brown bread. Bowling on a road you have more tools - changes of pace, defensive field sets etc. And if you're a pace bowler, a yorker is a yorker on any deck.

 

[smash84]

bowling on roads must be worse. So much physical exertion only to see the ball flying to all corners of the park

 

[Satguru]

Both must be really difficult obviously, but bowling on a road would be far more frustrating and demoralising

 

[abmk]

batting on a green top.

To get out takes only delivery and you're likely to get more of the wicket-taking deliveries on a greentop

 

[Bonnie Prince C]

I am used to batting on pretty green wickets, so on a personal note I would saying bowling on a road. However, speaking generally I would say batting on a green top. As others have said you only get one chance to bat. A good bowler will find a way to people out, no matter how bad the pitch is.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Really don't know.

It's tougher bowling to two "in" batsmen on a road than starting on a green-top.

 

[Himannv]

Bowling on the road is a bigger mental strain as well. Toil away all day with little or no success.

 

[Daemon]

Can you specify which bowling attack you'd be facing on a greentop and which batsmen you'd be bowling to on a road?

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

Is apple a tastier fruit than orange?

 

[Howe_zat]

Is apple a tastier fruit than orange?

Yes.

 

[Ausage]

Is apple a tastier fruit than orange?

No.

 

[Howe_zat]

No.

Bitch I will cut you

 

[Spikey]

depends on whether i'm eating the apple on a hot day or a cold