Your opinion on 3rd test wicket?

[Chrish]

Honest question not having seeing a ball of day 2; Was the pitch as bad as the scorecard makes it look? Did it have uneven bounce?

In short, was this wicket acceptable? I am not asking about entertainment value. Was it a fair wicket or lotto wicket?

 

[Chrish]

On a scale 1-10, 1 being the worst and 10 being the best pitch, how do you rank it?

 

[honestbharani]

I would rate it 4 out of 10, a bad pitch but not poor IMO. I have explained why here:

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

I think probably need to start India Doom and Gloom thread. Never have felt this empty inside after a long, by the margin of victory, a thorough rout. I hope the curator will bring in a road roller and make it an absolute Keira Knightly for the last test. Our pampered batsmen would at least...

www.cricketweb.net

 

[Shri]

pitch - 5/10

pink ball - 1/10

 

[Teja.]

On a scale 1-10, 1 being the worst and 10 being the best pitch, how do you rank it?

2.5/10.

 

[Arachnodouche]

I would rate it 4 out of 10, a bad pitch but not poor IMO. I have explained why here:

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

I think probably need to start India Doom and Gloom thread. Never have felt this empty inside after a long, by the margin of victory, a thorough rout. I hope the curator will bring in a road roller and make it an absolute Keira Knightly for the last test. Our pampered batsmen would at least...

www.cricketweb.net

4/10 sounds about right. That Keira Knightley reference in the quoted thread is pretty classy too...

 

[ankitj]

I don't know about the pitch. Some say they batted badly (see KP below). But it's not a game at the end of which I go "God, I love test cricket".

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1364976218479681537

 

[nzfan]

Defensive skills of both sides were much wanting. They kept blocking by the side of the ball. I suppose that's all right if you're a pom as you don't get as many spinning decks in UK but when did India lose the skills to block in front of the pads or use the feet to get to the pitch of the ball?

Pitch was about 5 IMO, the batsmen were generally poor. India blasted the second innings run in a canter with no trouble. If it was that worse at least they should have lost like 3 or 4 wickets.

I may have found maybe half a dozen balls that kept lower but not ridiculously low.

 

[Burgey]

Fun to watch if a neutral or you jag a win. terrible to bat on.

 

[silentstriker]

3/10. Should be rated poor by the ICC.

Joe Root got 5/8 in the first innings - on day 2 of a Test match. I'm sorry but that is not only bad batting.


That's a pitch (and perhaps the ball, which according to players skidded on much quicker) that has an element of luck that's too large compared to skill (note: that doesn't mean skill was zero, it just means the proportions were off). I had no problems with the Chennai pitch.

I would reserve 1-2/10 for pitches that are dangerous, which this one was not.

 

[theegyptian]

I'd be lenient with the assessment of the pitch if I was the ICC. It being only the second pink ball test in India is certainly a mitigating factor in this instance.

 

[Athlai]

3/10. Should be rated poor by the ICC.

Joe Root got 5/8 in the first innings - on day 2 of a Test match. I'm sorry but that is not only bad batting.


That's a pitch (and perhaps the ball, which according to players skidded on much quicker) that has an element of luck that's too large compared to skill (note: that doesn't mean skill was zero, it just means the proportions were off). I had no problems with the Chennai pitch.

I would reserve 1-2/10 for pitches that are dangerous, which this one was not.

This is a pretty reasonable assessment
1-2 (dangerous) should probably see that ground never get a match again or at least not for years
A pitch like this was taking the piss but with the pink ball as well you'd still only want to slap them on the wrist.

 

[GIMH]

I don't know about the pitch. Some say they batted badly (see KP below). But it's not a game at the end of which I go "God, I love test cricket".

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1364976218479681537

He'd know a thing or two about getting out to non dangerous spinners

I rate the pitch 5/8 out of 10 and yes I've stolen an RTB joke and I'm not even sorry

 

[Burgey]

3/10. Should be rated poor by the ICC.

Joe Root got 5/8 in the first innings - on day 2 of a Test match. I'm sorry but that is not only bad batting.


That's a pitch (and perhaps the ball, which according to players skidded on much quicker) that has an element of luck that's too large compared to skill (note: that doesn't mean skill was zero, it just means the proportions were off). I had no problems with the Chennai pitch.

I would reserve 1-2/10 for pitches that are dangerous, which this one was not.

Pretty fair assessment imo.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I’d give it a three. Batsman these days don’t play a lot of cricket outside of the Internationals when they’re under contract and they have poor techniques on anything that does a bit extra. I still think the England First Innings on the first day was about 50 below par.

 

[CharlesLara]

3/10. Should be rated poor by the ICC.

Joe Root got 5/8 in the first innings - on day 2 of a Test match. I'm sorry but that is not only bad batting.


That's a pitch (and perhaps the ball, which according to players skidded on much quicker) that has an element of luck that's too large compared to skill (note: that doesn't mean skill was zero, it just means the proportions were off). I had no problems with the Chennai pitch.

I would reserve 1-2/10 for pitches that are dangerous, which this one was not.

I think this is the key. When a part timer can rip through a side like that on Day 2, let alone on day 5 (ala Clarke) then we gotta start asking a couple of questions. Now obviously poor defences and some terrible batting helped make it seem even worse, but the Joe Root spell is key.

 

[Pratters]

1/10. Turned square and has grubby bounce.

The Narendra Modi Stadium should be banned for 2 years from hosting international matches for preparing such a substandard pitch. Obviously will not happen

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

From now on if Rubel Hossain takes a 3-fer in an innings the pitch should be declared a joke.

 

[White Ball]

I thought it was a good Cricket wicket good value for shots as you saw in India’s second innings and the opportunity to take wickets

 

[Burgey]