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Pretty good crowd

Awesome weather

Pitch is a pudding but so were the pitches in the Caribbean

All in all: a fun day it seems.

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I think that was one of the worst pitches i've ever seen.

I bet some baseball terrorist infiltrated the groundsman's team and doctored it to be like playing on a bowl of porridge.
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We were 13-5 lol
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pstu said:
I think that was one of the worst pitches i've ever seen.

I bet some baseball terrorist infiltrated the groundsman's team and doctored it to be like playing on a bowl of porridge.


Pitch was fine. It was slow, sure, but batsmen SHOULD adjust
Batsmen used to wack 100s on sticky dogs and far worse surfaces
You have to use your feet, not just stand and deliver
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vadinho said:
pstu said:
I think that was one of the worst pitches i've ever seen.

I bet some baseball terrorist infiltrated the groundsman's team and doctored it to be like playing on a bowl of porridge.


Pitch was fine. It was slow, sure, but batsmen SHOULD adjust
Batsmen used to wack 100s on sticky dogs and far worse surfaces
You have to use your feet, not just stand and deliver


No it wasn't. Did you see the delivery that got Guptill out? Actually...

cricinfo said:
Mendis to Guptill, OUT, what do you do Jack? The pitch is low and slow, and it's a T20 and run-rate is crucial. So he gives Mendis the charge, creates enough room to free his arms, reads the length and line right. But. But. But the ball hardly leaves the ground upon pitching. Poor guy is bowled
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pstu said:
vadinho said:
pstu said:
I think that was one of the worst pitches i've ever seen.

I bet some baseball terrorist infiltrated the groundsman's team and doctored it to be like playing on a bowl of porridge.


Pitch was fine. It was slow, sure, but batsmen SHOULD adjust
Batsmen used to wack 100s on sticky dogs and far worse surfaces
You have to use your feet, not just stand and deliver


No it wasn't. Did you see the delivery that got Guptill out? Actually...

cricinfo said:
Mendis to Guptill, OUT, what do you do Jack? The pitch is low and slow, and it's a T20 and run-rate is crucial. So he gives Mendis the charge, creates enough room to free his arms, reads the length and line right. But. But. But the ball hardly leaves the ground upon pitching. Poor guy is bowled


So someone charges on an iffy pitch and gets beaten by the bounce?
Do you think Jack Hobbs would have done that? Wally Hammond? W G Grace?
Batsmen today have such Mercedes pitches that when they get the equivalent of an 83 Civic they have no fucking idea.

We need pitches that are so ridiculously fast and green that 3-4 batsmen go to hospital
We need pitches so dry that the ball turns two feet
We need pitches so slow it barely bounces sometimes
We need NO MORE SHIRT FRONTS
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It was uneven bounce.
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Also, those names you cite never played a T20i

And I was led to believe you were intelligent.
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Were there only 2 games?

Confused

gc.
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i understand you're coming from a purist pov vadz, but this was supposed to be an exhibition and thus needed to be entertaining. While purists might love a battle on a bowlers wicket, if you want to sell the sport you need lots of boundaries.
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It's T/20 - batter driven.

Vads, as usual, can get fucked.

Laughing

gc.
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pstu said:
Also, those names you cite never played a T20i

And I was led to believe you were intelligent.


They played plenty of festival games/Scarborough cricket etc
And Jack Hobbs would murder today's so-called "bowlers"
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Jono said:
i understand you're coming from a purist pov vadz, but this was supposed to be an exhibition and thus needed to be entertaining. While purists might love a battle on a bowlers wicket, if you want to sell the sport you need lots of boundaries.


Baseball = 10 runs in 3 hours?
Cricket = 200 runs in 3.5 hours?

Americans appreciate no-hitters MORE than they appreciate "home run derbies". One guy in MLB got 3 homers in a game last week... hardly any attention...vs what happens when someone throws a no-hitter
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Once again you miss the basic fundamental principle here.

The point is that this particular game was more about the surface that they played on than batter VS bowler. That is the basic fundamental of baseball and why its basic skills can be appreciated. A surface like this was not a fair contest, and did not produce results that present the game in an appropriate light.

The surface, whilst part of the game, needs to contribute evenly to both facets and both teams. That's why they call it a 'fair' pitch. I don't like roads, and I don't like bogs like this piece of shit. It's supposed to be FAIR. That's what creates excitement, and that's what creates a spectacle. That's what brings new people to the game and helps people become better cricketers. Nobody gives a shit about you having a wank over Jack fucking Hobbs.

Cool

gc.