Comments on: What is a good cricket pitch?

By: Bobby K

Bobby K — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:07:36 +0000

Anyone else really enjoying seeing the Indians struggle on that featherbed in Nagpur.

They could at least try to kill cricket more subtely!

By: King Cricket

King Cricket — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:54:10 +0000

The aim of the game is to take wickets, but batsmen still have worth.

The aim of football is to score goals, but goalkeepers are valuable players.

By: Shalabh

Shalabh — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:30:12 +0000

The post contradicts itself. First you say, cricket is about taking wickets. Then at the end you say ‘….pitches show you the worth of a cricketer, because a run has more value.’ If a cricketer is someone who scores tough runs, how is cricket about taking wickets?

By: pavan

pavan — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:20:21 +0000

preferably one without streakers I suppose.

By: daneel

daneel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:11:43 +0000

I don’t know why that game was abandoned. I’m sure that with the awesome batting we had to come we’d have posted a reasonable score.

What a tail we had in those days! These boys could teach Swann or Broad a thing or two about proper tail end batting.

AJ Hollioake, AR Caddick, DW Headley, ARC Fraser, PCR Tufnell

By: wolf

wolf — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:41:36 +0000

“Play was suspended after 10.1 overs (56 minutes) after the batsmen had been struck several times by balls which lifted dangerously off a length.”
That describes half the synthetic pitches here in Melbourne. Good as a bowler when you can deliver a ‘perfume ball’ off a full length.

By: monster cable

monster cable — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:19:55 +0000

There is a similar issue that affects how the weather is seen here in Blighty.

As a shiny newly minted pom, I just can’t believe it when the weather reports state that it’s ‘good’ weather when it might be 35C, hot and humid and probably 10c hotter in the tube. Just because there’s no rain does not mean the weather is ‘good’ (although I admit, it’s certainly a start).

On holiday hot and muggy would be OK. Commuting to work and sitting in a badly air conditioned office with sweat dripping down ones’ back makes high temperatures less of a delight.

Sure, a bit of sun is nice. This doesn’t mean more is better. Maybe it’s the mad dogs and Englishmen thing and I’ll never understand.

By: Miriam

Miriam — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:20:12 +0000

We haven’t had a picture of someone
standing next to a sign saying Moron Centre for, like, years.

By: Ged

Ged — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:59:41 +0000

Good one, Alex. 33 wickets in a day. Is that a record? What did the pitch inspectors say? “Good pitch. Mine’s a pint of porter”, I should imagine.

By: The Dawg

The Dawg — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:35:09 +0000

Happy memories Moron Centre. It was very sad when that game was abandoned, the brief period while it lasted was absolutely enthralling.