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[Cricket] Cricket- England tour of Pakistan- October 2024



Rodney Thomas

Rodney Thomas

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Beanstalk said:
Still loads of overs to play as well. Min of 40 overs left today, and presumably a day 5 minimum of 90 tomorrow. Will take a massive effort for Pakistan to survive for that long and/or get a lead that takes England out of the game now.

I expect a result here.
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I'm not watching but apparently a few balls started kicking up dust too. Sub-continental wickets can go downhill quickly so you never know with a day 5 pitch (even one as good as this)
 




MJsGhost

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Not a bad start :lolol:
 










Eeyore

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Crikey that kept low. Played all round it though.
 


Simster

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Rodney Thomas said:
To be fair, there aren't many draws in Test cricket now a days. More to do with not preparing properly rather than the pitches but I am not sure these type of wickets are the main problem for falling Test viewership.
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Test cricket having very few draws is exactly how it should be - that's a bare minimum requirement for a game that lasts five days. especially in this day and age.

As for this type of track not being the main problem, well I like cricket but would I choose to watch a game on TV as a neutral where the pitch is so clearly a road? No chance. I think it's a massive problem.

Reading and listening to test bores going on about good but unexceptional players making huge scores is really quite disconcerting. Test cricket should have peril and jeopardy in every over. In the incredible Ashes series of 2005, it felt like that was the case in every single ball.
 


Rodney Thomas

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Simster said:
Test cricket having very few draws is exactly how it should be - that's a bare minimum requirement for a game that lasts five days. especially in this day and age.

As for this type of track not being the main problem, well I like cricket but would I choose to watch a game on TV as a neutral where the pitch is so clearly a road? No chance. I think it's a massive problem.

Reading and listening to test bores going on about good but unexceptional players making huge scores is really quite disconcerting. Test cricket should have peril and jeopardy in every over. In the incredible Ashes series of 2005, it felt like that was the case in every single ball.
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Surely, like with anything, a bit of veriety is the spice of life. You've got 5 days, might as well use them once in a while. I would say it might get a bit boring watching West Indies lose in 2.5 days every match, even for the neutral.
 




Simster

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Rodney Thomas said:
Surely, like with anything, a bit of veriety is the spice of life. You've got 5 days, might as well use them once in a while. I would say it might get a bit boring watching West Indies lose in 2.5 days every match, even for the neutral.
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Yeah I agree that lop-sided series are every bit as bad as games on flat pitches that don't give the bowlers a sniff, but I think that's more about scheduling series sensibly as opposed to preparing pitches that are inadequate for sensible contests. Obviously the issue you highlight is another problem that the people running the game have little interest in fixing.

To be honest, this one feels like Pakistan are doing their best to disprove my annoyance anyway, as they are one down already and have given England two semi-presentable catches already.
 


Triggaaar

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Can't be putting catches down if we want to win this
 




























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