Australia on track for an amazing win. The pitch that has helped
Murali has also helped Warne.
That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
FRAN
by Fra » Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:04:19
That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
FRAN
by Mang » Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:09:49
> That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
by Ken Higg » Sat, 13 Mar 2004 14:50:20
> That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
> FRAN
H
by Will Sutto » Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:29:58
> > Australia on track for an amazing win. The pitch that has helped
> > Murali has also helped Warne.
> > That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
> > FRAN
> Well,
> yes, Australia are going to win fair and square bit don't let it get in
> the way of you accusing the SLans of skullduggery.
> It's a day 5 pitch in Galle, how do you expect it to behave?
> H
Now having a spinner opening the bowling on the 1st day makes
you wonder if they have made the wicket to avoid facing the
Australian quicks ?
Now lets go back a year or two and remember those green tops that NZ
"doctored up " for the Indians. They were criticised by a lot of people
from the sub-continent and form other quarters as well. I guess they believe
that what was good for the goose should be good for the gander.
by Lindsa » Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:39:18
> > Australia on track for an amazing win. The pitch that has helped
> > Murali has also helped Warne.
> > That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
> You could accuse people of pitch doctoring if the pitch is completly
> different to normal. I suspect this is a typical pitch for the venue.
> > FRAN
by Ken Higg » Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:17:21
> > > Australia on track for an amazing win. The pitch that has helped
> > > Murali has also helped Warne.
> > > That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
> > > FRAN
> > Well,
> > yes, Australia are going to win fair and square bit don't let it get in
> > the way of you accusing the SLans of skullduggery.
> > It's a day 5 pitch in Galle, how do you expect it to behave?
> > H
> It all depends on how you think a Test wicket should be prepared.
> Most of us ( West ?? ) believe that a wicket should favour the pace
> bowlers in the 1st session and then even out to a good batting wicket
> for the next few days. On the 4th day it should start favouring spin
> and the last day the spin should dominate.
Or do you mean you just like typical Australian conditions?
> Now having a spinner opening the bowling on the 1st day makes
> you wonder if they have made the wicket to avoid facing the
> Australian quicks ?
> Now lets go back a year or two and remember those green tops that NZ
> "doctored up " for the Indians. They were criticised by a lot of people
> from the sub-continent and form other quarters as well. I guess they believe
> that what was good for the goose should be good for the gander.
H
by Will Sutto » Sat, 13 Mar 2004 16:03:38
> > > > Australia on track for an amazing win. The pitch that has helped
> > > > Murali has also helped Warne.
> > > > That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
> > > > FRAN
> > > Well,
> > > yes, Australia are going to win fair and square bit don't let it get
in
> > > the way of you accusing the SLans of skullduggery.
> > > It's a day 5 pitch in Galle, how do you expect it to behave?
> > > H
> > It all depends on how you think a Test wicket should be prepared.
> > Most of us ( West ?? ) believe that a wicket should favour the pace
> > bowlers in the 1st session and then even out to a good batting wicket
> > for the next few days. On the 4th day it should start favouring spin
> > and the last day the spin should dominate.
> Oh, it's that easy is it?
> Or do you mean you just like typical Australian conditions?
> > Now having a spinner opening the bowling on the 1st day makes
> > you wonder if they have made the wicket to avoid facing the
> > Australian quicks ?
> I dunno, but seeing as Australia were fielding both Warne & McGill, isn't
that
> rather betting on winning the toss?
> Or do you suspect SL doctored that as well?
> > Now lets go back a year or two and remember those green tops that NZ
> > "doctored up " for the Indians. They were criticised by a lot of people
> > from the sub-continent and form other quarters as well. I guess they
believe
> > that what was good for the goose should be good for the gander.
> I'd say that most teams try to ensure that the pitch favours their team,
rather
> than the opposition.
> H
by The Wo » Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:19:35
> > Australia on track for an amazing win. The pitch that has helped
> > Murali has also helped Warne.
> > That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
> You could accuse people of pitch doctoring if the pitch is completly
> different to normal. I suspect this is a typical pitch for the venue.
Wog
by Larry de Silv » Sat, 13 Mar 2004 18:41:18
> > > Australia on track for an amazing win. The pitch that has helped
> > > Murali has also helped Warne.
> > > That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
> > > FRAN
> > Well,
> > yes, Australia are going to win fair and square bit don't let it get in
> > the way of you accusing the SLans of skullduggery.
> > It's a day 5 pitch in Galle, how do you expect it to behave?
> > H
> It all depends on how you think a Test wicket should be prepared.
> Most of us ( West ?? ) believe that a wicket should favour the pace
> bowlers in the 1st session and then even out to a good batting wicket
> for the next few days. On the 4th day it should start favouring spin
> and the last day the spin should dominate.
> Now having a spinner opening the bowling on the 1st day makes
> you wonder if they have made the wicket to avoid facing the
> Australian quicks ?
> Now lets go back a year or two and remember those green tops that NZ
> "doctored up " for the Indians. They were criticised by a lot of people
> from the sub-continent and form other quarters as well. I guess they
believe
> that what was good for the goose should be good for the gander.
Laz
by Larry de Silv » Sat, 13 Mar 2004 18:36:27
> That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
> FRAN
Laz
by Larry de Silv » Sat, 13 Mar 2004 18:51:22
> > Australia on track for an amazing win. The pitch that has helped
> > Murali has also helped Warne.
> > That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
> You could accuse people of pitch doctoring if the pitch is completly
> different to normal. I suspect this is a typical pitch for the venue.
Laz
> > FRAN
by Ananda Wijepal » Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:40:00
> > > Australia on track for an amazing win. The pitch that has helped
> > > Murali has also helped Warne.
> > > That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
> > You could accuse people of pitch doctoring if the pitch is completly
> > different to normal. I suspect this is a typical pitch for the venue.
> Nah, a typical Galle pitch doesn't see scores much above 200 from what I
> hear. They've deliberately gone out of their way NOT to prepare a typical
> Murali track. This was a fair pitch where the batsmen could play Murali if
> they were good enough.
If you do a quick search you will find that this ground has produced more
than 300(not 200) on many occasions ( 8 time out of 9 matches).
9 test matches played in Galle
SL 323 SL v NZ 1998
Pak 600/8d SL v SA 2000
SL 522 SL v Pak 2000
SL 470/5d SL v Eng 2000/01
SL 362 SL v Ind 2001
WI 448 SL v WI 2001/02
SL 418 SL v Zim 2001/02
SL 331 SL v Eng 2003/04
Ananda
by The Wo » Sat, 13 Mar 2004 19:51:46
> > > > Australia on track for an amazing win. The pitch that has helped
> > > > Murali has also helped Warne.
> > > > That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
> > > You could accuse people of pitch doctoring if the pitch is completly
> > > different to normal. I suspect this is a typical pitch for the venue.
> > Nah, a typical Galle pitch doesn't see scores much above 200 from what I
> > hear. They've deliberately gone out of their way NOT to prepare a
typical
> > Murali track. This was a fair pitch where the batsmen could play Murali
if
> > they were good enough.
> What you hear is wrong.
> If you do a quick search you will find that this ground has produced more
> than 300(not 200) on many occasions ( 8 time out of 9 matches).
> 9 test matches played in Galle
> SL 323 SL v NZ 1998
> Pak 600/8d SL v SA 2000
> SL 522 SL v Pak 2000
> SL 470/5d SL v Eng 2000/01
> SL 362 SL v Ind 2001
> WI 448 SL v WI 2001/02
> SL 418 SL v Zim 2001/02
> SL 331 SL v Eng 2003/04
by Paul Robso » Sat, 13 Mar 2004 20:06:40
> Will dude, pitch doctoring is when Perth turns into a bounceless spinners
> paradise or Sydney becomes a bouncy, hard and fast wicket that doesn't
> take any spin! I know the Galle pitch very well and it played to right my
> expectations because it ALWAYS takes heaps of spin. Chech Murali's record
> there. No surprise at all. Its only silly idiots like Fran who don't know
> their pitches who talk about dumb things like pitch doctoring. This type
> of sheer ignorance is almost laughable on a cricket newsgroup.
by Ken Higg » Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:46:00
> > Australia on track for an amazing win. The pitch that has helped
> > Murali has also helped Warne.
> > That's one blow against pitch doctoring.
> > FRAN
> Well,
> yes, Australia are going to win fair and square bit don't let it get in
> the way of you accusing the SLans of skullduggery.
> It's a day 5 pitch in Galle, how do you expect it to behave?
> H
Paul, The Chuckster was saying that I couldn't take the Australian win
graciously and then when I said I had acknowledged them winning fair and
square he called me a liar.
H
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