5th Test Border Gavaskar Trophy January 3-7 1000hrs @ the SCG

[JuddgementDay]

Time to slowly build a partnership!

 

[dogs105]

1995 Steve Waugh would be very handy on this wicket today

 

[HirdsTheWord]

Serious question. What other country in the entire world would produce a 2-3 day result wicket when the touring side needs a win to take home the trophy?

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SCG groundkeepers have been high on their own supply for a bit of time now.

 

[Shaunbkk]

Not to this extent. Way too heavily skewed towards the ball.

Several mirror deliveries line and bounce are completely different based on just the pitch. It’s a crapshoot.

I prefer there being a bit of balance. This game will be done by end of tomorrow at this rate. Melbourne had the better balance where there was something in it for both bat and ball and lasted the 5 days.

Ridiculous pitches appalling batting but let him enjoy it Yep this is a stupid pitch put together by imbeciles

 

[Stig O'Hara]

An errant mosquito obscuring Smudge’s vision??

 

[Speck]

Internet experts who know nothing about curating a pitch

Do you have any clue how little you can change in the space of 3 days?

Correct - definitely too late to correct it based on the previous result.

Was it India who switched pitches very last minute for a game recently? Not sure if it was the World Cup or something else. That type of approach may have made sense (but we don't tend to do that morally here unlike India would).

 

[Gavin Excell]

Great shot

 

[V_23]

Shot, Smith!

 

[dogs105]

Yep, keep bowling there

 

[Anzacpaul]

That's a shot

 

[ABAB]

Serious question. What other country in the entire world would produce a 2-3 day result wicket when the touring side needs a win to take home the trophy?

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We've never "doctored" pitch like other countries which is very annoying.

 

[troybe]

Smudge wants that 10K

 

[Mick F]

If this was in India, they'd be doctoring the pitch. I have no idea why we wouldn't have a pitch that is completely flat, and have both teams score 600+ an innings for a draw.

It is human nature to take pride in one’s work.

 

[ptrg]

Oh Allan Border... "top of the tv screen is flashing"...

 

[Westend]

Fantastic shot smudge

 

[SC_Power]

Far out not the time for a little humour i gather

Yeah I get the humour, but mixed in with a whole lot of other similar posts from others through the series makes it a little strained, yeah.

 

[Pistol Night]

SCG groundkeepers have been high on their own supply for a bit of time now.

Looks green enough to smoke

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

pretty much sums up the difference between the BCCI and us.

They’re just entitled hypocritical cocksmockers.

 

[philreich]

This ain't over while Smith is still there.

 

[Scorpus]

Serious question. What other country in the entire world would produce a 2-3 day result wicket when the touring side needs a win to take home the trophy?

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It should have been concrete. So bad it gets a poor rating

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Launched.

 

[chriso11]

Just wait until tomorrow. Hot day to bake the pitch and grind our bowlers into the dust. India should be in a good position to push for a win

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

I think this Konstas kid does need to review what he is doing. It's bazball gone mad almost. He is trying to flog every ball to the boundary, more than you would in a T20. Test cricket is going to lend itself to reading the situation occasionally and batting accordingly.

Yeah, he has a lot to learn. Which most 19 year olds do. The concern for me is that, like many modern players, the defence is so loose and he very much likes bat-on-ball which is not always ideal as an opener.
I can see him and out of the side 2-3 times in the next 3-4 years. Hopefully he gets time in the Shield and not Maxwelled through white ball cricket with no chance to prove himself as a learner at FC level.

 

[Topkent]

Not to this extent. Way too heavily skewed towards the ball.

Several mirror deliveries line and bounce are completely different based on just the pitch. It’s a crapshoot.

I prefer there being a bit of balance. This game will be done by end of tomorrow at this rate. Melbourne had the better balance where there was something in it for both bat and ball and lasted the 5 days.

Nah to watch T20 if you want it easy for batsmen. You barely ever see wickets that favour fast bowlers this is great.
Who cares if it's over in 3.5 days, every run means something.

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Cannot understand why they didn’t.
Every other test nation would have.

Our curators have always marched to the best of their own drum so the team needs to play well to win in all circumstances.

Annoying, but maybe it contributes to our success long term given we have more trophies than all the other pitch doctoring nations.