Fixed pitches are not in the Spirit of the Game!

In reply to granite

That trap er crap is baked in, know why? India after being owned at home vs RSA started this extreme home advantage by producing dustbowls that turned square on day one. And, India rules. Khaga will claim shiny 'Bina was extreme home advantage ignoring there were Bourda, QPO and Antigua.

In reply to voiceofreason

On the contrary....fixed pitches are not new phenomenon.....

In 70's & 80's.....West Indies, Australia used to have bouncy fast pitches...

Pakistan & India.... extreme turners....where Qadirs and Hirwanis used to flourish...


In 90's....West Indies pitches, somehow became slow..
Wasim, Waqar,Srinath, Munaf....came to forefront...

Pitches even out through out ...

But now, there is basically no fast bowler or spin bowler ruling world cricket.... techniques poor of batters...
So back to basic...doctored pitches.....same as 70's and 80's.....

Not always pays dividends...New Zealand blanked India....

West Indies spinners had Pakistan batters on rope....
Fingers crossed for second test....two West Indies batter excel.....we can square series...

In reply to Onionman0

You are misunderstanding what fixed pitches really mean

In reply to Brerzerk




Make me understand......

In reply to imusic



Correcto!

The first test was won by two batsmen, had someone batted with Athanaze in the second inning, there would have been a different story.
This series is not over, the same pitch I will keep the same X1.

It is not as if Pakistan was dominant in the match, Saud Shakeel 84 and Mohammad Rizwan 71 won the test for the home team.