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Originally Posted by Rachael I didn't bother following either of the recent pyjama games... but got the impression that not even an attack of McGrath, Akhtar, Pollock, Harmison and Gillespie could have done much on the pitch on offer.
Strikes me that on these pitches our best bet is actually to just pick our 11 best batsmen and toss up any old rubbish as "bowling": aim to post 400 and see what happens.
My team for the next game we play where the pitch isn't fit to bowl on: Knight, Trescothick (wk), Strauss, Hick, Butcher, Hussain, Vaughan (cpt), Thorpe, Collingwood, Solanki, McGrath
Bowling from Tresco, Butcher, Vaughan, Collingwood, Hick, McGrath (so that even if we don't break 400 the opposition will).
Then again.. how about just walking out in protest at a pitch that's not fit for cricket and demanding that the ICC does something to prevent situations arising in which no bowler on earth stands a cat in hells chance of actualy doing what a quality bowler is supposed to do.
Sorry - very, very fed up with the pyjama game turning into a poor-mans version of baseball. |
It's all very well saying that, but I know many guys, who don't really get Test Cricket, but will happily watch a one-day game. The reason is that they often have an exciting finish and they get too see both sides bat, with a result!!
50 overs games need to be good batting pitches, there is no point playing the game on anything else. People come to see batsman playing shots.
If we got rid of one-day cricket, the game would die. It may not meet your taste, but you will have to live with it. Personally I am looking forward to the first ever 20-Twenty international, which is bound to happen sooner rather than later.