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Originally Posted by Yozza
Farce
19-3
What's the point in playing a 5 day Test match on this type of wicket?
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It'll never be a 5 day test on wickets like that.
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Originally Posted by Buzzo
I wonder what Channel 4 are going to do for the next 3 days? They must be gutted.
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This is a big problem, TV won't keep shelling out for a 5 day cricket if they're not going to get even 50% of that. Test cricket is a 4/5 day affair at it's very best.
India clearly played better than England on that wicket but I've played on much better tracks at village level.
Had that been in the county championship the home team would have been fined and deducted points and no-one would question it.
One sided matches between two teams who are fairly evenly balanced on paper are pointless, one skill set is vastly overemphasised and another almost totally side-lined. I don't have a problem with some home advantage but that wasn't any form of a contest between bat and ball.