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This pitch is paradise for the spinners but seamers taking early wickets under the light is kinda -out of the syllabus- situation.

The kind of help pitch was offering to spin during first 2 session, i had no idea that Indian seamers will also have some fun on this pitch, guess bowling under the light do have some effect in India, sample size is small tho (it happens only in SENA countries). In their short spell i've already seen fair amount of outswing and inswing.
The wicket looks interesting as the pitch is helping spinners and fast bowlers and that is what is needed to see interesting matches, i did not expect this kind of match as the batsman was struggling and that is what is interesting to watch.

BCCi should host more D/N test. Let's say 2 D/N if its 4-5 test match series (against Eng and Aus) and 1 fixed D/N when its 2-3 match series. Crowd is eccentric and have some sort of IPL vibes.

Ofc venue also matter.
Looks like the day night matches are fun to watch as everyone is throwing their bat and end up loosing wickets, Sri Lanka lost their 5 wicket and this is the third session of the first day and already 15 days lost in the day and by the speed of the match it will be over within 3 days  Cheesy.
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The pitch of ‘Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium’ has received one demerit point from ICC: PAK vs AUS: Rawalpindi pitch given one demerit point, rated 'below average' by ICC
If i'm being honest then i think they got the sweet deal and got off easy because this is historic series but what a shame.

I remember Aus vs Ind boxing day test match. That particular pitch received a shitload amount of hate from the fans and guess 3 demerit points from the ICC, also some ban threats locally.
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England are at a comfortable position 217/1. This game is now no more heading towards a draw it still can be won by the English side. They have already a lead of 153 runs and I am sure they will add 50 more runs and then declare. WI will try to draw the match but if English bowler bowl well they do have a chance on the last day.
The chance is very low for England to win the match by showing good bowling figure. They are trying to take a big lead by making quick runs. England has already taken a lead of 200 runs. Probably they will declare their 2nd innings at the end of first session today. This match is heading towards the draw.

In the last test match between these two countries, we saw that Pakistan scored big in the first inning and the Australians responded equally well.
Now in this test match, it's the other way around. Australia will make a big score in the region of 400 - 500 and it will be the test of Pakistani players as how they will bat in the pressure. No matter how good the batting side you have, there is always a pressure when you are chasing a big score.
And the bowlers won't be able to create much pressure to the batsman if the pitch has nothing for the bowlers. The first test match has ended as a draw without any competition. Seems like the pitch condition of this match is same like the previous test match. It will be really bad if the pitch of Karachi behaves in the same way like the first test match.

The pitch of ‘Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium’ has received one demerit point from ICC: PAK vs AUS: Rawalpindi pitch given one demerit point, rated 'below average' by ICC
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This pitch is paradise for the spinners but seamers taking early wickets under the light is kinda -out of the syllabus- situation.

The kind of help pitch was offering to spin during first 2 session, i had no idea that Indian seamers will also have some fun on this pitch, guess bowling under the light do have some effect in India, sample size is small tho (it happens only in SENA countries). In their short spell i've already seen fair amount of outswing and inswing.




BCCi should host more D/N test. Let's say 2 D/N if its 4-5 test match series (against Eng and Aus) and 1 fixed D/N when its 2-3 match series. Crowd is eccentric and have some sort of IPL vibes.

Ofc venue also matter.
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^ That was an outstanding batting performance from Iyer. India are all out for 252 after Shreyas Iyer makes 92. That's a good total to reach on a turning wicket. This is a brilliant bowling performance by Sri Lanka, but the pitch isn't going to be easy. It looks like Sri Lanka's batters are surviving in batting as well, three wickets gone. I haven't seen such a buzzing atmosphere in Bengaluru in the last two years.
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India - 252 allout  RR 4.26 lol

Looks good score, excellent batting from Iyer. He missed out ton but he played very crucial knock. Now India should start with the spin right away.



Credit for this 252 goes to Shreyas Iyer 92 runs innings rest of the batting just collapsed infant of SL bowling. Pitch is definitely for slow bowlers as 8 of Indian wickets were taken by Lasith Embuldeniya, Praveen Jayawickrama and Dhananjaya de Silva.
SL has lost 2 quick wickets to Bumrah. Seems like Sharma Ji is reading your post as he opened his bowling with Ashwin.
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D/N test and i have a feeling that this is going to be over under 3 days.

First session and so far Indian batters looked troubled when facing spinners, it would be interesting to see if they trust their defence technique or not.

If pitch start deteriorating during second inning then i'll feel sorry for the SL, they are up against Ashwin-Jaddu-Axar. I wish they put up some fight against this spin trio.



Sri Lankan's spinners need to be discipline with their line n length, there is more than enough support for the bowlers. Wickets will fall automatically if they keep things tight. They are asking right questions to batters but also bowling 1-2 loose delivery every over.


Don't want to jinx it but Vihari looking good.

A bad start by the Indian side, they have lost 7 wickets for just 210 runs on board. The only hope for India is Iyer as he is still on the pitch with Patel. I am not expecting this partnership to last for a long time. Next to bat are Shami and Bumrah.

This is the reason why Jadeja does not get selected so often to the Indian side he got out just for 4 runs. It would be too early to say that this game will be over in 3 days.
I like to believe that India already got enough runs on board.

221 runs already and anything from here is bonus. Pitch is minefield and not easy to bat on. SL's batters need to bat bravely to match this score against the Indian spinners.

India did good by replacing Pujara-Rahane with Vihari-Iyer. Both have good domestic experience against spin. Vihari looked extremely good for his 31 runs and Iyer producing masterclass on spin track, now he should farm the strike as he's batting with no 10-11.




India - 252 allout  RR 4.26 lol

Looks good score, excellent batting from Iyer. He missed out ton but he played very crucial knock. Now India should start with the spin right away.

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In the last test match between these two countries, we saw that Pakistan scored big in the first inning and the Australians responded equally well.
Now in this test match, it's the other way around. Australia will make a big score in the region of 400 - 500 and it will be the test of Pakistani players as how they will bat in the pressure. No matter how good the batting side you have, there is always a pressure when you are chasing a big score.

On stumps day 1, Aus are 251/3. Khawaja is still not out on 127. Definitely Australia will score somewhere around 400-450 and Pakistan will have to chase down. Today was Australia day and Pakistan need quick wickets if they wanna remain in the game.

One important thing I noticed in today's game is that there is hardly any spectator in the stadium despite the fact its holiday today.
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Ind vs SL

D/N test and i have a feeling that this is going to be over under 3 days.

First session and so far Indian batters looked troubled when facing spinners, it would be interesting to see if they trust their defence technique or not.

If pitch start deteriorating during second inning then i'll feel sorry for the SL, they are up against Ashwin-Jaddu-Axar. I wish they put up some fight against this spin trio.



Sri Lankan's spinners need to be discipline with their line n length, there is more than enough support for the bowlers. Wickets will fall automatically if they keep things tight. They are asking right questions to batters but also bowling 1-2 loose delivery every over.


Don't want to jinx it but Vihari looking good.

A bad start by the Indian side, they have lost 7 wickets for just 210 runs on board. The only hope for India is Iyer as he is still on the pitch with Patel. I am not expecting this partnership to last for a long time. Next to bat are Shami and Bumrah.

This is the reason why Jadeja does not get selected so often to the Indian side he got out just for 4 runs. It would be too early to say that this game will be over in 3 days.
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Khawaja and Smith have scored 100 and 50 so far as Australia 200/2 in 3rd session of day 1. Its too early to say whether it's a draw or we have winner. Wait till Pakistan first innings.

In the last test match between these two countries, we saw that Pakistan scored big in the first inning and the Australians responded equally well.
Now in this test match, it's the other way around. Australia will make a big score in the region of 400 - 500 and it will be the test of Pakistani players as how they will bat in the pressure. No matter how good the batting side you have, there is always a pressure when you are chasing a big score.
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The pitch doesn't provide any sort of support for the bowlers. Once again, this is going to be another boring draw. Usman Khawaja is getting close to a century, while Steven Smith is nearing his half-century. A total in excess of 400-450 looks very much possible for Australia, but they need to bowl out Pakistan for something less than 300 in order to win this match. And given the pitch conditions, it looks very much impossible. Don't understand the purpose of having these sort of meaningless matches. Another one is going on in West Indies, against England.

Lots of test cricket going on around the world. Pakistan Australia,  India Srilanka and WI England.

Khawaja and Smith have scored 100 and 50 so far as Australia 200/2 in 3rd session of day 1. Its too early to say whether it's a draw or we have winner. Wait till Pakistan first innings.

Srilanka in first session have done a good job as they got rid of all top 4 Indian batsmen. Kohli once again fail to play big innings. Don't know how much more chances he needed.
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Australia vs Pakistan second test match started in karachi today. So far its Australia that is in command, as they have scored 79 runs without losing any wicket. From Australia side Mitchell Swepson is making his test debut, so far he has played only 7 T20Is. Faheem Ashraf from Pakistan has found his way back in the team. Let's see won wins this game.

The pitch doesn't provide any sort of support for the bowlers. Once again, this is going to be another boring draw. Usman Khawaja is getting close to a century, while Steven Smith is nearing his half-century. A total in excess of 400-450 looks very much possible for Australia, but they need to bowl out Pakistan for something less than 300 in order to win this match. And given the pitch conditions, it looks very much impossible. Don't understand the purpose of having these sort of meaningless matches. Another one is going on in West Indies, against England.
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Ind vs SL

D/N test and i have a feeling that this is going to be over under 3 days.

First session and so far Indian batters looked troubled when facing spinners, it would be interesting to see if they trust their defence technique or not.

If pitch start deteriorating during second inning then i'll feel sorry for the SL, they are up against Ashwin-Jaddu-Axar. I wish they put up some fight against this spin trio.



Sri Lankan's spinners need to be discipline with their line n length, there is more than enough support for the bowlers. Wickets will fall automatically if they keep things tight. They are asking right questions to batters but also bowling 1-2 loose delivery every over.


Don't want to jinx it but Vihari looking good.
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England batsman are playing very well now in the second innings. They have already taken a lead of 82 runs by losing 1 wicket only. I thought the pitch will be helpful for the bowlers from today, but it is now in favour of the batsman. Most probably this match will end as a draw without any hard contest between the two teams. Now the betting odds for the draw is 1.2× only.
England top order is playing well in the second innings and Zak Crawley scored a century and even Joe Root is batting well and he could reach his century as well but the fourth day is over and there is not much time left in this match and England is only leading by 153 runs and they will try to score a lead over 250 runs and then ask West Indies to chance them if they want to make things interesting, but this match will end up in a draw.

England are at a comfortable position 217/1. This game is now no more heading towards a draw it still can be won by the English side. They have already a lead of 153 runs and I am sure they will add 50 more runs and then declare. WI will try to draw the match but if English bowler bowl well they do have a chance on the last day.
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England top order is playing well in the second innings and Zak Crawley scored a century and even Joe Root is batting well and he could reach his century as well but the fourth day is over and there is not much time left in this match and England is only leading by 153 runs and they will try to score a lead over 250 runs and then ask West Indies to chance them if they want to make things interesting, but this match will end up in a draw.

Yet another boring draw in the horizon. 5 days of play and still the match ends in a draw. Matches such as this one are the reason why people are losing interest in test cricket. Especially disappointed with England, since I thought that they were at a much higher level when compared to useless West Indies. But their top order and upper middle order collapsed completely in the first innings, and their bowling was disappointing (perhaps with the exception of Mark Wood). It is sad that England doesn't have quality bowlers to replace Stuart Broad and James Anderson.

Furthermore, rain interrupted the fourth days, which made the environment even more boring. England may be in the ascendancy after Zak Crawley's century, but this one is headed for a draw. Though Crawley and Root are well positioned to load another century. It would have been nice if England had had a couple of good pace-men.
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Australia vs Pakistan second test match started in karachi today. So far its Australia that is in command, as they have scored 79 runs without losing any wicket. From Australia side Mitchell Swepson is making his test debut, so far he has played only 7 T20Is. Faheem Ashraf from Pakistan has found his way back in the team. Let's see won wins this game.
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England top order is playing well in the second innings and Zak Crawley scored a century and even Joe Root is batting well and he could reach his century as well but the fourth day is over and there is not much time left in this match and England is only leading by 153 runs and they will try to score a lead over 250 runs and then ask West Indies to chance them if they want to make things interesting, but this match will end up in a draw.

Yet another boring draw in the horizon. 5 days of play and still the match ends in a draw. Matches such as this one are the reason why people are losing interest in test cricket. Especially disappointed with England, since I thought that they were at a much higher level when compared to useless West Indies. But their top order and upper middle order collapsed completely in the first innings, and their bowling was disappointing (perhaps with the exception of Mark Wood). It is sad that England doesn't have quality bowlers to replace Stuart Broad and James Anderson.
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England batsman are playing very well now in the second innings. They have already taken a lead of 82 runs by losing 1 wicket only. I thought the pitch will be helpful for the bowlers from today, but it is now in favour of the batsman. Most probably this match will end as a draw without any hard contest between the two teams. Now the betting odds for the draw is 1.2× only.
England top order is playing well in the second innings and Zak Crawley scored a century and even Joe Root is batting well and he could reach his century as well but the fourth day is over and there is not much time left in this match and England is only leading by 153 runs and they will try to score a lead over 250 runs and then ask West Indies to chance them if they want to make things interesting, but this match will end up in a draw.
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~snip~ English batsmen will also have no trouble, and they can stay at crease for some long time and go for draw of this first test.
If they fail then surely they can face another defeat which could be the worst for them as West Indies is also very poor team right now. Just before end of today Lawrence take second wicket of his career as he removes Bonner.
England batsman are playing very well now in the second innings. They have already taken a lead of 82 runs by losing 1 wicket only. I thought the pitch will be helpful for the bowlers from today, but it is now in favour of the batsman. Most probably this match will end as a draw without any hard contest between the two teams. Now the betting odds for the draw is 1.2× only.
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Counter argument would be.

Pitches are more friendly to bowlers (We see plenty of results instead of draws) and batting has taken a fair amount of hit. Giving a Indian example, earlier India used to have excellent batters of spin, at least 5-6 players on top order and now look at current lot.

If this current Indian line up facing Ashwin-Jadeja then most of em would fail royally except couple of guys.
I would not say that the pitches are more bowler friendly but it is fair for everyone and to hold up the interest in Test matches, there was a time when the pitches were created solely for the batsman and hence most of the matches ended up in a draw and in order to see results the ICC might have pressurized respective countries to create pitches that will aide batsman and bowlers and hence we are seeing results.
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