Former Pakistan cricket workforce coach Micky Arthur took to social media to precise his ideas concerning the pitches getting used within the ongoing India vs England in addition to the Australia vs West Indies collection. Arthur praised the surfaces getting used and commented that Test cricket may be ‘thrilling’ if the pitches ‘barely favours the bowlers’. “Test cricket gets so exciting to watch when you have pitches which slightly favours the bowlers instead of just flat lifeless ones!,” he wrote on X (previously Twitter).
While Arthur didn’t particularly deal with anybody within the social media publish, a number of customers had been satisfied that it was a dig on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). During the Test collection towards England at dwelling in 2023, followers weren’t proud of the pitches with each groups scoring heaps of runs.
An identical sample was seen as soon as once more when Australia travelled to Pakistan and even on that event, simply 14 wickets fell in 5 days through the Test match in Rawalpindi. When it involves batting, the 400-run mark was additionally breached by either side a number of occasions through the three-match Test collection.
Test cricket will get so thrilling to look at when you might have pitches which barely favours the bowlers as an alternative of simply flat lifeless ones!#INDvsENG #AUSvWI
— Mickey Arthur (@Mickeyarthurcr1) January 26, 2024
Here are the reactions to Arthur’s view:
Arrow straight to the PCB
— Ash (@Ashsay_) January 26, 2024
Mickey owned PCB
— Max (@Max55855195) January 26, 2024
Cannot agree extra. Test cricket is actual cricket and is fantastic to look at when there’s an excellent contest between bat and ball.
— S Harinath (@Harinath1961) January 26, 2024
Ollie Pope struck a defiant century to assist England bounce again with a lead of 126 after their batting stutter towards a persistent Indian assault within the opening Test on Saturday.
England’s second innings reached 316-6 at stumps on day three in Hyderabad with Pope (148) and Rehan Ahmed (16) on the crease.
India completed their first innings on 436 with a lead of 190 and had England in hassle at 163-5 when Pope anchored a 112-run stand with wicketkeeper Ben Foakes, who made 34.
Pope reached his fifth Test ton and first towards India with three runs off Ravindra Jadeja, eradicating his helmet and elevating his bat to soak within the applause.
Pope dug in as he performed back-and-forth sweeps to good impact, neutralising India’s forceful spin assault.
He survived one misjudged reverse sweep to backward level whereas on 110 when Axar Patel dropped the catch off Jadeja.
Axar’s left-arm spin dispatched Foakes to finish the partnership however Pope made the day his personal in a marathon knock that includes 17 boundaries.
Pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took two wickets every.
(With AFP Inputs)
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