Ever since Brendon McCullum joined as England’s head coach in red-ball cricket and shaped a partnership with captain Ben Stokes, the Three Lions have most popular enjoying residence Checks on flat decks. It is because they’ve adopted an ultra-aggressive strategy whereas batting, and the flat surfaces have made it doable for them to attain quickly to rattle the opposition.
Nevertheless, the ploy backfired within the second Take a look at at Edgbaston in opposition to India within the ongoing Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy. Indian captain Shubman Gill turned the primary batter in Take a look at cricket to amass a double century and 150 in the identical match. The vacationers received the lopsided encounter by 336 runs.
Shubman scored a whopping 585 runs in his first 4 innings on the tour of England. Australian speedster Mitchell Starc, who’s presently within the West Indies, enjoying a three-match Take a look at sequence, mentioned that he would not wish to bowl to Shubman on such unresponsive pitches. The left-arm pacer mentioned that younger England cricketers would not wish to concentrate on the artwork of bowling if the wickets proceed to be as beneficial as it’s now for the batters.
“I wouldn’t bowl to him in England, that’s for positive. I didn’t see a lot of the sport, I noticed the scorecards. There was just a few guys that had been waking up, notably Marnus and Alex Carey and Steve Smith who would sit round a espresso machine and watch the sport. I did see the scores. Who could be a child in England and wish to bowl on a few of these wickets. However from all reviews, it was very sub-continent like which I discover it arduous to consider,” Starc mentioned on the Willow Discuss Podcast (through Indian Categorical).
Australia performed the World Take a look at Championship (WTC) ultimate at Lord’s final month in opposition to South Africa. Bowlers loved bowling on the floor as wickets fell in clusters on the primary couple of days earlier than issues received higher for the batters. Nevertheless, the continuing third Take a look at between India and England on the similar venue is being performed on a pitch the place the bowlers usually are not getting as a lot help.
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