Cricket season

CnC 306 wrote:

After England thrashed Pakistan in the first test at Multan 4 months ago Pakistan have taken a new route. They have prepared turning wickets so much so that they now open the howling with two spinners who took all the wickets in the 2nd Yest at Multan then took all but one in the 3rd test at Rawalpindi thus giving Pakistan a 2-1 series win. 

they then toured SA leaving those two dearly spinners at home knowingly that they would not be required on SA pitches They lost  2-0 

Now back in Pakistan they played the West Indies and beat them in Multan on a spinners paradise to go 1 up

The 2nd test, also played at Multan on a spinners wicket ended with the West Indies winning yet another low scoring match.

Appears that Pakistan take preparing wickets to the extreme either a flat 600 plays 550 track or a pitch that produces 16/17/18 and even 19 wickets a day,

I assume that the fans of Pakistan are happy with those 2 wins against England and the first test beating of the West Indies, but surely they can see that it’s not good for the game.

Maybe they are happy as it’s their conditions and it’s their way of beating a visiting teams.

England have the overcast conditions that help them, Aussies have their rowdy fans, Sri Lanka have their turning wickets etc etc

One thing is that there are no longer boring draws

Pun intended I am sure 

I have seen videos of Pakistan groundmen test preparations and they cover the pitch in a tent and use giant fans to make sure the ball is turning from session 1 of day 1. Crazy really, but as you mentioned, technically they are not doing anything wrong, using conditions to their advantage. 
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