Haris who? We need someone with more than Saurav Ganguly’s pace.
Well at least they're trying something.These Fans:
So there were alot of jokes going on at the Cricinfo commentary, where they kept saying the Industrial fans are on their way to Rawalpindi to make the pitch a spinning track.
There was a time when Pakistan used to travel with a Kala Pathar (black marble slab) for practices against bounce. It looks like these fans will become a part of the Pakistan Cricket Folk.
Question, can these fans turn the flattest wicket on Earth into a spinning track in a weeks time?
It hasnt rained in Rawalpindi for more than 2 weeks now, so trust me there isnt really anything to dryout.
I hope it's a turner and they lose again
A left arm pacer can create some rough patches for Sajid Khan though.
Australian curator got nothing on our desi methods.Looks like they’ve setup an open air tandoor to try and get this pitch to turn. They hired an Australian curator but when the going gets tough, you always go back to desi methods
Hamza despite his lack of speed had been decent in Test Cricket. Moreover after Khurram Shehzad he has looked the most threatening pacer in getting wickets with the new ball
I think that’s very optimistic 78mph, he may bowl the odd few deliveries 78-81mph but that’s him going absolutely flat out.
I know what you are saying but options are thin for Pakistan at the moment.
Mohammad Ali has been mediocre in Test Cricket
Eng need to be scared, 120kph thunderbolts coming
tribune.com.pk
Honestly, the hype over this glorified finger spinner is something else.
Not a fan of Agha as a credible 5th bowling option ...
what you need is a top surface that crumbles on day 2 ....
Important toss coming up. More important than the second test in Multan
that white sheen on a surface devoid of any marks indicates a complete road ... what you need is Afridi with his dancing shows on roughing up the spinners length for next 3 daysI still think it won't give the ball much turn
Not just him but it is with whole pak team, these PR agencies and unemployed youth on social media have also damaged our cricket.
What a road!I still think it won't give the ball much turn
Icc officially should add these industrial fans in cricketing equipments.I still think it won't give the ball much turn
Pakistan pitch plan a compliment to England
To put the transformation into context, data analysts Cricviz usually rate Multan as the second-flattest pitch on the planet. By day three of the second Test, the Multan surface was ranked as the most difficult anywhere in Pakistan since Test cricket returned to the country in 2019.
In the same timeframe, it was ranked in the top 10% for toughest pitches in 190 Tests played across the world.
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The pitch created a huge element of chance, tantamount to, yet not quite the same, as the flick of a coin. Captains Shan Masood and Ben Stokes both acknowledged the importance of the toss, with Stokes suggesting after the match Pakistan could have looked “silly” if their plan backfired.
Stokes also admitted there is nothing unusual in employing home advantage and England often do the same – the Trent Bridge Ashes Test of 2015, Stuart Broad’s 8-15, is a famous example.
Perhaps it is a comment on the relative strength of Pakistan’s Test cricket at the moment that the conditions in Multan are being shrugged off. It can only be imagined what the reaction might have been had the same thing been done in India. As it stands, England have not complained, either publicly or privately.
On the toss, England could do with getting better, and quickly. The two at Multan made it seven losses in a row. Stokes said he’ll carry on calling tails for the decider in Rawalpindi. Maybe he should spend the extra day off practising.
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More broadly, this was another Test on the subcontinent where England have been outspun, though after next week it will not be a problem they will have to consider for some time.
Since the beginning of 2021, England have had five series in Asia. Two here, two in India and one in Sri Lanka. This decade, their eight wins on this continent is more than they managed in the 1970s, 80s and 90s combined. Their next trip is not until two Tests in Bangladesh in early 2027.
And so to Rawalpindi, and a proper series decider – one where the teams are level going into the final match. England haven’t had one of those since the home series against South Africa in 2022, the first Bazball summer.
One wonders when the Rawalpindi groundsman got a call to change his previous plans for the pitch.
In the first of two Tests against Bangladesh on that ground in August, Pakistan did not play a frontline spinner. Now there might not be a need for a seamer, with Masood confirming he wants another turner.
If a fresh pitch had been prepared, it may soon be excavated by a JCB.
England should be flattered.
Pakistan vs England: Multan pitch plan a compliment to tourists
England should be flattered by Pakistan's pitch plan, but the second Test wasn't only decided at the toss, says Stephan Shemilt.www.bbc.com
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It's not a compliment if you can't play well outside anytime pitch does something.
Reporter is saying the same thing, ---
I don't have a problem either way. Just need some consistency while judging pitches.
Yeah I know that Stokes and McCullum are fine with it.
Use helicopter
Obviously we would like the pitch to take some spin. The issue is Aqib Javed thinks he has this cracked- and its all very easy by just preparing a turner. But it will blow up in our face every single time if England win the toss. Our batters are not amazing against decent quality spin and England will be 260-3 after the first two sessions, and there will be no coming back from that, if it becomes a raging turner from mid second session
That's the way to go.
Yeah because last time a test was finished in 2.5 days in Ahmedabad with Murali Axar taking half of the wickets.Pitch talks are only applicable for Indian pitches.
Despite being a used pitch it was a decent surface. Two hundreds in the game. English pacers got wickets. It was a better pitch to bat on than the standard Indian pitch. There is nothing to complain about.
He is way worst than Ahmed Shahzad better to drop him now and give chance to Huraria.
I don't the point
they dont need heavy burst of air so they are using industrial fans this time lol
India vs Bangladesh 2nd test was only lasted for less than 180 overs that doesn't pitch was Turner. It was flat pitch.
Who are the express pacers in pakistan currently ?
Don't believe we need more batting depth. Noman is already coming at no. 10.
I believe PCB missed a great opportunity of roping in a fan sponsor for those huge pedestal fans.
If the surface does not crack , it will remain a road ...Pakistan use patio heaters and giant fans to prepare pitch for third Test
- Shan Masood craving turning surface against England
- Toss may be vital in Rawalpindi Test series decider
After flourishing on a tired, cracked pitch in the second Test, Pakistan are employing every method at their disposal to get the surface for Thursday’s deciding encounter in Rawalpindi in a similar state – with the aid of a pair of giant windbreaks, two outsized fans and six patio heaters.
The fans were used before the second Test to accelerate the deterioration of the pitch in Multan, with the intention of creating a surface that would offer Pakistan’s spinners maximum turn and grip. The approach proved so successful that two of them, Noman Ali and Sajid Khan, took all 20 English wickets as the home side won by 152 runs to level the series, revelling in conditions that Ben Stokes, the England captain, called “pretty extreme”.
“It was a team effort,” said Shan Masood, Pakistan’s captain. “I’m happy to give credit to everyone involved in deciding conditions. We have to decide what is best for Pakistan cricket and implement that.”
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That Multan pitch had already been played on for the five days of the opening Test whereas the Rawalpindi strip is fresh, and at a ground generally regarded as being hostile to spin. “I would like a turning pitch,” Masood said on Friday. “I don’t know if I’ve seen a turner in Rawalpindi – that’s an issue. We’re still hoping that the sun can play its part and the wicket can be on the drier side. I think the groundsmen are already there working on it.”
The sun is doing its best to help, with clear skies and temperatures in the low 30s forecast in Rawalpindi all week, but the ground staff – led by the Australian Tony Hemming, a former head curator for the ICC in Dubai and author of the book Extreme Stadium Turf: Middle East Conditions – have clearly decided that the weather alone will be insufficient.
On Sunday they had positioned three gas-fuelled patio heaters at each end of the pitch to get the air as hot as possible, a giant fan behind each of them to send the freshly baked air rolling across the surface, and a windbreak at each end to stop it escaping, allowing it to be reheated and recycled. Pakistan will hope not only that three more days of roasting makes the pitch perfect for spin, but also that England don’t spoil everything by winning the toss to give their own spinners the best of conditions.
Pakistan use patio heaters and giant fans to prepare pitch for third Test
Shan Masood says the hosts want another turning surface in the Rawalpindi decider against Englandwww.theguardian.com
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We are used to hearing international captains saying team effort for playing well , but captains praising team effort for curating pitch is something new.
Why have they hired a foreign pitch curator if he is capable enough to make one? Why are they playing him???
Obviously, cry babies.
