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Why Pakistan keep producing Patha (flat) pitches?

sweep_shot said:
Pakistan need to produce pace-friendly pitches. Pitches which can be exploited by Shaheen, Naseem, Jamal etc.

Flat pitches negate Pakistan's strength which is their pace attack.
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On a bowling wicket our batters will start struggling.... too much confusion for the pitch curators in Pakistan.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
On a bowling wicket our batters will start struggling.... too much confusion for the pitch curators in Pakistan.
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Yeah. That's another concern.

Anyway, flat pitch is not the way to go. It hasn't worked in the last 3 years. Time to try something different I guess.
 
Mockingbird said:
Can somebody with the technical knowhow tell us why pitches are so flat in Pakistan, when on the Indian side you get a variety of surfaces?
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low bounce is due to clay content in soil, you need to have the right mix of clay so the soil is hard and bouncy. higher clay content also means that the pitches hold more water. pakistan doesnt have the right soil for fast bouncy tracks so historically pak relied on reverse swing and spin, from the rough square and pitches falling apart.

however Pakistani curators think putting grass on a low clay content pitch will make it bowling-friendly, when it has the opposite effect, the grass holds the pitch together and it doesnt deteriorate, the pitch become quick and true paced which is ideal for batsmen when the ball doesnt bounce high.

also the hinterland locations of most grounds means that their is rarely any breeze which could aid swing bowling, and topped off with using a kookaburra where the seam disappeared after ten overs and your pretty much got a perfect receipt to kill fast bowlers, who, understandably, want to sand bag on these pitches.

the PCB is an unbelievably incompetent institution.
 
ElRaja said:
low bounce is due to clay content in soil, you need to have the right mix of clay so the soil is hard and bouncy. higher clay content also means that the pitches hold more water. pakistan doesnt have the right soil for fast bouncy tracks so historically pak relied on reverse swing and spin, from the rough square and pitches falling apart.

however Pakistani curators think putting grass on a low clay content pitch will make it bowling-friendly, when it has the opposite effect, the grass holds the pitch together and it doesnt deteriorate, the pitch become quick and true paced which is ideal for batsmen when the ball doesnt bounce high.

also the hinterland locations of most grounds means that their is rarely any breeze which could aid swing bowling, and topped off with using a kookaburra where the seam disappeared after ten overs and your pretty much got a perfect receipt to kill fast bowlers, who, understandably, want to sand bag on these pitches.

the PCB is an unbelievably incompetent institution.
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Thanks for the primer. Clearly the Kookaburra is not working for you guys, should look into other options.
 
Buffet said:
Just to add here,

I recall Pakistani pitches being totally dead during Indian tour of 1989 as well. Pitch like that was not the norm even then, but I recall it being a totaly dead for that series.

Pakistani bowlers were Wasim, Waqar, IK, Qadir and Indian. They collectively had 53 runs per wickets in 4 tests in home conditions.

I am trying to convey that many posters are putting 90% blame on Pakistani bowlers, but I think 70% blame to stand with Zim as bowling unit at home should go to dead pitches. Even Wasim/Waqar/IK/Qadir did poorly on dead pitches.

Dead pitches are certainly an issue. Same Pakistani bowlers bowled out Aus in Aus around 300 runs 3 times. They had no big names. They lack skills to go toe to toe with the best but they are not that bad.
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Fair points in both of your posts...

So .. is it fair to say that the debate is ... that on these "recent" batting phatas, how much factor is the dead wicket vs poor bowling? I guess, no one can give a firm answer... but here is another factor to measure phata wickets...
Higher percentage of drawn test matches... where both teams fail to take opposition's 20 wickets to win the match.

Interestingly if we look at test results in each country since 1/1/2019.. the number of draws is the highest where we agree the bowling have been weak. Please note that nobody mentions WI or ZIM wickets as phata wicket.. only Pakistan gets mentioned in that context.

P.S.. I am not saying that Pakistani wickets are not phata wickets...my only point is that Pakistan's below average bowling attack has also a lot to do with the big scores also. How much... that's up for debate! This wicket in Multan is certainly a phata wicket where there is no help to the bowlers.

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Pakistan had worst batting stats than three of the 4 main teams:
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..and Pakistani bowling performed better than only two teams!

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Tony Hemming is the curator responsible for these flat roads.

Apparently he's on a 2 year contract as the curator.
 
W63L35 said:
Interestingly if we look at test results in each country since 1/1/2019.. the number of draws is the highest where we agree the bowling have been weak. Please note that nobody mentions WI or ZIM wickets as phata wicket.. only Pakistan gets mentioned in that context.

P.S.. I am not saying that Pakistani wickets are not phata wickets...my only point is that Pakistan's below average bowling attack has also a lot to do with the big scores also.
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That's why I was trying to not even look at Pakistani bowling performance and simply looked at visiting sides. That way we don't have to judge Pakistan's bowling. We simply see if pithces are problem for visiting sides or just for Pakistani bowlers.


In Wi in same duration, we saw

Indian bowling avg 17
SA bowling averaging 18
Pakistan's bowling avg 20
BD/Eng - 33

That's why no one talks about WI pitches being that flat. I don't think many think much about Zim nowdays to have them in conversation.

In Pakistan, pitches are problem for visting sides and for Pakistan both. Yes, Aus still won the series despite averaging 44 per wicket and here in this test Eng may even win, but pitch looks dead. We can't say that pitches are not dead when all sides are struggling to pick wickets. That's a direct evidence and we don't need to rely on round about way to see draw percentage.

Off course , superior sides ( batting plus bowling) may find a way to win on same pitches, but pitches are stll very flat in recent years.
 
A successful team has to Have clarity. And this Pakistan team has none.

Continues chopping and changing in the coaching, selection, Pcb, has left the whole set up in disarray, hence they are not performing.

Regarding the bowling, for me the glaring mistake was when Pcb relieved waqar off the duties and installed the inept Shaun Tait, followed by Morkel. These two completely destroyed the bowling group, who are now shot of ideas.
 
ElRaja said:
low bounce is due to clay content in soil, you need to have the right mix of clay so the soil is hard and bouncy. higher clay content also means that the pitches hold more water. pakistan doesnt have the right soil for fast bouncy tracks so historically pak relied on reverse swing and spin, from the rough square and pitches falling apart.

however Pakistani curators think putting grass on a low clay content pitch will make it bowling-friendly, when it has the opposite effect, the grass holds the pitch together and it doesnt deteriorate, the pitch become quick and true paced which is ideal for batsmen when the ball doesnt bounce high.

also the hinterland locations of most grounds means that their is rarely any breeze which could aid swing bowling, and topped off with using a kookaburra where the seam disappeared after ten overs and your pretty much got a perfect receipt to kill fast bowlers, who, understandably, want to sand bag on these pitches.

the PCB is an unbelievably incompetent institution.
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They don't leave green grass. Mostly the grass is rolled in.
 
59/5 .... phata wicket, great bowling or pathetic batting?
I just woke up (6:30AM here) so have not seen any of the play today.
 
W63L35 said:
59/5 .... phata wicket, great bowling or pathetic batting?
I just woke up (6:30AM here) so have not seen any of the play today.
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Honestly this is still falt wickets but Pakistan batting is really pathetic .

No one save Pakistan now. They are hopeless .
 
Pitches don't make any difference.

The 2nd Test between BD and PAK was on a "good" pitch and they still lost.

They also lost on a flat pitch in the first Test against BD

They are trying to make all kinds of pitches and losing on all of them.
 
I am glad that I don’t have much passion in cricket any more and I haven’t watched any single match this year, otherwise this embarrassment would have been tough to deal with. Rubbish team.
 
IAJ said:
I am glad that I don’t have much passion in cricket any more and I haven’t watched any single match this year, otherwise this embarrassment would have been tough to deal with. Rubbish team.
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Strictly following World tournaments only myself. I just find it funny looking at the scorecards on cricinfo, embarrassing team, awful on the field and some players considered captaincy more important than playing for Pakistan. Just generally a very toxic environment that doesn’t produce results at home even.
 
Time to understand you dont roll out Ozzie curators for test wickets Pakistan.

PCB want to experiment with pitches fine, do it in your FC environment as a test sandbox. Prepare spicy wickets for Tests, the gulf in class will be diminished.
 
These pitches are a crime. Absolutely hate seeing easy runs being allowed in Pakistan.
 
Hellion said:
Pitches don't make any difference.

The 2nd Test between BD and PAK was on a "good" pitch and they still lost.

They also lost on a flat pitch in the first Test against BD

They are trying to make all kinds of pitches and losing on all of them.
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Exactly my thoughts. Regardless of what pitch is prepared, the win will favour the tourists. Pakistan doesn’t have a team fit for any condition right now.
 
Devadwal said:
As title say why is they keep producing same surface series per series ?

First time happened its understandable but i think now we can fair to say that they are deliberately making .

So what is the purpose of these pitch as they haven't won any matches ?
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I don't think the curators can do much the pitches will still be same even if you had a world class curators.
 
nish_mate said:
Then why in good name of the Lord, do PCB play Tests with Kookaburra. Your bowlers and batters play with Dukes and suddinely for 4-6 tests a year you hand them Kookaburra...

doesnt make sense even by PCB standards.
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Does anything make sense when it comes to the pcb? The only logic I can think of is 1. Most of our test team doesn’t even play FC cricket so Duke or Kookaburra doesn’t matter and 2. kookaburra is used in all white ball internationals and pcb is selecting test teams based on white ball performance.

I am saying all of this half jokingly but there is a ring of truth to this somehow 😂
 
Because PCB wanted their batters to stat pad but this team is so bad that they choke instead and make this pitch feel like a minefield and graveyard for batters.
 
BouncerGuy said:
Because PCB wanted their batters to stat pad but this team is so bad that they choke instead and make this pitch feel like a minefield and graveyard for batters.
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They only wanted to save shan's career. They succeeded as they can use Imam, Saim, Abdullah as scapegoats but can protect their nepo boy.

Winning door ki baat hai
 
mominsaigol said:
They only wanted to save shan's career. They succeeded as they can use Imam, Saim, Abdullah as scapegoats but can protect their nepo boy.

Winning door ki baat hai
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I said earlier that the runs that Shan scored in the 1st inning will make him stay in the team for the next few years. We all saw who he really is in the 2nd Inning along with other hyped players like Abdullah and Saim.

These flat pitches are for these guys to sat pad but they failed here as well.
 
BouncerGuy said:
I said earlier that the runs that Shan scored in the 1st inning will make him stay in the team for the next few years. We all saw who he really is in the 2nd Inning along with other hyped players like Abdullah and Saim.

These flat pitches are for these guys to sat pad but they failed here as well.
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Shan ball, more like shan fraud
 
cricketjoshila said:
Pakistanis cannot out bat the opposition on pattas.

But there are chances that they can out bowl them on a green mamba or a spitting cobra.
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I don't think that will happen.

Pakistani batting is currently stronger than bowling and includes some consistent performers.

They can lose only to England on pattas.

Test matches have 3 results. Current team should look to save the test by scoring big in first inning 9 out of 10 times.
 
kumjsr said:
I don't think that will happen.

Pakistani batting is currently stronger than bowling and includes some consistent performers.

They can lose only to England on pattas.

Test matches have 3 results. Current team should look to save the test by scoring big in first inning 9 out of 10 times.
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They lost to Bangladesh on a patta as well. Your logic is flawed because Pak put up nearly 600 runs and will lost the match just like they did to Bangla.
 
When you have incompetent leadership and people running an organisation, what do you seriously expect?

This is pathetic for the sport, for the players and even more so for the fans. How do you expect to keep people engaged. No wonder people would rather play t20 leagues
 
offstump said:
They lost to Bangladesh on a patta as well. Your logic is flawed because Pak put up nearly 600 runs and will lost the match just like they did to Bangla.
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When they lost to BD, they underestimated BD team and declared for 448-6.

Pakistani batting is consistently competitive in first inning or bats long enough to save games.

Even in 2nd test they got the lead when bowlers couldn't capitalize 26/6 opportunity.
 
Problem now is there was an actual result at the end of another diabolical test match in Pakistan. Therefore the curators get their justification and PCB become these lovely hosts again. That was a sham of a match regardless of one of the teams being rubbish enough to still lose. Pakistan are a pathetic team we know this but the way the English media are dressing this up as an epic win will just fuel more of these nonsense pitches in future. Fix the damn pitches or end test cricket in Pakistan. No one wants to see this absolute rubbish flat deck nonsense.
 
Sunny_majoka said:
Pakistan doesn't know how to produce good test wicket
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They obviously know and it's not a rocket science. They prepare such pitches because they want to make a brand out of average test batsmen like Babar and few others to generate revenues for them.
 
Match got over in 358 overs - basically 4 days and a bit. Don't see the problem with the pitch.

Anglo-centric judgements and whinging about pitches really need to stop

These mythical good pitches where it seams on the first day, turns flat for 2.5 days and then spins for the last 4 sessions dont exist anywhere , including England.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Match got over in 358 overs - basically 4 days and a bit. Don't see the problem with the pitch.
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Bruh you've got to be kidding..

The only reason we got a result on this slow dull road is because England scored 800 at run-a-ball, which by the way is not the norm in test cricket. And also because Pakistan did a Pakistan and imploded in one session.

If this was Australia or New Zealand instead of England, we'd have seen them scoring at 3.5 RPO and declaring at lunch on day 5 with 700 on the board and Pakistan would have walked away with a draw. There's no way anyone can defend these atrocious wickets.
 
Mesozoic said:
Bruh you've got to be kidding..

The only reason we got a result on this slow dull road is because England scored 800 at run-a-ball, which by the way is not the norm in test cricket. And also because Pakistan did a Pakistan and imploded in one session.

If this was Australia or New Zealand instead of England, we'd have seen them scoring at 3.5 RPO and declaring at lunch on day 5 with 700 on the board and Pakistan would have walked away with a draw. There's no way anyone can defend these atrocious wickets.
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Shan Masood scored at 85 strike rate on this pitch. So did Agha Salman. I think the Aussies can easily score quickly on this pitch too.

Pakistan's bowling is just rubbish at this point.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Shan Masood scored at 85 strike rate on this pitch. So did Agha Salman. I think the Aussies can easily score quickly on this pitch too.

Pakistan's bowling is just rubbish at this point.
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One or two batters scoring at that rate is not the same as an entire batting line-up playing with the same mentality & intensity for freaking 150 overs piling up 800.

And no.. Australia aren't scoring at this rate with the likes of Smith, Labuschagne and Khawaja. They're not that type of players.
 
Mesozoic said:
One or two batters scoring at that rate is not the same as an entire batting line-up playing with the same mentality & intensity for freaking 150 overs piling up 800.

And no.. Australia aren't scoring at this rate with the likes of Smith, Labuschagne and Khawaja. They're not that type of players.
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Even if that's not the case, we probably would have still got a result on this surface, I think . The pitch had enough deterioration for the OZ bowlers to bowl PAK out cheaply just like England did.
 
Mesozoic said:
One or two batters scoring at that rate is not the same as an entire batting line-up playing with the same mentality & intensity for freaking 150 overs piling up 800.

And no.. Australia aren't scoring at this rate with the likes of Smith, Labuschagne and Khawaja. They're not that type of players.
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A prime smith would have decimated this attack like he decimated India in 2015 with zero difficulty.

That Indian bowling was rubbish but superior to this bowling by far.

If he can score 100 of 70 against them, why can't he do it on a phatta road to even more rubbish bowlers? Even if this is test cricket, why would that matter if the same road pitch followed by rubbish bowling with a 556 on the board be a problem for Smith?

Dude has a 211 scored at a faster pace then root's 260+ score and that 211 was scored in tougher English conditons?
 
Mamoon said:
Indians are gonna cry even harder about these pitches than Pakistani fans and we know why….:srt:root
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So what you are saying is that PCB is creating these pitches so that Root can break SRT records 😂 outside test cricket lovers very few know about these test records and even fewer care about it. If PCB wants to sacrifice their home wins to enable an Englishman to break an Indian record it shows Pakistanis obsession with SRT records
 
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Nikhil_cric said:
Even if that's not the case, we probably would have still got a result on this surface, I think . The pitch had enough deterioration for the OZ bowlers to bowl PAK out cheaply just like England did.
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Nah.. I know we want to discredit "Bazball" with all our hearts but no team barring England would have eeked out a result out of this game. They gave themselves 4 sessions to bowl out Pakistan and that is a huge factor that led to them capitulating yesterday evening.

Any other team would have given them a maximum of two sessions, which would not have been enough.
 
mominsaigol said:
A prime smith would have decimated this attack like he decimated India in 2015 with zero difficulty.

That Indian bowling was rubbish but superior to this bowling by far.

If he can score 100 of 70 against them, why can't he do it on a phatta road to even more rubbish bowlers? Even if this is test cricket, why would that matter if the same road pitch followed by rubbish bowling with a 556 on the board be a problem for Smith?

Dude has a 211 scored at a faster pace then root's 260+ score and that 211 was scored in tougher English conditons?
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Remind me again but this is not 2015 and Smith is not in his prime is he?

Besides..even if Smith did play the Root role, there's no one in the current Australian side that could play the innings Brook played even on a road. Head's threshold is 140...he ain't scoring a triple..
 
Mesozoic said:
Remind me again but this is not 2015 and Smith is not in his prime is he?

Besides..even if Smith did play the Root role, there's no one in the current Australian side that could play the innings Brook played even on a road. Head's threshold is 140...he ain't scoring a triple..
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Brook's thereshold isn't even 200, Not even close. That 186 is realistically the closest he's ever getting to against any team in the world.

Pakistan is an exception. Threshold has nothing to do with anything. Any player on such wickets followed by the fact that Pakistani fielders besides Jamal can't take catches for the life of em would mean you'd have Head scoring 400's for fun over here.

All logic be it good logic or bad logic goes out the window on this pitch.

But since you're clearly going to argue cause how dare I mention Australia, let me put it in a language that you'll understand

Even kohli in his 4 year filthy test condition is scoring a 250 to 280 on this pitch. Rohit in his horrible conditon would probs break Lara's FC 502 record lol.

This pitch is not your test pitch and frankly speaking, this game isn't even a test match. Let's be 100% real with ourselves, This game was a bazzball slaughterfest and any good test player in the world would score high, bazzball and every team would draw, Except for Pakistan who always crumbles in the 2nd innings mainly cause even if the pitch is a road, they just do not have the fitness to draw a game and hold their own.

Bangladesh exposed them in the 2nd innings and so has England. Pak cannot beat any team despite curating a phatta because every team bats and scores faster then they do, and every team including minnows like Bangladesh, Afghanistan etc have better fitness then they do
 
Mesozoic said:
Nah.. I know we want to discredit "Bazball" with all our hearts but no team barring England would have eeked out a result out of this game. They gave themselves 4 sessions to bowl out Pakistan and that is a huge factor that led to them capitulating yesterday evening.

Any other team would have given them a maximum of two sessions, which would not have been enough.
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But is that even because of the pitch or the quality of the bowling attack ?

If you are only going to play 4 bowlers and 2 of them have been utterly mediocre for 3 years (Shaheen and Abrar), is it even a surprise that they scored at that rate and for that long?


England took 19 wickets at an average of 40.84

Pakistan took 7 wickets at an average of 117.

Yes, it was a flat wicket but when Jack Leach takes as many wickets as the entire Pakistan attack in a Test , it can't be so flat that a result cant be produced ?
 
Nikhil_cric said:
England took 19 wickets at an average of 40.84

Pakistan took 7 wickets at an average of 117.

Yes, it was a flat wicket but when Jack Leach takes as many wickets as the entire Pakistan attack in a Test , it can't be so flat that a result cant be produced ?
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Pitch can be bad and bowling can be bad. Both can happen at the same time.

As far as result being produced, I think it will be hard to find more than handful of examples with results in the last 50 years if winning team is picking wickets at 40-41 runs. Not saying that it never happens, I recall it happening few times, but it's rare.
 
Pakistan tops the list for highest totals in cricket since March 2022, surpassing other nations in scoring 400+, 500+, and 600+ runs.

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Pakistan made their name on these kind of wickets , abrasive surface reverse swing and som extra speed by bowlers to deliver the killer blow , now the talent has decline therfore it is backfiring.

A detailed study of Pakistan team will show that they have no competitive advantage.
Batsmen with limited abilities, pop gun pacers and barren spinners. So , nothing is working there getting beaten Black and blue
 
offstump said:
Pakistan hired that Australian curator to improve our pitches. I wasn’t expecting overnight success but atleast a marginal improvement would been nice. He's had two series now and the pitches are still roads. It’s definitely a PCB issue, Gujranwala for example is a pacy and fast wicket. Diamond ground is another one. Even the SA match in Pindi a couple of years ago was one of the most sporting wickets I’ve ever seen on Pakistani soil. I can only say this is intentional.
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I've been wondering is it possible to make a spinning wicket at pindi? Sajid khan said he's played many games at pindi but never saw spin conditions.

How do u know Gujranwala is a pacy and fast wicket?

I heard abbotabad has conditions like England?

I want to know regarding the different pitches in Pakistan and their behaviour. PCB need to experiment with domestic cricket.

Multan: Favours spin
Pindi: Fast bowlers
Karachi: Reverse swing?
Iqbal stadium?
Arbab Niaz?
 
ElRaja said:
low bounce is due to clay content in soil, you need to have the right mix of clay so the soil is hard and bouncy. higher clay content also means that the pitches hold more water. pakistan doesnt have the right soil for fast bouncy tracks so historically pak relied on reverse swing and spin, from the rough square and pitches falling apart.

however Pakistani curators think putting grass on a low clay content pitch will make it bowling-friendly, when it has the opposite effect, the grass holds the pitch together and it doesnt deteriorate, the pitch become quick and true paced which is ideal for batsmen when the ball doesnt bounce high.

also the hinterland locations of most grounds means that their is rarely any breeze which could aid swing bowling, and topped off with using a kookaburra where the seam disappeared after ten overs and your pretty much got a perfect receipt to kill fast bowlers, who, understandably, want to sand bag on these pitches.

the PCB is an unbelievably incompetent institution.
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Great Post bro. If India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh can produce all types of wickets why not Pakistan? Pakistan is a large country and there must be area where the clay content and soil are similar to places in the rest of Asia. Instead of importing soil from India why not from Abbotobad or Gujranwala?
 
They can try making a spinning wicket, but Pindi has always been a expressway. If anything it became even more of a pancake in the last few years. I would be surprised if they can even get marginal turn from it at any point during the first 3 days
 
batandballbattle said:
They can try making a spinning wicket, but Pindi has always been a expressway. If anything it became even more of a pancake in the last few years. I would be surprised if they can even get marginal turn from it at any point during the first 3 days
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In that case better to go with Nauman and 3 seamers with part time spin from kamran, Agha and Saim.
 
batandballbattle said:
Mir Hamza can come good but Ali would be the weak link in the attack. Seriously don't know why such a mediocre guy keeps getting selected
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Hasnain could be a good gamble and muhammad Abbas would be great but 3rd test squad only has Ali and Hamza as options
 
ataullah said:
Hasnain could be a good gamble and muhammad Abbas would be great but 3rd test squad only has Ali and Hamza as options
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Hasnain would be better for the aussie ODI series IMO, they have to play him there. It's a shame Abbas isn't in the test side now but he surely has to be involved for the SA tour. In red hot form in domestics and can use greentops down there to good effect. Batters have been known to advance down to him but the keeper can stand closer to mitigate this, it's what we used to do when he was a regular
 
Worst spin bowling average for a Pakistani venue: (min. 5 Tests)

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium: 43.9
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad: 39.9
Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad: 37.0
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore: 36.9

Just wanted to know stats for Multan and fast bowling stats at these venues from PP experts
 
ataullah said:
Great Post bro. If India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh can produce all types of wickets why not Pakistan? Pakistan is a large country and there must be area where the clay content and soil are similar to places in the rest of Asia. Instead of importing soil from India why not from Abbotobad or Gujranwala?
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It's a bit trickier than that. If it were possible, you'd take soil from all your opponents' grounds and create the same conditions to train your players before away tours, but it just doesn't work like that. How many wars have been fought over trying to gain control of the most fertile soil types? It's not the soil itself, but the atmospheric and weather conditions that play a part in maintaining the character of the soil.

paks best bet would be to have a proper first class season with home and away games so that all the major grounds get used often, then u can tinker with the specifics of the pitch in the first class season till it gets to the kind of surface u want by trial and error, then use it when test matches come around.

Until then, pak, tbh, they just need to go back to the old formula: big rough squares, no grass, replace the boundary Toblerone with ropes, place a few strategic bricks near the advertising hoarding, and hope from some reverse swing whilst the pitch deteriorates from the third day onwards.
 
The simple answer is:

Because the management wanted to, they did not trust their batters to perform on a difficult pitch so they ended up making a flat road that goes in favor of the opposition more than it goes in Pakistan's.
 
BouncerGuy said:
The simple answer is:

Because the management wanted to, they did not trust their batters to perform on a difficult pitch so they ended up making a flat road that goes in favor of the opposition more than it goes in Pakistan's.
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Seems like a correct answer.

Yah, right now management wants a turning tracks and using raking, patio heaters, Industrial fans, reusing pitch and what not. All selectors are camped overseeing the pitch preparation in 3rd test.

We did not see the same effort earlier. It was opposite because Raza said that super roads were intentional to counter Aus pacers.
 
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