Cricket-lover, what a baby thing to argue really!!
Cricket will definitely cease to exist without bowler.Everbody knows that.You neednt remind us.
What I was saying was that most people watch cricket for batting.
Its because nothing is equal in nature.One is always dominant over the other.
Its exactly like the Striker/midfielder- defender/goalkie scenario in football.
The focal point is always/most of the time the striker.
People have always heralded the strikers at the greatest of the game.Not the goalkie or defender.
You can make the case of few exception, like you have done in above case.
I agree that football will be poor without poor defense just like ckt will b poor without poor bowling.
But What i was only saying is Cricktets focus is batting just like striker is for football.
Perhaps thats why a good batting wicket is generally called "good wicket"?
Perhaps ,because people favour more batting ,the groundsman over the world have been lulled into making batting paradise pitch? esp in sub-continent?
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Wrong chopping. Good batting wicket is usually called dead wicket and good bowling wichet is known as sporting wicket. BTW, do you think most of the discussion on this board is "not childish".
We are having a ring-road discussion really.
One says a glass is half empty the other says half full.
Nothing more tbh.
What I say is batting and batsmen are given the more focus by spectator and the media alike,which is true.
What you say is great bowling makes for a great game of cricket,which also is true.
So yes,we are having a childish ring-road discussion
Due to England srecent failures, those wickets are now referred to as "Turning Wickets"
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In UAE and SL they are but in India they are still known as flat track for Indian bullies
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Boundaries are smaller, outfields are quicker, no more uncovered pitches, pace going out of wickets and restrictions on bouncers, now ball is changed after 34 overs in ODI. Most things favour the batsman nowadays. ICC knows who to keep happy.
It is sugar-coated by providing this illusion that the world places more emphasis on batting, but everyone knows which sole country loves batting records, trivia hundreds and that country usually get what they want from the ICC.
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posted on 29/3/12
Cricket-lover, what a baby thing to argue really!!
Cricket will definitely cease to exist without bowler.Everbody knows that.You neednt remind us.
What I was saying was that most people watch cricket for batting.
Its because nothing is equal in nature.One is always dominant over the other.
Its exactly like the Striker/midfielder- defender/goalkie scenario in football.
The focal point is always/most of the time the striker.
People have always heralded the strikers at the greatest of the game.Not the goalkie or defender.
You can make the case of few exception, like you have done in above case.
I agree that football will be poor without poor defense just like ckt will b poor without poor bowling.
But What i was only saying is Cricktets focus is batting just like striker is for football.
Perhaps thats why a good batting wicket is generally called "good wicket"?
posted on 29/3/12
Perhaps ,because people favour more batting ,the groundsman over the world have been lulled into making batting paradise pitch? esp in sub-continent?
posted on 29/3/12
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posted on 29/3/12
Wrong chopping. Good batting wicket is usually called dead wicket and good bowling wichet is known as sporting wicket. BTW, do you think most of the discussion on this board is "not childish".
posted on 29/3/12
We are having a ring-road discussion really.
One says a glass is half empty the other says half full.
Nothing more tbh.
What I say is batting and batsmen are given the more focus by spectator and the media alike,which is true.
What you say is great bowling makes for a great game of cricket,which also is true.
So yes,we are having a childish ring-road discussion
posted on 29/3/12
Due to England srecent failures, those wickets are now referred to as "Turning Wickets"
===============================
In UAE and SL they are but in India they are still known as flat track for Indian bullies
posted on 29/3/12
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posted on 29/3/12
Boundaries are smaller, outfields are quicker, no more uncovered pitches, pace going out of wickets and restrictions on bouncers, now ball is changed after 34 overs in ODI. Most things favour the batsman nowadays. ICC knows who to keep happy.
It is sugar-coated by providing this illusion that the world places more emphasis on batting, but everyone knows which sole country loves batting records, trivia hundreds and that country usually get what they want from the ICC.
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