Fifth Test: India v England, 16-20 Dec (Chennai)

[Dr Cricket]

Wicket for my boy though.

Arthur how come you like Ishant.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Posted something on the other thread. I like an underdog.

[rich1uk]

Wicket for my boy though.

Arthur how come you like Ishant.

he's jealous of the hair

[Dr Cricket]

Posted something on the other thread. I like an underdog.

yeah just saw it now.
similar reason to me as well.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Got more than Ishant these days.

[rich1uk]

Got more than Ishant these days.

is yours tied back in a bun as well ?

[Dr Cricket]

Why would anyone change and remove the red soil and put some crap soil instead, then again no surprise I found that in the past the curator had no idea what they wanted from indian wickets or what they are doing.
Wow that is a massive difference from 2013 to now.

[rich1uk]

Why would anyone change and remove the red soil and put some crap soil instead, then again no surprise I found that in the past the curator had no idea what they wanted from indian wickets or what they are doing.
Wow that is a massive difference from 2013 to now.

to improve drainage probably

[Arthur Crabtree]

Ish goes right through Cook's defence.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Got more than Ishant these days.

is yours tied back in a bun as well ?

I'm not a style icon.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Botham missed Tests all the time. Does he think we didn't notice? As does Stokes. What's he talking about?

Not sure he was ever fit when England went to Pakistan.

[Dr Cricket]

Why would anyone change and remove the red soil and put some crap soil instead, then again no surprise I found that in the past the curator had no idea what they wanted from indian wickets or what they are doing.
Wow that is a massive difference from 2013 to now.

to improve drainage probably

would be a weird reason if it was considering chennai got a good drainage system anyway.

[rich1uk]

they almost ran out of time to ask for a review there before jadeja finished his appeal

[rich1uk]

Why would anyone change and remove the red soil and put some crap soil instead, then again no surprise I found that in the past the curator had no idea what they wanted from indian wickets or what they are doing.
Wow that is a massive difference from 2013 to now.

to improve drainage probably

would be a weird reason if it was considering chennai got a good drainage system anyway.

what other reason would they have for doing it ?

the reddish soil tends to have a bit more of a clay content that makes drainage slower, so they replace it with a more sand based soil to improve it

[Arthur Crabtree]

Ha!

Superb appeal from Jadeja. Pretty average ball though.