India's Cricket Schedule For Year 2010 Confirmed

[TumTum]

Pitches in NZ, Aus, Eng and SA favor everyone.

This is not trivial.

 

[nikhil_99]

Quite busy and also not to forget IPL-3 in between (that will be sometime in April-May,that will not be considered as Internation Cricket,still it will be taxing for those 45 days)

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

tumtum, I can't agree with you there. spin bowling is an art and one of my favourite things about cricket is the fact that a man, usually the least athletic on the field, bowling at 50mph can out even the best batsman, using wits and guile. it's to be taken seriously.

and pitches in australia, the west indies and new zealand are absolutely rubbish for spinners. in fact, there are absolute bucket fulls of foreign pacers that do well in india. And pakistan, a sub-continent nation, has produced finer pace bowlers than most countries.

so I don't agree in that respect. what I think is unfair is that you should have to at least attempt both types of wickets. if india beat sa in india, who's to say sa wouldn't beat them 3-0 in sa? certainly the way south africa sythed through them in 20 overs in swinging conditions last time in india suggests they'd have a hard time of it.

 

[shravi]

Pitches in NZ, Aus, Eng and SA favor everyone.

This is not trivial.

Not necessarily. Indian batsmen grow up playing to far less bouncy pitches that are far less conducive to pace bowling and hence have mastered the art of playing spin bowling because they have become accustomed to it. However, in the past we've seen that these same batsmen tend to struggle outside the subcontinent (with a few exceptions, of course).

I wouldn't mind India being given conditions that heavily favors South Africa when they tour South Africa. It's a good thing more than anything. It is such pitches that has seen to it that Rohit Sharma is dropped.

 

[SaiSrini]

We are talking about the "No. 1 test team at that particular period". For example, if India beat South Africa in India and also beat other teams, they deserve to be No 1. South Africans are more used to the subcontinent pitches than before and have also done well in the past in Indian conditions (they won the series in 2000, and levelled the series when they played last in India). Dont know when India will meet SA next in SA, so if its two years later, then it would be highly unfair on India because in two years you could have players retiring, dropping out due to injuries, form, etc.

 

[Raj_Aryan]

Ind vs SA will be really a good interesting series (lets hope that the pitches are 'really' "result oriented")

 

[McLOVIN]

may be you guys should just stop saying "OMG WTF AGAIN" considering there are only 8 other teams, and you gonna have to face them 1s a year every now and then. or see them even more often, b.c there is T20 WC, CT, WC, all that other trophy, cup and plate and all that crap.

and some of you from that "again" group want to see even lesser countries playing cricket.

you cant have both ways you know..

 

[aussie1st]

I wouldn't be too fussed if India bring out the dust bowl. As long as its not a dead track or a track like in 01 against us.

 

[Prithvi]

Any place for IPL:laugh

 

[aditya123]

why not go to SA? that seems a bit unfair, india haven't played many top teams outside india lately.

as long as SA is the biggest contender then until India can go to SA and win india cannot be considered a no.1 side in any meaningful sense.

Again untrue. It is not as if India deliberately don`t tour or that SA and Australia play tough opponents away from home. Seriously, this is getting annoying. Its all scheduled according to the FTP, not by the BCCI. Each team plays the other home and away as much as other sides. As a matter of fact, India have actually not faced two of the weakest test sides in Bangladesh and West Indies at home for sometime. The last time that the Windies came to India was in 2002 and Bangladesh have never toured India at all. That busts another myth about India not facing tough opponents. Other sides have all feasted on the West Indies and have recorded big series wins against them at home.

India faced SA,England and Australia away within the span of 12 months in 2007/08. That is the reason why they do no have a tour to SA/ENG/AUS scheduled till 2010 Dec and 2011. Nothing unfair in that. India will again face SA/England/Aus within a space of 12 months in late 2010 and 2011.

India are touring SA in Dec 2010 and will be touring England (June 2011) and Australia in Dec 2011. I doubt whether we will have any home series during that period but I don`t see anyone calling it unfair on India.
Why is it only necessary for India to win in SA to prove themselves while it becomes unfair on if the others fail to win on turning tracks in the subcontinent?

Also, England,Australia and SA all have a fixed home season while India don`t have the same these days. You do not see England or Australia compromising on their home season and are guaranteed at least 6/7 home tests every season which is`nt the case with India. It must be noted taht whenever we tour Australia, we are missing out on almost our entire home season. Same is the case with tours to SA.

aditya123 added 5 Minutes and 29 Seconds later...

I wouldn't be too fussed if India bring out the dust bowl. As long as its not a dead track or a track like in 01 against us.

2001 was one of the best test series ever in history. Those were superb test match wickets. Everyone got wickets on those, even McGrath and Gillespie. Australia crumbled under pressure and it had nothing to do with the pitches.

There is absolutely no way anyone can suggest that seamer friendly tracks are a lot better than turning tracks. You`ve got to have both skillsets to be considered a good test batsman.

aditya123 added 6 Minutes and 36 Seconds later...

There cannot be anything in this world which would favor everyone or please everyone, same with pitches.

To suggest that pitches in Australia,England, SA and NZ are good for spinners as well is trivial. Show me how spinners have done there and don`t bring in Warne or Murali into this. they are geniuses. In fact, even Murali has`nt done well in Australia. If you can accept pacemen doing better than spinners in those countres, you`ll have to accept that spinners do better than pacemen in the subcontinent. If anything, pace bowlers have also had success in the subcontinent, at least more than spinners have had in the above mentioned pitches.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

No, it's not untrue. It may not be particularly fair, but that is just how circumstances have transpired then. India won 1 of their last 3 away series, and that was against New Zealand. They are no convincing anyone they are the best test side bar none when it's quite possible they would lose away.

Why is it only necessary for India to win in SA to prove themselves while it becomes unfair on if the others fail to win on turning tracks in the subcontinent?

it isn't only necessary for india, it's necessary for all teams. but of the two, if this really is a square off for the no.1 spot then SA is playing on the turning tracks by going to India, India has not. they've built their no.1 status on home performances.

 

[aditya123]

No, it's not untrue. It may not be particularly fair, but that is just how circumstances have transpired then. India won 1 of their last 3 away series, and that was against New Zealand. They are no convincing anyone they are the best test side bar none when it's quite possible they would lose away.



it isn't only necessary for india, it's necessary for all teams. but of the two, if this really is a square off for the no.1 spot then SA is playing on the turning tracks by going to India, India has not. they've built their no.1 status on home performances.

You gave everything else a miss. India will be touring SA almost immediately in Dec 2010. There is nothing unfair. Every team plays as much cricket at home as they do away as per the FTP and that is how all sides are playing.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

cool then, when they play there we can see who is no.1 the fairest way.

 

[Cricketman]

The answer is simple. Tests vs SA at home, go there and have another series. Then fly off to Australia to have some more fun.

But no, let's put in a Siril/Bangla tour instead.

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

Now this thread is not about how to become no 1 and how not to...

It's to decide that whether to have these series or not