✩ February 26th, 2009 ✩
The pitch – should it be the captains choice?
By Tabrez Janjua for Stani Army in General Cricket
43 ViewsWasim Akram has said that Younis Khan should have had a say in the preparation of the pitch in Karachi which saw four 150+ scores made on it. I suppose the fact that Pakistan had not played a Test for quite some time has drawn extra attention to the pitch we saw in Karachi but it raises the question of how much say a home team should have in the preparation of a pitch.
Yes, home advantage is fair but how far should this go?…far enough to spoil a Test match? Should the home fans and other conditions (apart from the pitch) be home advantage enough?
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