Motera pitch not good enough for Test cricket
Saturday, 2 January 2010
JALANDHAR, Jan 1 (PTI): Having aired his view that the Ferozeshah Kotla track was unsuitable for international matches, star Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh Friday said the Motera pitch in west-Indian city of Ahmedabad is not ideal for Test cricket either.
"The Ahmedabad pitch (which hosted the first India-Sri Lanka Test in November) was purely a batting pitch and bowlers-be it me, Amit Mishra or Muttiah Murlitharan-all were butchered by the batsmen, which was not at all justice to the bowlers," Harbhajan told PTI in an interview.
The drawn match in Ahmedabad produced 1598 runs and just 21 wickets in fell in five days of play.
"We should not play Test matches on such kind of wicket, because they will finish all the bowlers. They are not fit for any kind of cricket," he said, adding that pitches should be made keeping in mind a balance between the bat and ball.
"The Ahmedabad pitch (which hosted the first India-Sri Lanka Test in November) was purely a batting pitch and bowlers-be it me, Amit Mishra or Muttiah Murlitharan-all were butchered by the batsmen, which was not at all justice to the bowlers," Harbhajan told PTI in an interview.
The drawn match in Ahmedabad produced 1598 runs and just 21 wickets in fell in five days of play.
"We should not play Test matches on such kind of wicket, because they will finish all the bowlers. They are not fit for any kind of cricket," he said, adding that pitches should be made keeping in mind a balance between the bat and ball.