11-29-2006, 02:03 AM
All that is well and good but the plain fact is that you have to know the conditions and simple fact is that we dont know the conditions. I am sure there would have been some study done somewhere that looks at the Indian team performance in NZ/SA/Aus, how long it takes for us to get acclimatised to the conditions, what are the advantages of having more first class matches in the beginning of the tour.
For a long time i have seen this trend -> Auz/SA/NZ tours are preceded by hardly any preparation and even in the case there is some preparation its pathetic. Cant remember the tour but the practise games were on a flat track and the first test, first innings pitch was a minefield. BCCI has huge clout over other boards, we should demand minefields for practice games and coerce the other fellows (esp Oz/NZ/SA) to provide us with ample practice games and a month of stay in these countries before the actual tour starts.
For a long time i have seen this trend -> Auz/SA/NZ tours are preceded by hardly any preparation and even in the case there is some preparation its pathetic. Cant remember the tour but the practise games were on a flat track and the first test, first innings pitch was a minefield. BCCI has huge clout over other boards, we should demand minefields for practice games and coerce the other fellows (esp Oz/NZ/SA) to provide us with ample practice games and a month of stay in these countries before the actual tour starts.