Which tracks suits Zimbabwe ?

[jaybro]

As usual Hhm just ignores my posts once he realises he's wrong

[Zero76]

Roach is quality, hhm is doing him a massive disservice. Better than any of our recent quicks.

[Black Mamba]

Thread has gone purely off the topic.

[jaybro]

Ok back on topic it’s hard to say what pitch suits Zimbabwe as in the past they’ve tried to prepare pitches to target their opponents weaknesses

2013 v BD seamer friendly pitches

2013 v Pakistan seamer friendly

2014 v South Africa slow pitch to nullify Steyn & Morkel

2016 v NZ flat pitches to nullify their seam attack

2017 v West Indies slow Turner

You could argue Zimbabwe enjoyed greater success in 2013 by preparing seamer friendly decks as they win 2 matches. But obviously things wouldn’t have been as easy playing South Africa on those pitches.

For me I take some advice from what Stuart Law said about Zimbabwe’s improvement being hampered by preparing such pitches and creating ‘exciting cricket’ which may need to be looked at to help raise revenue.

For me I think in ODI cricket Zimbabwe need to prepare good batting decks similar to what they played on in Sri Lanka except maybe a little more grass. High scoring ODI matches are the way to go and suit their ‘chase first’ mentality.

In Test matches I think an even pitch which gives everyone a chance is the way to go, nice and hard with a bit of grass so the seamers have some encouragement with the new ball and the batsman can still make runs if they get through the early stages of their innings.

Also by having the pitch hard it should break up towards the end of the match leaving the game open for a result.

Pitches in Australia with a little extra grass always make for good cricket, the fact there is grass gives the seamers a chance but also being hard and fast the pitches encourage fast scoring.