"A Stereotype Of Road Construction Throughout The Caribbean" is how Tony Cozier would like it to be described. In this article in the Barbados Nation he goes on to say "After five days traffic, there was not the semblance of a pothole. The same cannot be said of many highways in the region."
I would also like to describe it in the following alternate ways:
1. A panacea for the West Indies to avoid whitewashes (coming in the past 2 years they were 0-3 down and 0-2 down this year)
2. A platform for batsmen to record their highest individual scores (it will be interesting to see if there is any other ground in the World that has more highest scores scored than this one - for goodness sake if Ajay Ratra can score a 100 !!)
3. A comic relief for cricketers in the midst of a stressful activity
4. A playfield for wicket-keepers who are wannabe bowlers
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hey for an indian (sorry if i misjudge your nationality) that seems an extraordinary statement. You have probably the flattest grounds lacking in pace bounce and anything and for you to badmouth our pitches seems a bit hypocritical. Nonetheless point well made. Antigua has to go.
Yes, Rustam - it is true that we have had a history of flat wickets in India - however things have been changing for the better in recent years - our 4 top centres - Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai have excellent result wickets now - yes, the Mumbai pitch this time was a bit on the other extreme - but that was an aberration. Kolkata and Chennai always produce good cricket wickets.
However, there still exist some obscure centres like Ahmedabad and Kanpur that prouduce bullsh*t tracks - luckily they get matches only once every 3 years or so.
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