I will average 100 on those flat pitches!

Singh, Welcome back

I think what has been noticible in the Indian tracks is the spin that's available immediately. In the past the Indian tracks have been flat up until day 4 and 5 when it starts to turn. I think this is a good move as we have seen England, SA and Aus produce bouncy green tracks with pace which leads to test's ending in 2-3 days.

This is not the case in UAE and Sri Lanka where it still takes days for real turn on a wicket. Anyway it's good for cricket that India are producing result wickets.

Glad to be back.

Bowler friendly wickets, be it green or a turner, make for exciting test cricket.

What did Warner average in the end?

This is one thing Im really happy to see on indian pitches. There has been something for pacers as well. The bounce wasnt there, but if you know how to reverse swing, then you would have found success on those pitches.

Also with indian players, they went into the series without talking crap. Like they did against England(gambhir saying we will see how England batsman play spin, and ashwin talking about his new delivery).

Did he say that Singh? What a fool!

I think the pitches may come easier to those on the Sub. But to us English or others, surely it's hard work where those with concentration and dedication like Cook, Chanderpaul, Amla would do well.

Same that away from the sub, many Indian batsmen find it tough.

Clarke?

He averaged 24.37 in eight innings.

David Warner said this when Aus were beating India in Aus.

Duncan,

Clarke is a class batsman. I expected him to do well.

Yorkie,

This is the case in every sport. Home grounds are always easier to perform than away grounds. Just a neat example of this, I used to play badminton for my school team. We had terrible lighting in our gym, but this is where we would practice and play many games to prepare ourselves. Every time I was behind a shot and needed extra time to recover, I know exactly where to hit the shuttle so that my opponent wouldn't be able to see it until it was too late for him to play an aggressive shot. Not the same as Test cricket, but does clearly show how home court advantage works. haha

Singh - Completely agree mate.

Well, of course Warner is a hothead, a big mouth and in general a bit of an idiot, but he does have a point. Asian nations far too often roll out hideously flat pitches (like the Sri Lanka vs. Bangladesh match at Galle not so long ago) but that's hardly something to get blamed for. Asian weather conditions are prohibitive of producing pitches other than rank turners that turn from ball 1, flat roads where Sanath Jayasuriya can score 340, or dry pitches that crumble and are absolutely unplayable after about day 2. Considering that none of these will produce balanced games (as you might see in other parts of the world), it's fair enough for one flat road to be rolled out per series as long as it's balanced out by pitches where the bowlers can dominate.

Also while Warner's comments were misguided; it's far better than seeing Gambhir or Kohli moan about these fictional 'GREENTOPS' which I have yet to see anywhere in the world. I have been following cricket closely for the past 10 years (I'm only 19) and the only greentop I have ever seen in that time was the 2011 Hobart wicket. Kohli was complaining about the SCG pitch being a greentop- how on earth is Michael Clarke or indeed anybody going to score 329* on a greentop?