IND vs Engage Day 5 Pitch Report: Michael Athrton KL takes an excavation in Rahul, not a headingley track… | Cricket news
Former England captain Michael Attarton did not agree with India’s opener KL Rahul, who suggested after the end of the fourth day’s game that the Headingley Pitch is “Dodi”.“Well, the truth is that when you have scored 100, such as KL Rahul, you like to grow up how difficult the circumstances are, because it makes your 100 and your batting even better,” Atherat told Sky Sports.He said, “There was a small part of the inconsistent bouncing, especially from the end where I am now standing, which is the Kirkstal Lane end, so running under the hill, there is a slight uneven bounce at a distant end, but it’s not bad,” he said. Attarton supported England to chase 371 on the fifth day.“For the fifth day pitch, you will take any day, and as I say, all recent history suggested here that the pitch is not so bad,” he said. “It’s a good place to chase, to bat in a good place, very, very fast outfield, dry heat that we have done in these parts, so there are many things in favor of England.”The game is ready for a thrilling conclusion with England, the first of the five-observance series, 21–0 in its second innings, 350 runs to reach the victory target of 371 on the last day of Tuesday.
