{"id":128,"date":"2021-06-15T21:08:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/?p=128"},"modified":"2021-06-16T05:45:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T05:45:41","slug":"s01e01-womens-test-cricket-what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/2021\/06\/15\/s01e01-womens-test-cricket-what-to-expect\/","title":{"rendered":"S01E01: Test cricket is back! So what should we expect from the England v India match?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">India are set to play two women&#8217;s Tests in 2021. Ahead of the game against England at Bristol, Episode 1 of Holding the Line minicast explains what new fans to the sport can expect from this one-off Test. With a detour to 1986, and India&#8217;s first tour to England.   <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/S01E01-expectations.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One side complained about poor umpiring. The other about time wasting. Some fielders said the glare from vehicles parked near the boundary was too much. So play had to be stopped while those cars were moved. Strong words were exchanged. Apologies demanded. Governments got involved. And somewhere in the middle, a world record for batting in women\u2019s Test cricket was set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first tour by the Indian women\u2019s cricket team to England was nothing if not full of drama and controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I\u2019m getting ahead of myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m Karunya Keshav. And thanks for joining me on the Holding the Line minicast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Indian women\u2019s cricket team are set to play two Test matches in 2021. And this is probably the first time many of us will watch these amazing women play cricket in whites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over five episodes of this minicast (at least I think it\u2019s five, we\u2019ll figure it out as we go along) I\u2019ll tackle five big questions about women\u2019s Test matches and try to explain why this is such a big deal. I\u2019ll tell you stories from Indian cricket\u2019s past, and talk about just what these Tests means for the future. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s the lead up to India\u2019s Test against England women in Bristol, and in episode 1, I\u2019m going to try to answer the question: What should people watching this Test expect?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>It\u2019s a totally different scenario when you play red ball cricket<\/p><cite>Harmanpreet Kaur<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>That was Harmanpreet Kaur, India vice-captain. She\u2019ll be playing her third Test match. The first came seven years ago in 2014, also in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She\u2019s talking about batting, but it\u2019s kind of the same for the fans of the game too. It\u2019s a totally different scenario when you watch women\u2019s Test cricket. We may have watched loads of men\u2019s Tests, and we may even have followed plenty of women\u2019s cricket. But there are so few women\u2019s Tests, that even for the most experienced Test cricket watchers, a few little things are going to stand out in a few little ways. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For starters, women\u2019s Tests take place over four days, not five. Which means a follow on can be enforced if a team is 150 runs short, not 200.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also means teams have to bowl 100 overs a day, not 90 like in men\u2019s Tests. So, they get through their overs quicker. The latest playing conditions say they have to go at 17 overs an hour. The men who will be playing the World Test Championship final around the same time, will be looking to bowl 15 overs an hour. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, expect to watch a match that goes along a little bit faster than you\u2019re maybe used to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But that doesn\u2019t mean the scoring itself will be faster. In fact, it\u2019s probably not going to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I know it\u2019s a game of patience, and however long I can we need to spend time at the crease.<\/p><cite>Harmanpreet Kaur<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some numbers. Since 2013, the average for a top-order batter in the women\u2019s game is around 30. And they score at a strike-rate of just 39.62. For reference, the average in the men\u2019s game is 36 and they score at a rate of 59.57. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This isn\u2019t to compare the skills of men and women and show one is better than the other. Or to say that you should expect boring cricket. Far from it. There\u2019ll be some of the best skill and technique on show, in both batting and bowling. I mean, Jhulan Goswami will be playing. But do remember these numbers when you set your expectations of performances and criticise a performance as good or below average. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ll explain this further, but before that I want to take a detour to 1986, and that story I began with. When India women toured England for the first time, and a Test unfolded so slowly, that it was compared to watching paint dry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I want to introduce you to Sandhya Agarwal. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My favourite photo of Sandhya Agarwal is from this same England tour. If it were on Instagram, you\u2019d say this photo has a sepia filter, and the colours aren\u2019t terribly bright. But you see this small-ish woman, with her bindi and two plaits, padded up and ready to bat. She\u2019s wearing a floppy hat and T-shirt with a photo of Sunil Gavaskar. Remember, this was the 80s. She\u2019s standing hand on hip, bat in hand, and she looks so serene, it\u2019s such cool look, I love it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SA-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of India women cricketers on their tour of England in 1986. Sandhya Agarwal is in the middle. \" class=\"wp-image-131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SA-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SA-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SA-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SA-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/karunyakeshav.com\/fireburnsblue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SA-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Sandhya Agarwal (left) and Arundhati Ghosh. (Thanks to Arundhati for sharing the photo!)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That first tour of England was Sandhya\u2019s tour. Sandhya, who\u2019s from Madhya Pradesh, made 359 runs from three Tests back then, at an average of 71.8. She had two 100s, including a top score of 190 in the third Test, the highest in women\u2019s cricket back then. You know how long she took to get there? 526 balls, and all of nine hours and 23 minutes at the crease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team coach still says it\u2019s the best innings he saw in his life. Ask her teammates, and they\u2019ll tell you, she was an incredible example of technique and concentration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the previous Test, Sandhya\u2019s 132 came in 328 balls. That\u2019s a strike rate of around 40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But these knocks got Sandhya, and the Indian team, a reputation for playing slow, dull cricket, and wasting time. One English author called the team\u2019s batting \u201cthe dullest on record\u201d. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, the events of the first Test didn\u2019t help this reputation for the Indians. What happened, was this. In that Test, India had set England a target of 254. It was close, England in fact were 229 for 5 when play ended. But those last few hours of the Test got really controversial. The English accused the Indians of wasting time, while the Indians were angry at what they saw as biased umpiring. Some players told me how close-in catches were not being given. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You know how I said bowlers need to get through 17 overs an hour these days? Apparently, in that match, the Indians, who were frustrated at the umpiring, managed just around 7 an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They complained about the ground size. They said the sun reflected off the cars parked around the ground, and they wanted the vehicles moved. So much so that the spectators were asked to try and form a human wall to stop this glare! &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match was drawn, but after that, came allegations of racism. The chairperson of the host association sort of scolded the Indians at the presentation ceremony. And then went to the dressing room and told them that they would be ostracised from international cricket if they kept that behaviour up. Many of the Indian players were driven to tears. The host association says in its report that there was, and I quote, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk\/30621\/3\/Whitenessofwomenscricketversion4.pdf\">complete ignorance of the Spirit of the game<\/a>\u201d from the visiting side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the Indians didn\u2019t take kindly to this. Leading the side was Diana Edulji. You might know her as the lady who was always in the news a few years ago, when she was part of the team running things at the BCCI. So you probably know how she wasn\u2019t going to take things lying down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India demanded an apology from the chairperson. They felt the tricolour was being insulted. And they threatened to take the next flight back unless they got an apology. We came to play cricket the hard way, not make friends, Diana said. She still considers this whole incident an example of racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things go so bad, the government had to step in to cool things down. Finally, a written apology came and the tour continued. But of course, in the next two Tests, Sandhya continued to frustrate everyone with her determined batting. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both teams have come a long way since then. Relations are much better, and there\u2019s so much respect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So why bring up this story of 1986? Apart from the fact that it\u2019s fascinating af, I\u2019m hoping to put Test batting in context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ironically, back in 1986, the English players\u2019 hundreds too came just as slowly. And mostly because of a pitch that was described as \u201cdreadfully boring\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that\u2019s something to remember in 2021 too. This Test match in Bristol between England and India is being played on a used pitch. And English captain Heather Knight is not happy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;It isn&#8217;t ideal.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Heather Knight<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Nobody is quite sure what a used pitch means. But it might be that batting gets difficult. And there\u2019s not much in there for the pace bowlers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The swing you usually expect in England? You might have to reset those expectations too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We don\u2019t play with the Dukes ball. I would love to have a new Dukes ball in my hand! I don&#8217;t think Dukes makes a women&#8217;s red ball.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Kate Cross<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s England&#8217;s Kate Cross. Pointing to another element of difference. Women don\u2019t really play with the Dukes red ball in Tests in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, nobody really knows if that used pitch will in fact be sluggish. And maybe Shafali Verma will come out swinging and make a joke out of those strike rate numbers I just gave you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth is, there\u2019s so much uncertainty around this Test match. We don\u2019t know what to expect. Even the players don\u2019t. Because these teams aren\u2019t used to playing Test cricket. They play 50-over and 20-over cricket. They don\u2019t even play this format in domestic cricket. There is no such thing as first-class games in any country right now. Many of these women are going to be playing red-ball cricket in a match situation for the very first time. And honestly, that just blows my mind. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So for now, when I sit in front of my screen on day 1 of the Test, my expectation is simple: I expect to see 22 players giving it their absolute best in going for a win, whatever the pitch, whatever their experience. And I&#8217;ll cherish a chance to watch a form of cricket that we so rarely get to see. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for listening. On the next episode, I&#8217;ll look at a new element of women&#8217;s Test cricket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India are set to play two women&#8217;s Tests in 2021. Ahead of the game against England at Bristol, Episode 1 of Holding the Line minicast explains what new fans to the sport can expect from this one-off Test. 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