Same pitch, different battles

8226; It was very difficult8230; the ball was stopping and coming. It was also seaming a bit, a challenging pitch, I must say. It is also at times a bit up and down. I don8217;t think the pitch will get better. It was a strange sort of wicket when you went out there. Normally, when you play on wickets that seam a bit you can play a few shots because the ball comes on to the bat. But here the ball just didn8217;t seem to come on, there was no real pace off the wicket.

8212; Rahul Dravid whose gritty 81 off 215 balls, took India to a 8220;fighting8221; 200 from 91/6It8217;s just the new ball

8226; It was a great effort by the bowlers, Herculean effort on such a pitch. I think the new ball was a major factor. But after you get to 40 or 50 overs, you realise that the likes of Anil Kumble really didn8217;t look troubled at all. I think it8217;s a pitch where you see off the new ball, the first 15-20 overs, and it8217;s a run feast after that till the other new ball. Hopefully, the pitch will deteriorate some more on the fourth and fifth day, but it8217;s going to be a very hard task getting the opposition out again.

8212; Brian Lara Who said his team would have batted first, and 8220;fared better8221;, if he had won the toss

Better than the rest

8226; To be honest, this pitch was offering more assistance than the others in the series. I think Pedro Collins, Corey Collymore and I exploited the pitch well.

8212; Jerome Taylor Whose 5/50 gave an explosive start to the deciding fourth Test