yeah amish,it was during WI v/s Eng test match early this year that the match was cancelled with just 10 balls due to bad runup and it was in sir viv richards ground. one more question,coming to this Kotla pitch, during 70s or 80s westindies had same type of pitches and then also we used to see players play with grit and determination these type of balls without guards and helmets too,but now with so much protection also players are afraid to play when a ball bounces or keeps low.I think they are getting habituated to playing on flat tracks where they can find the line and just smash it without any technique.