Re: Pak bowling weak without Shoaib, Sami, says Lara
My last comment before I stop running in circle: Show me where rain/cloudy weather helped spinners. Rain/clouds may have been a coincidence before Kaneria did the damage, but I don't recall in matches I have seen or followed where rain or cloudy weather changed pitch so quickly to help a spinner.
Re: Pak bowling weak without Shoaib, Sami, says Lara
Well dear Captain1
I had ended up this, but still just to let you know. The rain, humidity and clouds are the main factors that make a wicket sticky:
A sticky wicket is a pitch that has become wet. This causes the ball to behave erratically, particularly for the slower or **spin **bowlers. However, wickets are now generally protected from rain and dew preceding and during games so that a sticky wicket is rarely seen…
continued at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_pitch
http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/C/Cr/Cricket_pitch.htm