Adelaide curator wants a century from Sachin

He believes curators has a responsibility towards Cricket world wide. “Sometimes my juniors ask me what drives me on for so long in this profession. I would say the fear of failure, of not being able to hand out a good sporting wicket. I conducted many workshops with Kapil Dev in India and all curators in India told me one thing. What would you do when there are instructions to prepare a wicket to your team’s liking? I have never prepared wickets for Australia or South Australia, and that’s what everybody should do. Ninety-nine per cent of the time, it’s the best team that eventually wins, so why not prepare a good wicket where the quality of cricket is supreme,” he asks.

Burdett will come to India again in March to conduct seminars. He remembers Bishan Bedi’s mesmerising spell in 1977-78 here to India’s maddening 1987 defeat in a World Cup match in Kolkata, where he had prepared the wicket, and the last victory here. “Cricket in India is a religion, and I love that fascination people have for the game. I remember how people got emotional when India lost to England in that 1987 semi-final.”

There are thundershowers expected on the first day of the Test, but generally sunny conditions for rest of the match with temperatures in the mid-thirties. Burdett is sure that this Test will be a cracker of a match and a befitting finale for this series.

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