{"id":284930,"date":"2025-07-23T10:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/284930\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T10:09:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T10:09:12","slug":"ind-vs-eng-4th-test-pitch-report-what-to-expect-from-old-trafford-very-very-flat-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/284930\/","title":{"rendered":"IND vs ENG 4th Test Pitch Report: What to expect from Old Trafford? &#8216;Very, very flat\u2019 | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/122851855.jpg\" alt=\"IND vs ENG 4th Test Pitch Report: What to expect from Old Trafford? 'Very, very flat\u2019\" title=\"Manchester: The Old Trafford Cricket Ground   ahead of the fourth test cricket match between India and England, in Manchester. (PTI Photo\/R Senthilkumar) (PTI07_22_2025_000153A)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Manchester: The Old Trafford Cricket Ground   ahead of the fourth test cricket match between India and England, in Manchester. (PTI Photo\/R Senthilkumar) (PTI07_22_2025_000153A) It has been raining in Manchester for the past few days. The pitch at Old Trafford has reportedly been mostly under covers and is expected to help the fast bowlers.Team India captain <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shubman-gill\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shubman Gill<\/a> on Tuesday said the Old Trafford pitch might have more bounce than the previous three venues. However, former England coach David Lloyd and captain Michael Vaughan disagreed.<\/p>\n<p>Injuries, rain, availability concerns: Team India on edge in Manchester | Exclusive updates ahead of 4th Test<\/p>\n<p>In the podcast Stick To Cricket, Ravi Shastri said, \u201cThis pitch will have more bounce than others from what one\u2019s heard. If the weather is not that hot\u2026\u201dHe was quickly corrected by Lloyd, \u201cVery, very flat. No pace, no grass.\u201dMichael Vaughan also chipped in and said: \u201cThe pace has gone since Old Trafford\u2026 (changed the axis).\u201dLloyd suggested that the spinners will get more from this pitch.\u201cI\u2019m not saying they\u2019re worried (in these parts, about the loss of sting in the pitch), but they understand that pace has gone out of the pitch\u2026 it could spin\u2026 The footmarks are there,\u201d he said.Former England batter Mark Ramprakash echoed Lloyd&#8217;s sentiments and predicted India might play Kuldeep Yadav in the fourth Test.<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Do you believe the Old Trafford pitch will have more bounce than previous venues?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndia may also have a fresh left-arm spinning option if, as rumoured, Kuldeep Yadav comes into the side in Manchester. Traditionally, the Old Trafford surface tends to be dry and abrasive, and to turn as the game goes on. If ever there was a pitch where it would make sense for Kuldeep to come in, this would be it,\u201d Ramprakash wrote in his Guardian column.The fourth Test between India and England will start on Wednesday at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester: The Old Trafford Cricket Ground ahead of the fourth test cricket match between India and England, in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4101],"tags":[106696,1406,106698,106694,106697,106695,106701,34926,106699,79,106700,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-284930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-bounce-in-old-trafford-pitch","9":"tag-cricket","10":"tag-fast-bowlers-performance-old-trafford","11":"tag-india-vs-england-4th-test-pitch-report","12":"tag-kuldeep-yadav-inclusion","13":"tag-old-trafford-pitch-conditions","14":"tag-rain-forecast-manchester","15":"tag-shubman-gill","16":"tag-spinners-advantage-old-trafford","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-test-match-preview-india-england","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}