You ask how a pitch is prepared? We shave it, roll it, bake it into a concrete-like highway so batsmen can hit 200 every night—it makes a mockery of the bowlers. My life as a coach taught me that reading a pitch is now about reading the marketing team's mood; they want sixes, not a contest. And yet, from my flat overlooking these hills, I see the land itself knows balance—a true pitch should have a bit of *matti*’s own character, like my old Swaan, unpredictable and honest. So I regret my part in making every strip so lifeless.
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