Umpires did a wonderful job dealing with bad light on day five of Kanpur Test: Brad Hogg

The first Test between India and New Zealand resulted in a draw at Green Park Kanpur on the final day of the game. In the same light, former Australia spinner Brad Hogg has a few words of praise for umpires Nitin Menon and Virender Sharma. Hogg lauded the on-field umpires for officiating the match in the poor light on day five.

He stated that umpired had to check for the light after every over and then had to communicate with the personnel on the field. Umpires were seen using the meters at the end of every over to check the light levels and day one’s level was used as the parameter for the entire Test.

“Umpires did a wonderful job dealing with bad light. They are Indian umpires, the way that they controlled themselves in the last hour of play was superb. They kept getting the meter out, kept communicating with the players all the time. They had full control of the situation,” said Hogg while speaking on his YouTube channel.

Very difficult for the right-handers to score against Axar Patel: Brad Hogg

Though India were able to produce the minimum overs for the day, the play was halted a bit early due to the bad light and there were still a few minutes left. After a great discussion, the players of both sides decided to walk away. India were almost on verge of pulling the victory as they knocked down nine batters of the opposite end.

Later, Hogg praised India’s star spinner in making Axar Patel. He bagged another five-for in the game to continue his golden run in the longest format of the game. Hogg added that it is extremely difficult for right-handed batters to score against the Gujarat spinner.

“Very very difficult for the right-handers to score against him. When he was bowling to the left-handers, I like the way he uses the footmarks created by all the right-arm pacers. All of them left different footmarks and Axar Patel bowled very accurately into those,” said Hogg.