Hopes high for Adelaide pitch despite heat
Adelaide Oval curator Damian Hough hopes spin and seam will play a key role when Australia host India despite a scorcher forecast for the start of the first Test.
The mercury is set to soar to 39C on Thursday and 34C on Friday, forcing Hough and his staff to leave extra moisture in a pitch that will start out with a "nice, thick layer" of grass.
"It's hard to tell with the heat, whether that'll have a positive or negative effect ... time will tell but we're comfortable where it is right now," Hough told reporters on Wednesday.
