Reading the Game Before the First Ball: What Jamtha Teaches Us About Toss, Pitch and Dew. Ask any regular at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Jamtha and they will tell you that a cricket match is half decided before the first ball is bowled. The toss, the colour of the pitch, the evening breeze off Wardha Road and the mood in each dressing room all leave clues. With another busy […] The original article.