ICC Gave 3 Demerit Point to Indore's Poor Pitch :

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Indore pitch rated poor, handed three demerit points

 

March 03 2023

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The Indore pitch used for the India-Australia Test has been rated poor by the ICC

The pitch came under the scanner right from the morning session on the opening day of the Test match with the hosts losing seven wickets in the first session. They were eventually bowled out for just 109. While Australia batted out close to 77 overs in their first innings, things moved swiftly with India collapsing for 163 in their second outing. As a result, the visitors needed just 76 on the third morning to get the job done with the game witnessing less than 200 overs.

While the Australian spin trio accounted for nine wickets in the first innings, Nathan Lyon picked up an eight-fer in the second essay. With the pitch rated poor under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process, the venue received three demerit points after match referee Chris Broad submitted his report.

 

"The pitch, which was very dry, did not provide a balance between bat and ball, favouring spinners from the start," Broad said. "The fifth ball of the match broke through the pitch surface and continued to occasionally break the surface providing little or no seam movement and there was excessive and uneven bounce throughout the match."

 

If the BCCI wishes to appeal the sanction, they have two weeks time to do so, according to the ICC. Quite interestingly, both captains didn't have any alarming concerns over the surface post the game.

 

"Honestly this pitch talk is just getting too much," Rohit had said after the game. "Everytime we play in India, there's only the focus on the pitch. Why are people not asking me about Nathan Lyon, how well he bowled. How Pujara played in the second innings? How well Usman Khawaja played. Those are the things , if you ask me, I can give you details of. Not the pitch. We focus too much on the pitch here in India. I don't think it's necessary."

Steve Smith, Australia's stand-in captain, revealed that he relished the challenge of playing on such surfaces that ensures the game moves at a rapid pace.

 

 "Personally I really enjoyed playing on these kind of wickets," Smith said. "I prefer this than just a genuine flat wicket that goes five days and can be boring in stages. There's always something happening on these wickets. You've got to really work hard for your runs. But it's shown that the guys can do it, you've got to work hard for them and you need some luck. With this one, whether it might have been a little bit too extreme, potentially from the first ball. I'm not really entirely sure, but it was still enjoyable."

 

The demerit points will remain active for a rolling five-year period. When a venue accumulates five or more demerit points, it will be suspended from hosting any international games for a 12-month period. An accumulation of 10 demerit points will result in the venue being suspended from hosting international cricket for 24 months.

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[nitinbwj]

Good. Serves them right. 

[vvvslaxman]

Should never host another match.

[vvvslaxman]

BGT series is an important series. So big centers should get to host them.

[zen]

ICC needs to get sticker on countries like India, which is still not mature enough. 

[figo6762]

Bcci and stadium rotation bias is never gonna make test class venues … also there just way too many cricket stadiums in the country . Waste of infrastructure money .. even wonder how these stadiums get paid off .

[Strangering]

Maybe - just maybe - the art of batting against spin on rank turners is lost. I bet in the 90s this pitch would induce a dull 2.5RR 5-day nail biter 

[zen]

22 minutes ago, Strangering said:

Maybe - just maybe - the art of batting against spin on rank turners is lost. I bet in the 90s this pitch would induce a dull 2.5RR 5-day nail biter 

 

First of all, if it is an art, it is probably a pointless one (as these are not ideal pitches for competitive test cricket, imo). 

 

Second, players from previous generation struggled on such pitches too (except maybe Sehwag). For e.g. In 1999, Saqlain-Afridi rolled up India at Chennai. 1999/2000 SA beat India (Nicky Boje ran through India in one of the test. In SA, even Harris or some such spinner troubled India). 2004 v Aus (Ind was bundled out for 100). The tour to SL, where Sehwag clicked but most of the others struggled ... and so on ... Even in ODIs, the team used to struggle like in 1996 WC SF v SL ... Even at Sharjah, Ind was bowled out for nothing against Murali iirc (the game where Jayasuriya got 180 odd), and so on. 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 3, 2023 by zen

[Adamant]

23 minutes ago, Strangering said:

Maybe - just maybe - the art of batting against spin on rank turners is lost. I bet in the 90s this pitch would induce a dull 2.5RR 5-day nail biter 

Australia of the 2000s collapsed on a 5th day turner where a certain someone scored 281 and the other scored 155.

 

Past is overrated. 

They too would collapse similarly 

[Mariyam]

1 hour ago, figo6762 said:

Bcci and stadium rotation bias is never gonna make test class venues … also there just way too many cricket stadiums in the country . Waste of infrastructure money .. even wonder how these stadiums get paid off .

Shaadiyan

Concerts/ music gigs

trade expos

Corporate events etc

 

 

[Vickydev]

There need to be about 5 key venues, and add maybe 3 more for smaller teams, that should be set aside for tests. This was not enjoyable at all

[Nikola]

3 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

Should never host another match.

 

Why? They were preparing good pitch for irani trophy match but curator gets told by coach to keep it dry in last 8-10 days and he makes it rank turner. So what's fault of curator or ground?

Edited March 3, 2023 by Nikola

[vvvslaxman]

2 hours ago, Nikola said:

 

Why? They were preparing good pitch for irani trophy match but curator gets told by coach to keep it dry in last 8-10 days and he makes it rank turner. So what's fault of curator or ground?

 

ICC cannot ban Rahul Dravid lol So we have to ban  the persons who influenced this. Rahul Dravid did the same in Bangladesh.

[kosingh]

Not sure Indian venues care if they lose test matches.

 

Apply the demerit points to the WTC standings...but ground staff are "independent".

Edited March 3, 2023 by kosingh

[Chakdephatte]

21 hours ago, Mariyam said:

Shaadiyan

Concerts/ music gigs

trade expos

Corporate events etc

 

 

Didn't know they hold weddings in stadium. Must be a big city thing. In our town we have tent wala blocking the street for at least a week for every function, accompanied by loud speakers to make sure no one sleeps at time.

Edited March 4, 2023 by Chakdephatte

[Vijy]

demerit points should be replaced by deductions from WTC points. that will reduce doctoring the world over, especially BCCI and NZ

[cowboysfan]

On 3/3/2023 at 8:35 AM, vvvslaxman said:

BGT series is an important series. So big centers should get to host them.

i would limit it to only 5 cities.the others have shown they cant be trusted to prepare the right track.

[tapandrun]

Last minute orders coming from TM to alter a pitch in a certain way for a certain opposition and same pitch has to be flatter in Odis and even more flatter in T20Is.

 

having limited number of test venues will not be much of help when these kind of orders keeps coming from TM.

Edited March 5, 2023 by tapandrun

[Throwaib_Chuckter]

On 3/4/2023 at 2:15 AM, Adamant said:

Australia of the 2000s collapsed on a 5th day turner where a certain someone scored 281 and the other scored 155.

 

Past is overrated. 

They too would collapse similarly 

Indeed, as the saying goes "hindsight is 20/20".

 

Chuckte Raho

TC

[kosingh]

Could get embarrassing if Modi stadium also gets demerit points