Cricket might be a gentleman’s game involving a Bat and Ball, but the result of the game is the culmination of a multiple number of factors and not only the action of the batters and bowlers. To speak elaborately, several factors like weather, ground, pitch, dew all these are responsible for determining which team would win or lose. Among all these however, pitch is the most important determinant of the game.
The Pitch condition is something which everyone takes into consideration, be it a live cricket match or be it fantasy cricket. As we all know, fantasy sports depends on the real life sport so in order to play fantasy cricket you one also needs to study the pitch thoroughly before the start of the match to determine which player to chose for his team. The game is most impacted by the nature of the surface of the ground. Due to this although, in order to make the play more comfortable to the players pitches all over the world has been converted into being a flatter surface, nonetheless there are still some grounds that are the nightmares of many players. Here is a list of 5 deadly Cricket pitches from around the world:
Here is what happened in the match against the Sri Lankan Board XI at the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium (also known as the Colombo Oval). The first two days were trouble free and the Sri Lankan Board XI managed to get 326 runs on the board before being bowled out. However, on the third day, the bounce became quite odd and the ball rose almost to the shoulder level even from good length! The match was then called off just after 0.2 overs of the third day and the umpires stated that the P. Saravanamuttu Stadium pitch was not fit for play and was dangerous. 2. WACA(Western Australia cricket association), Perth: This is another notorious pitch that where in every delivery the ball gets blessed with an extra jump. Here the players have to play out of their skins to score in the match. Moreover what more adds to the misery is batting first or second hardly matters in this ground. It is believed that the problem is in the clay of the ground. Earlier in 2000 an interstate match had to be suspended when umpires decided the pitch was too dangerous to proceed.
During that Test match in 1998 between West Indies and England, many were left bruised due to the sorry state of the pitch.
Although, this happened to be the same ground where Anil Kumble once routed the Pakistanis to become the second bowler after Jim Laker, to take 10 wickets in a Test innings. Yet it remains till date the most criticised venue.
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