Shield Sheffield Shield Round 6: Victoria v Western Australia @ MCG

[Asapartyhat]

Nothing wrong with the pitch just West Aussie's sooking it up

Just looked up embarrasment in the dictionary and there you were at the mcg .lel

 

[Cleavy]

Clearly we’ll have to move the Boxing Day Test to the Junction Oval.

 

[ashley12]

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Victoria obviously never complained about pitches before.

 

[Austoraisetheurn]

MCG really is a disgrace on many fronts.

Should lose the boxing day test and give it to a state who actually puts on a show.

Im a proud Queenslander and the Gabba would be an outstanding choice.

 

[danielnajdek]

Lol all these non Victorians wanting the Boxing Day test taken off Melbourne. Yeah lets play it in Tasmania.

 

[Cleavy]

Anyone wanna post the vid of that suspended Windies vs England test from the 90s?

That pitch was way more terrifying and inconsistent than the MCG pitch.

 

[WeaselWJ]

Victoria in shambles.

 

[rippersnipper]

Lol it's just modern batsmen having poor techniques. The pitch doesn't have variable bounce and isn't two-paced, the ball is just bouncing more than normal for Australian wickets. Play on the ******* back foot ffs, instead of coming forward to it. Time and time again we've seen that whenever our batsmen get anything but a road, they struggle and it's no different here. You're meant to adjust to the conditions and go from there. It can't be that unplayable given they scored 80 runs as well. The two test pitches so far have been a disgrace and it'll be the same for the rest of them if they keep walking off when the pitches don't suit the batting team.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Lol it's just modern batsmen having poor techniques. The pitch doesn't have variable bounce and isn't two-paced, the ball is just bouncing more than normal for Australian wickets. Play on the ******* back foot ffs, instead of coming forward to it. Time and time again we've seen that whenever our batsmen get anything but a road, they struggle and it's no different here. You're meant to adjust to the conditions and go from there. It can't be that unplayable given they scored 80 runs as well. The two test pitches so far have been a disgrace and it'll be the same for the rest of them if they keep walking off when the pitches don't suit the batting team.

There are certain standards of safety that have to be met, which clearly the officials feel haven’t been. So most of this is fairly irrelevant.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Just give us the 6 points if they can’t prepare a surface to play on

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Since when did WA become whinging poms. Know nothing fan base.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Embarrassing that the ‘home of cricket’ could produce s**t like this. Ridiculous

 

[rippersnipper]

There are certain standards of safety that have to be met, which clearly the officials feel haven’t been. So most of this is fairly irrelevant.

I disagree, the game is naturally dangerous, you have blokes coming in and bowling hard leather balls at other blokes well over 130km/hr. You're also legally allowed to bowl at their heads (provided it bounces first). These players choose to play the sport, they're aware of the dangers before they play, you can't then postpone the match because some of those dangers come to fruition. This pitch is true, it just has extra bounce; adjust and play on. It would be dangerous if the ball was skidding low AND bouncing high at random (i.e. the glass pitch at Sabina park) because the batsmen then can't adjust to the bounce of the pitch, but it isn't doing that.

Once again, it's simply a technical flaw of our batsmen in that they can't adjust to extra bounce. Why are half of them playing forward to short balls or balls that are back of a length? That's just nonsensical batting.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

move to st kilda??

 

[Carbine Chaos]

I disagree, the game is naturally dangerous, you have blokes coming in and bowling hard leather balls at other blokes well over 130km/hr. You're also legally allowed to bowl at their heads (provided it bounces first). These players choose to play the sport, they're aware of the dangers before they play, you can't then postpone the match because some of those dangers come to fruition. This pitch is true, it just has extra bounce; adjust and play on. It would be dangerous if the ball was skidding low AND bouncing high at random (i.e. the glass pitch at Sabina park) because the batsmen then can't adjust to the bounce of the pitch, but it isn't doing that.

Once again, it's simply a technical flaw of our batsmen in that they can't adjust to extra bounce. Why are half of them playing forward to short balls or balls that are back of a length? That's just nonsensical batting.

The umpires have stopped play as per rules and regulations. Plus it’s easy to say from an office chair.

 

[Admiral Byng]

Lol it's just modern batsmen having poor techniques. The pitch doesn't have variable bounce and isn't two-paced, the ball is just bouncing more than normal for Australian wickets. Play on the ******* back foot ffs, instead of coming forward to it. Time and time again we've seen that whenever our batsmen get anything but a road, they struggle and it's no different here. You're meant to adjust to the conditions and go from there. It can't be that unplayable given they scored 80 runs as well. The two test pitches so far have been a disgrace and it'll be the same for the rest of them if they keep walking off when the pitches don't suit the batting team.

Yeah right, because WA is reknown for it's low and slow pitches and their players never learnt to play off the back foot.....

 

[rippersnipper]

Yeah right, because WA is reknown for it's low and slow pitches and their players never learnt to play off the back foot.....

Mate, the WACA has done * all for ages (like well over a decade) and the new Perth stadium pitch is a boring road like every other drop in in Australia. About time something different was produced.

 

[bh90210fan]

Lol it's just modern batsmen having poor techniques. The pitch doesn't have variable bounce and isn't two-paced, the ball is just bouncing more than normal for Australian wickets. Play on the ******* back foot ffs, instead of coming forward to it. Time and time again we've seen that whenever our batsmen get anything but a road, they struggle and it's no different here. You're meant to adjust to the conditions and go from there. It can't be that unplayable given they scored 80 runs as well. The two test pitches so far have been a disgrace and it'll be the same for the rest of them if they keep walking off when the pitches don't suit the batting team.

Ok hero

 

[Shifty1]

Mate, the WACA has done fu** all for ages (like well over a decade) and the new Perth stadium pitch is a boring road like every other drop in in Australia. About time something different was produced.

New pitch is a boring road? The only test that wasn't ******* boring last year was the Perth test and that's because it had some life in it.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Once again, it's simply a technical flaw of our batsmen in that they can't adjust to extra bounce. Why are half of them playing forward to short balls or balls that are back of a length? That's just nonsensical batting.

Yep. Sooky sandgroper culture. Batting gets a little tough and sook to the referee. No wonder they win * all and produce shite

 

[Seedsfan]

We all hear about the extra pace and bounce in WA and how WA batsmen handle the short ball well and you get a few sit up and the walk off.

What do you want? If it does nothing it’s a road if it does something it’s unsafe

 

[hoopla]

Just watched some of the dodgy bounces out there today. It’s scary for the batsmen but I’d rather see this than a road. I hope the curator can get the balance right on this new drop-in.

 

[Woody15]

Players from both sides hesitant about resuming tonight.





Bryce McGain said something similar
“When I went down this morning you could move the surface,” commentator Bryce McGain said on the telecast. “There might be some divots created and sometimes when it hits a divot (it bounces). That (pitch) is hardening up now.”

 

[bh90210fan]

We all hear about the extra pace and bounce in WA and how WA batsmen handle the short ball well and you get a few sit up and the walk off.

What do you want? If it does nothing it’s a road if it does something it’s unsafe

What do we want? Maybe not watching guys getting hit in the head from balls which should be played off their hip

Or a curator that has a clue

Imagine players walking off on Boxing Day. What a disgrace that would be

 

[Woody15]