MCG wicket

[Gavin Excell]

Uneven bounce

Whining batsmen wanting a road or genuinely bad for the game?

 

[Altum Volantes]

Embarrassing stuff for such a prestigious venue.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

The Curious Case of the Don and the Sticky Wicket | Cricket Web

Doubt The Don sooked it up when he struggled on soggy tracks.
Bunch of precious petals these days.

Mental health breaks.
Sport science managed work loads.
Can't score if it's not a road.

Sure, the pitch today had too many gremlins in it, and was over juiced.
But the moaning is OTT.

For decades test cricket was on uncovered wickets with stick thin bats and far less protective equipment was used.

 

[Gavin Excell]

I find test cricket far more interesting when it’s bowler friendly than tedious run scoring concrete

 

[gordo2016]

No wonder why there are hardly any Shield batsmen ready to step up to play test cricket. Any pitch with a bit of uneven bounce and they complain and walk off.

 

[Dez!]

Didn't seem that bad watching, Stoinis especially just kept getting himself in a shit position to play any sort of shot.

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

I haven't seen enough to make a call, but the Siddle to Marsh one was genuinely unplayable. If there were more like that, calling it off was the right thing to do. That wasn't a little up and down, that was reminiscent of the abandoned test in the West Indies a few years back.

 

[Admiral Byng]

Nah, the ground staff simply ****ed up. on this occasion. The pitch is too soft and the ball is leaving impressions in the surface as it bounces. Over time this builds up a dimpled pattern in the surface and the bounce becomes unpredictable, unplayable even with good technique, not to mention dangerous. The umpires thought it was getting worse as each over was bowled, Only thing to do is stop the game, roll the pitch flat again to smooth out the dimples and give it time to dry and harden.

 

[Cleavy]

apparently the Test pitch is 1 or 2 blocks to the side of this pitch.

 

[MC Bad Genius]

The two balls they highlighted in the Seven coverage (one to Marsh and one to Stoinis) were actually dangerous, so I think they made the right call in suspending play. I'm so in favour of bowler friendly wickets in general, but this was pretty extreme.

Also, my phone autocorrects Stoinis as Adonis. I bet Warne rubs one out every time he notices that happen on his phone.

 

[Beutbrute]

 

[Admiral Byng]

apparently the Test pitch is 1 or 2 blocks to the side of this pitch.

I hope they get the pitch right for the test match, that is a big concern.

 

[wagstaff]

As well it was Peter Siddle - who is basically medium-fast these days - doing this damage. What could a Cummins or a Starc have done on such a pitch?

 

[heypenny]

Hmm - it’s hard to tell without the context of the other delivery but the third one in particular was pitched up - yet it hit his chest!

The right call to pause the match and take precautions.

 

[big_e]

The Curious Case of the Don and the Sticky Wicket | Cricket Web

Doubt The Don sooked it up when he struggled on soggy tracks.
Bunch of precious petals these days.

Mental health breaks.
Sport science managed work loads.
Can't score if it's not a road.

Sure, the pitch today had too many gremlins in it, and was over juiced.
But the moaning is OTT.

For decades test cricket was on uncovered wickets with stick thin bats and far less protective equipment was used.

It was common practice in Bradman's day to send the bowlers out at the top of the order in the hope the pitch would dry up before the batters came in.

Case in point is Bradman's 270 batting at number 7. Bill O'Reilly opened the batting with Chuck Fleetwood Smith - combined batting averages of 21, for the record.

So he probably didn't whinge, but he avoided it as much as possible.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Embarrassing stuff for such a prestigious venue.

On the flip side, it makes sense that the bottom side would play on the worst pitches.

 

[ioppolo]

Imagine comparing Bradman, a bloke who retired from international cricket in 1948, to today's international cricketers.

 

[footyfan1978]

Uneven bounce

Whining batsmen wanting a road or genuinely bad for the game?

Dig it up or piss on it. I do not care, do something different with it though.

 

[footyfan1978]

Embarrassing stuff for such a prestigious venue.

You should have seen it in the early 80's. Was worse.

 

[whoosha]

Would love to see the test moved to a more suitable venue. I can’t remember the last time the MCG provided a proper cricket pitch. I’m from WA but would rather see the game played in SA

 

[toml]

Yeh that's bad.

 

[Ron The Bear]

There’s a line between difficult and dangerous, and this wicket crossed it.

Deeply embarrassing for the new curator who has clearly over-compensated after the “boring” criticisms. If they send people home at lunchtime on Boxing Day, there will be big trouble!

 

[footyfan1978]

Would love to see the test moved to a more suitable venue. I can’t remember the last time the MCG provided a proper cricket pitch. I’m from WA but would rather see the game played in SA

Move it to Junction Oval....

 

[Bomberboyokay]

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Would love to see the test moved to a more suitable venue. I can’t remember the last time the MCG provided a proper cricket pitch. I’m from WA but would rather see the game played in SA

Docklands?