WACA strip for the third test

[JC Hawks]

Wow that's ridiculous

 

[alfy!]

i love that video, i watch it every month or so

insane that the umpires let them play on that

 

[blueboy25]

I remember in 2000 when Australia played the West Indies, I decided that rather than booking a whole day off, I would just finish at 12 and head down. Couldn't miss too much in the first session could I ?

McGrath took a hat trick and the Windies were 5 for 65 at lunchtime when I arrived.

I am planning to be in my seat at 10 20 tomorrow morning

The worst thing is I can see the WACA from my office window but stupidly have meetings booked all morning. I would be happy for Inida to be 3/100 with Tendulker still at the crease by the time i get there.

 

[evdo1706]

still quite green.

 

[roostersgal4eva]

Viewed Pitch this morning, looks outstanding. Will be quick and bouncy and will move a bit first day.

Good players will score runs day 2, 3 and 4.

The question will again come up however are the modern players good enough to handle the moving ball?

Win the toss and bowl first I think is pretty logical after looking at the pitch, less than 24 hours to go and still a heavy grass cover, it will be shaved but there will be green grass on this pitch I would suggest.

Awesome, love watching good fast bowling and seeing these flat track bullies ducking and diving for cover.

So do I but 9/20 is as bad as 1/400

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Image if the pitch was like this! (this video is actually the WACA..haha)

You can blame that pitch (and era of pitches) on football.

With football being played at the WACA they spent millions of dollars improving the drainage on the ground. So much so that you could have a massive downpour a few hours before the game and the match would still pretty much be dry conditions.

The problem of course was the due to this terrific new drainage, the centre wicket couldn't keep any moisture and what you saw was some horrific cracking.

I also believe the additional drainage help leech out a lot of the original clay that was held in the centre wicket - as such even though that issue has been rectified the soil had been irrevocably changed.

Word has it Cam Sutherland found some similar clay around Harvey way - which is why every year you hear it's back to it's quickest - but aside from a 20/20 match between the Aussies and Kiwis a few year back (and that was lightening quick) - it's not quite there yet.

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Back to the pitch coming - not having seen it, I'd still bat.

Forecast of a lot of hot weather should mean the pitch deteriorates by day 4.

Innings 2 and 3 should be similar - so basically it's a bet between the greenness of Innings 1 versus the deterioiation of inning 4.

As long as we don't get a scenario like the SA game where the pitch was at it's best on day 5 for batting, it should be apples.

 

[Whatname]

GWS do you work down at the WACA or the media?

I have been advised by a very reliable source that Indians have requested the WACA be closed off to anyone apart from the media for security reasons.

This means the WACA tours and museum have been shut until after the test which has annoyed a lot of people as it is there busiest time of the year.

Or perhaps he had breakfast with the curator

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Or perhaps he had breakfast with the curator

Test match breakfast was at the trots this morning

 

[City Search]

Hilarious reaction from the keeper and slips after that bouncer

 

[aussie1st]

Pitch as of today.

 

[Bucking Beads]

Yeah you wanna bowl first

 

[roostersgal4eva]

If you need 4 fast bowlers to take 20 wickets on that pitch then you've got problems

 

[The Falcon Strike]

Yeah you wanna bowl first

That grass is just as likely to have been browned off by this afternoon.

It's bloody hot today - and another stinker tomorrow.

My guess is that most of the grass will be gone by the 2nd session tomorrow.

Ed Cowan could have a massive role to play tomorrow if we bat - leave as many as we can in the first session.

Going into lunch 2/50 would be a good result.

 

[Blue and Gold Blood]

If you need 4 fast bowlers to take 20 wickets on that pitch then you've got problems

dear god youre still going in to bat for Lyon. Give up on it already. You surely are related to him.

Its a green fast bowlers wicket. Get over it

 

[Cousin Jed]

From the curator himself

 

[The Speaker]

You can blame that pitch (and era of pitches) on football.

Perhaps pitches like it, but that was a 2nd XI special from 2010.

 

[The_Reaper]

Perhaps pitches like it, but that was a 2nd XI special from 2010.

Warner played in that game from memory

 

[Carl Hooper]

From the curator himself

Oh man... My Day 3 ticket is going to be to watch half a game of cricket. ****in beautiful..

 

[ROOTA#6]

From the curator himself

Have a look at the colour of it now and then compare to the colour it turns up at as of first ball. It will be a lot different. The cracking that can clearly be seen shows how hard it is compared to the other greenish pitches we have seen lately

It will be a true and fair wicket for the whole match, whoever does the little things right for the longest will win

 

[The Speaker]

The WACA pitch might have lost some of its colour during the week but retained a strong green tinge on match eve. However, the curator Cameron Sutherland said it was not necessarily a strong indicator that the ball would seam wildly, as the colour was partly due to a different grass being used.
"We were the first ones in Australia to trial this new grass," Sutherland said. "It's worked wonders for us. It's a high fibre content in the leaves, so it just holds its colour for longer. It's also very fine leaf, it's almost like a carpet, so it doesn't seam too much. In Shield cricket, I know we've been referred to having green seamers or green-top Shield wickets, but they haven't seamed around much at all."
Sutherland said whether the teams chose four fast men or a spinner, there would be plenty in the pitch for all the bowlers. "You'll definitely get the bounce and you might get a bit of turn," he said. "There's enough grass there to get a bit of purchase."

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[Plugger35]

Reckon whoever wins the toss will bowl first, bit of grass on the pitch and humid cloudy conditions predicted tomorrow.

India certainly wouldn't want to bat first after their disaster batting first in Sydney.

 

[TennisPlayerAndy]

Image if the pitch was like this! (this video is actually the WACA..haha)

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L. O. L.

That is ****ed up.

 

[evdo1706]

From the curator himself

For some reason I feel the green look of this pitch may turn out to be deceptive. It will have the typical bounce and pace of WACA but that's it. No demons caused by the green color.

 

[evdo1706]

Reckon whoever wins the toss will bowl first, bit of grass on the pitch and humid cloudy conditions predicted tomorrow.

India certainly wouldn't want to bat first after their disaster batting first in Sydney.

India definitely missed the trick in Sydney. The pitch was still a batting beauty when India was batting on Day 4. It did swung a lot in the first two sessions on Day 1.