DUBAI: The International Cricket Council ,ICC) on Tuesday rated the pitch used for the primary Test between England and Pakistan on the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium “below average” for now not providing any lend a hand to the bowlers.
As many as seven centuries have been scored within the sport, which England received by way of 74 runs after hanging on board a file overall of 506/4 at the opening day.
The guests scored a mammoth first innings overall of 657 with 4 in their batters touching the three-figure mark.
The venue additionally gained one demerit level. This is 2d demerit level the stadium has gained in 8 months time. The pitch used for the primary Test between Pakistan and Australia in March used to be additionally rated as under moderate.
“ICC Elite Panel of Match Referee Andy Pycroft has rated the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium pitch that was used for the first match of the ICC World Test Championship series between Pakistan and England as “under moderate” and the venue has received one demerit point under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process,” in step with an ICC media unencumber.
Pycroft in his evaluate of the pitch stated, “It was a very flat pitch which gave almost no assistance to any type of bowler. That was the main reason why batters scored very fast and both sides posted huge totals. The pitch hardly deteriorated during the course of the match.
“Since there used to be little or no in it for the bowlers, I discovered the pitch to be under moderate as in step with the ICC pointers,” he added.
One demerit level is awarded to the venues the place the pitch is rated as under moderate whilst 3 and 5 demerit issues are awarded to venues the place pitches are marked as deficient and not worthy, respectively.
When a venue accumulates 5 demerit issues (or crosses that threshold), it’s suspended from web hosting any global cricket for a duration of three hundred and sixty five days, whilst a venue is suspended from staging any global cricket for twenty-four months when it reaches the edge of 10 demerit issues.
As many as seven centuries have been scored within the sport, which England received by way of 74 runs after hanging on board a file overall of 506/4 at the opening day.
The guests scored a mammoth first innings overall of 657 with 4 in their batters touching the three-figure mark.
The venue additionally gained one demerit level. This is 2d demerit level the stadium has gained in 8 months time. The pitch used for the primary Test between Pakistan and Australia in March used to be additionally rated as under moderate.
“ICC Elite Panel of Match Referee Andy Pycroft has rated the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium pitch that was used for the first match of the ICC World Test Championship series between Pakistan and England as “under moderate” and the venue has received one demerit point under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process,” in step with an ICC media unencumber.
Pycroft in his evaluate of the pitch stated, “It was a very flat pitch which gave almost no assistance to any type of bowler. That was the main reason why batters scored very fast and both sides posted huge totals. The pitch hardly deteriorated during the course of the match.
“Since there used to be little or no in it for the bowlers, I discovered the pitch to be under moderate as in step with the ICC pointers,” he added.
One demerit level is awarded to the venues the place the pitch is rated as under moderate whilst 3 and 5 demerit issues are awarded to venues the place pitches are marked as deficient and not worthy, respectively.
When a venue accumulates 5 demerit issues (or crosses that threshold), it’s suspended from web hosting any global cricket for a duration of three hundred and sixty five days, whilst a venue is suspended from staging any global cricket for twenty-four months when it reaches the edge of 10 demerit issues.