The International Cricket Council (ICC) determined to vary the pitch ranking for the third Test between India and Australia in Indore. After the match referee gave the Holkar Stadium pitch a ‘poor’ ranking, the Board of Contol for Cricket in India (BCCI) determined to lodge an enchantment. In what might be referred to as a profitable final result from the enchantment, the ranking was revised from ‘poor’ to ‘beneath common’. However, the ICC’s determination hasn’t gone down properly with a bit of Australian media.
Criticising the apex board’s determination, an Australian outlet branded the choice as ‘ridiculous’. Even Australia’s former cricketer and coach Darren Lehmann reacted to the news on social media.
— Darren Lehmann (@darren_lehmann) March 27, 2023
“The pitch, which was very dry, did not provide a balance between bat and ball, favouring spinners from the start,” match referee Chris Broad wrote in his report.
“The fifth ball of the match broke through the pitch surface and continued to occasionally break the surface providing little or no seam movement and there was excessive and uneven bounce throughout the match,” he had added.
After the BCCI lodged an enchantment, footage from the match was reviewed, based mostly on which the ranking was upgraded to ‘beneath common’.
Explaining the choice, ICC stated in a press release: “The footage from the Test was reviewed by an ICC appeal panel consisting of Wasim Khan, ICC General Manager – Cricket, and Roger Harper, ICC Men’s Cricket Committee Member. Both were of the opinion that, while the guidelines had been followed by the Match Referee in accordance with Appendix A of the Pitch Monitoring Process, there was not enough excessive variable bounce to warrant the ‘poor’ rating.
“The panel, subsequently, concluded that the pitch needs to be rated ‘beneath common’, that means the Holkar Stadium will obtain just one demerit level as an alternative of the unique three.”
At the Holkar Stadium, 14 wickets fell on the first day and, out of the 31 wickets to fall in the Test, 26 went to spinners.
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