The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday Jan 02,2018 announced that the MCG Pitch
used for the fourth Test between Australia and England has been
rated "poor" under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process.
ICC Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle submitted his report to the ICC expressing the concerns of the match officials over the performance of the pitch which saw Australia scoring 327 and 263 for four declared, and England scoring 491 in their only innings. This report has been forwarded to Cricket Australia, who now have 14 days to provide their response.
ICC Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle submitted his report to the ICC expressing the concerns of the match officials over the performance of the pitch which saw Australia scoring 327 and 263 for four declared, and England scoring 491 in their only innings. This report has been forwarded to Cricket Australia, who now have 14 days to provide their response.
Madugalle
said, "The bounce of the MCG pitch was medium, but slow in pace and got
slower as the match progressed. The nature of the pitch did not change
over the five days and there was no natural deterioration. As such, the
pitch did not allow an even contest between the bat and the ball as it
neither favoured the batsmen too much nor it gave the bowlers sufficient
opportunity to take wickets."
The
MCG Test was the last Test to be rated under the current ICC Pitch and
Outfield Monitoring Process, with a revised process coming into effect
in men's and women's international cricket from Thursday, 4 January
2018, following the conclusion of the New Zealand versus Windies T20I
series which ends in Mount Maunganui on Wednesday Jan 03,2018
The
major change in the revised ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process
is to the sanctioning system for venues which present substandard
conditions for international matches. If a pitch or outfield is rated as
being substandard, that venue will be allocated a number of demerit
points.
One
demerit point will be awarded to venues whose pitches are rated by the
match referees as below average, while three and five demerit points
will be awarded to venues whose pitches are marked as poor and unfit,
respectively.
When
a venue accumulates five demerit points, it will be suspended from
hosting any international cricket for a period of 12 months, while a
venue will be suspended from staging any international cricket for 24
months when it reaches the threshold of 10 demerit points.
Demerit points will remain active for a rolling five-year period
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