Have You Ever Played cricket In a Carpet pitch?

[cricket player]

It Is so unpredictable to find Where The ball is moving when you playin In a carpet pitch,Alot of people play on these pitches now days and it can be batsmans night mare some times,Because The ball tends to stay low I mean really low,four quality players of ours were bowled because They were predicting That The ball was going to bounce instead stayed low and really low and took their wickets,Every happend to you?

 

[deeps]

carpet pitch?

 

[Ming]

Do you mean artificial grass.....?

 

[deeps]

i thought it may have been synthetic, but then the above comments would not be true. Artificial , aka astro turf, gives the most consistent bounce i've ever played on

 

[cricket player]

Do you mean artificial grass.....?

Yup In that case,

 

[SJS]

Good God NO !

I havent even played ON one

 

[deeps]

hmm, well is this artificial grass the same as astro turf? i have played on turf pitches and artificial pitches, and artifical gives much more consistent bounce.

Turf gives true pace, but the bounce can be variable, but astro is perfectly normal all the time.... was the pitch damp or did it have damp spots?

 

[SJS]

It Is so unpredictable to find Where The ball is moving when you playin In a carpet pitch,Alot of people play on these pitches now days and it can be batsmans night mare some times,Because The ball tends to stay low I mean really low,four quality players of ours were bowled because They were predicting That The ball was going to bounce instead stayed low and really low and took their wickets,Every happend to you?

I havent played on a synthetic wicket but I would expect the wicket's behaviour to depend a lot on whats underneath. Plus the moisture on the surface which reduces the coefficient of friction making the ball skid.

A cemented surface also keeps low, relatively but once you get used to it, you realise you can go on the front foot comfortably to anything except those pitched VERY short and keep driving through the line.

Its actually better to bat on once you get used to the bounce. Relatively lower bounce is not a problem, unpredictable bounce or a lower bounce accompanied by lateral movement is.

 

[C_C]

never played on synthetic grass but did play on matting.....got out for 1 run after playing and missing 8 balls and in my alotted 4 overs (20 overs a side), got 4 wickets for 10 runs.....(with about 20-25 byes and leg byes)....
All i can say is, if matting makes a comeback, bowlers like Kyle Mills would make McGrath's figures look mediocre.

 

[Kweek]

we play on matting (coconut hairs(is the matting) and gravel underneath it) and we have astro turf pitches in holland ( and 5 grass ones) and like SJS said it really depends whats underneath it.

 

[cric_manic]

I play on them every saturday in the season
some times underneath the turf is concrete

 

[age_master]

Matting is the one i think hes talking about, about the worst for batting. Astro turf for the most part have nice consistent bounce, Turf, when well looked after (like we have out here) is good but with a little less consistent bounce.

 

[Smudge]

Good God NO !

I havent even played ON one

I've played other things on a carpet pitch, but that's probably best left for OT...



I used to play on carpet pitches all the time in my student flats.

 

[SJS]

Matting is the one i think hes talking about, about the worst for batting. Astro turf for the most part have nice consistent bounce, Turf, when well looked after (like we have out here) is good but with a little less consistent bounce.

Actually matting with a good surface underneath is pretty good for batting. The ball bounces a bit more than on turf so most players who learn their early cricket on matting, are good off the backfoot.

The spinners and the cutter bowlers get good grip on the woven, coarse surface. Thats why you find so many subcontinental players play spinners so well.

You can pull more easily than on turf so those who get used to playing on matting get lbw playing back to not-so-short deliveries on turf wickets.

On the other side, those used to turf, find that when they go forward, on a matting, to smother a good length (by turf norms) delivery, the ball stands up and they have trouble. Or it spins past the bat.

 

[Langeveldt]

Nope, never.. I'm fortunate enough to play my cricket on one of the best wickets in the region, and I wouldnt swap it for a carpet..

 

[Tom Halsey]

School nets are carpet nets, pretty consistent, spins a hell of a lot though.

 

[benchmark00]

I played junior club cricket on synthetic... Its not unpredictable if you ask me, you just have to play off the back foot alot more, and when you first play on turf it can get you in a fair bit of trouble, but it's not exactly impossible to play on... its consistant.

 

[Langeveldt]

I've played other things on a carpet pitch, but that's probably best left for OT....

hahaha, land the plane on the strip??

 

[Smudge]

hahaha, land the plane on the strip??

Only if a scorched earth policy hadn't been employed...

 

[Kweek]

Actually matting with a good surface underneath is pretty good for batting. The ball bounces a bit more than on turf so most players who learn their early cricket on matting, are good off the backfoot.

The spinners and the cutter bowlers get good grip on the woven, coarse surface. Thats why you find so many subcontinental players play spinners so well.

You can pull more easily than on turf so those who get used to playing on matting get lbw playing back to not-so-short deliveries.

On the other side, those used to turf, find that when they go forward to smother a good length (by turf norms) delivery, the ball stands up and they have trouble. Or it spins past the bat.

and guess whats the biggest problem is for dutch cricketers facing fast bowlers on grass pitches....yes front foot shots.