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TheJediBrah
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I'll have you know he's an ATVG party guest
SillyCowCorner1
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Someone mistakenly forking a pitch and dropping beans in em
Gnske
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Not to blaspheme and have people call anathema on me, but I'd be totally okay and happy with a Boxing Day test at Adelaide.
Prince EWS
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They'd probably just play it at Docklands.
quincywagstaff
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Does Vaughan ever go a full day without publicly saying Test cricket is in trouble?
silentstriker
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The Perth pitch was excellent and anyone who doesn’t think so should stick to T20 cricket. Oh those poor poor batsmen, being treated unfairly for so long, how dare we subject them to a pitch where they may get an unpredictable bounce once in a while? Let’s watch another stats inflating century instead.
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the big bambino
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Yeah this “oh the poor batsmen” tripe is just a meme.
cnerd123
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Not quite certain it's a Safety thing either. I think the ICC genuinely wants to remove as many random elements out of the game as they can. There is a general push to standardise everything - regulations on bats, balls, kit, field dimensions, even DRS for umpiring to minimise the human element. Trying to evaluate pitches and arbitrary define a 'good' one fits into that mantra, and having a good pitch be one wtih consistent bounce fits with wanting randomness free cricket.
Safety could be a concern too but I don't think it's the main one. Lot of other things you could do if batsmen safety was the main concern (like making helmets mandatory, for one).
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Spark
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this rationale is even dumber than the safety one. "randomness-free cricket"? what?
the big bambino
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It’s just speculation. Besides Gnske provided the actual rationale for pitch rating.
cnerd123
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Its fairly clear they want to minimise the influences of external factors (pitches, umpires, weather, etc) on the outcome of matches. You still have randomness because that's what cricket is, but they seem to want cricket standardised to some extent across the world. Allow for some variation, but ensure every game is a 'fair' balance between bat and ball, and that the pitches don't overly favour one style of cricketer. Literally what they have said.
When I say random free cricket I mean they want to minimise the chances of a Kohli or Smith being dismissed by a grubber, and they want to kill off pitches where part timers become as dangerous as real bowlers. That sort of stuff. Less 'lottery' style pitches.
And yea, it's just speculation. I don't know why they have these criteria. Maybe the batsmen now making decisions in the ICC really are just looking out for their own, who knows. Personally I disagree with all of it.
Daemon
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A game of cricket starts with such a random thing, the flip of a coin that often is the deciding factor. They should get rid of that first. Then they can focus on using the same ball, same soil in the pitches, grass in the outfield and get rid of day nighters.
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4-twenty-2
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it's a hashtag
TheJediBrah
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Well yeah that was the point of the thread