Sunil Gavaskar on mcg pitch: ‘Had there been such a pitch anywhere else in the world, everything would have been loose’

The fourth Test between Australia and England ended within a few days at the mcg. The pitch has been rated ‘unsatisfactory‘ by the ICC, and was awarded a demerit point by the former Indian cricketer. Sunil Ga Vaskar wrote in his column that if it was someone else, the whole world would be “broken loose.”

“If there was such a pitch anywhere else in the world (read India), all hell broke loose. Not surprisingly, many have come to the curator's rescue, sorry, Turf's director, and suggested that it was an honest mistake to leave so much grass on the pitch. It's the same as when an English and Australian umpire did the wrong thing in the old days decided, it was a ‘human error’, while the mistakes made by the umpires of the sub-continent were ‘deception’. "Gavaskar columns for his mid-day.

“Even today, a panel of ICC umpires has Despite this, a mistake made by them is often mentioned with their name and country suggesting that it was incompetence or mo again, while so called by the umpires of developed countries. Rah's mistakes are ignored as if it were insignificant to the outcome of the match, ”said Gavaskar

Match referee Jeff Crowe said the E pitch was “unsatisfactory.” "The mcg pitch was very much in favour of the bowlers, “ Crowe said.” With 20 wickets falling on the first day, 16 wickets falling on the second day, and no batsman even reaching the half-century as per the guidelines, the pitch was‘ unsatisfactory ‘, and the venue was given a demerit point. Mt.”

Curator Matthew Page admitted that he was in a state of shock at how his team prepared the pitch. Ed played out. “I have never attended a Test match like this and would hope that I am not involved in a Test match like this again, "Page told the media.“ We know this has not happened as planned. Let's see what we need to do to improve.” Page said that while the Test match itself was‘ enticing ‘, his team did not put in enough effort to ensure that the game lasted long enough. “I was in a position to hawk after the first day,”Page said. “We are obviously disappointed that it has been two days. We designed a test that was fascinating, but it hasn't lasted long enough. We will learn from it and make tunes and we will fix it next year.”