Despite growing fears about the nature of the pitches in New York for the T20 World Cup, there have been no plans to move the remaining matches away from the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium. The untested pitches in New York, which unduly favored the bowlers, came under scrutiny after Sri Lanka were bowled out by South Africa for 77, followed by India who drew Ireland for 96.
A BBC report said: “India privately expressed its dissatisfaction with the unpredictable bounce and ambiguous nature of the strips amid concerns over the safety of its batsmen.”
India are scheduled to face Pakistan in their second Group A game in New York on Sunday.
“The International Cricket Council (ICC) is believed to be analyzing data from previously abandoned games to establish how to react should action become necessary. However, ICC officials have maintained that there are no contingency plans to move any of the New York games. for locations in Florida or Texas, both of which have strips of natural grass.
“It is understood that an unused ground has been designated for the India v Pakistan clash, although there is flexibility to change this decision depending on how the other grounds play before that encounter,” the BBC report said.
The pop-up venue in New York, built for the T20 World Cup, has a total of 10 pitches of Tahoma grass, which were grown in Australia and shipped to Florida before being trucked to New York and installed in a few weeks. -in arrangement before the start of the tournament.
Australian curator Damien Hough, who knows the art and science of unexpected pitches from running the facilities at Adelaide Oval, has been hired by the ICC to prepare for the pitches in New York.
The outfield is made from Kentucky bluegrass, grown on a farm in New Jersey, on top of sand. In India’s game against Ireland on Wednesday, there were irregular bounces – meaning balls bounced at ankle height or darted sharply towards the wicketkeeper.
Players like Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Paul Stirling, Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant all took blows on themselves, with Rohit retiring hurt in the 52nd after taking a blow to the elbow. Other issues with the New York venue include the slowness of the outfield, due to its sandy nature, and the 10 m difference in square boundaries on both sides.
“A clear diagnosis for the problems has not yet been identified. India fans were even cheering for runs for Ireland at one point during the eight-wicket win, hoping the game’s length would be extended so they could see more of their team batting . the second round,” the report added.
He also claimed that concerns had also been raised about the six drop-in pitches placed at the practice facilities at nearby Cantiague Park, adding that South Africa’s batsmen opted to pitch rather than face their own bowlers and local net bowlers, because of injury concerns.
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