DTVHINDIT20 World Cup 2024: ICC gives “Unsatisfactory” rating to New York and Trinidad pitches
The ICC has rated the pitches at the Nassau County Cricket Stadium in New York and the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad as “Unsatisfactory”. New York Cricket Stadium (Photo Source: Getty Images) ICC Rates T20 World Cup 2024 Pitches: The T20 World Cup 2024 was jointly hosted in the US and the West Indies in June. The ICC has released the pitch ratings on Tuesday (August 20). The pitch of Nassau County Cricket Stadium in New York and Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad has been given an “Unsatisfactory” rating. ICC gave “Unsatisfactory” rating to the pitches of these two matches played in New York In the T20 World Cup 2024, 8 matches were played at the Nassau Cricket Stadium in New York. The ICC has termed the pitches of the Sri Lanka vs South Africa and India vs Ireland matches as “Unsatisfactory”. Let us tell you, both these matches were the first matches to be played at the venue. The team had to face challenging conditions in both the matches. Sri Lanka’s team was all out for 77 runs against South Africa. Whereas, Ireland’s team was able to score only 96 runs against India. Due to uneven bounce in the pitch, many players got injured, including Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant and Ireland’s Harry Tractor. ICC gave ‘Satisfactory’ rating to the pitch of India vs Pakistan match The match between India and Pakistan in the T20 World Cup 2024 was played in New York on 9 June. In that match, India was all out for 119 runs. Chasing the target, Pakistan’s team was able to score only 113 runs and India won by 6 runs. ICC has given ‘Satisfactory’ rating to both the pitch and outfield. The pitch of the semi-final match played at Brian Lara Stadium got “Unsatisfactory” rating The first semi-final match of the tournament was played between Afghanistan and South Africa at Brian Lara Cricket Stadium, Trinidad on 26 June. Due to South Africa’s excellent bowling, Afghanistan’s team was all out for 56 runs in 12 overs. This is the lowest total in the history of T20 World Cup semi-finals. The South African team then chased the target in just 8.5 overs and won. After the match, Afghanistan’s head coach Jonathan Trott had strongly criticized the pitch. Let us tell you, during the entire tournament, low scores were seen on the pitch of Brian Lara Cricket Stadium, in which many times teams were all out under 100 runs. Apart from all this, ICC has given ‘Satisfactory’ rating to 31 pitches and “Very Good” rating to 18.
T20 World Cup 2024: The pitch of the first semi-final held in Trinidad was not good, the chief curator admitted the mistake
Afghanistan were all out for just 56 runs against South Africa in the first semi-final match Brian Lara Stadium Tarouba, Trinidad (Image Credit- Twitter X) The recently held ICC T20 World Cup 2024 ended with the victory of the Indian cricket team. Team India won the T20 World Cup trophy for the second time after 2007. Along with some great matches in the tournament, excellent performances were also seen from the teams. Rashid Khan-led Afghanistan performed similarly in the last T20 World Cup season. However, the first semi-final match was a forgettable one for the Afghan team that reached the semi-finals after defeating big teams. Batting first in this match played against South Africa in Trinidad, West Indies, Afghanistan was all out for just 56 runs. They had to face defeat by 9 wickets in the match, and their dream of winning the T20 World Cup was shattered. After this match, there was a lot of discussion in the cricket world about the quality of the pitch. So now a big statement has come from the chief curator regarding the pitch of Brian Lara Stadium in Taoroba, Trinidad. The curator says that the pitch was not according to the set standards, and has accepted his mistake. There was no quality pitch for the semi-final match Let us tell you that the chief curator of the West Indies leg, Kent Crofton, was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz – The intention was to make a good pitch for the match, which would have something for the bowlers, but the pitch for the first semi-final of the T20 World Cup turned out to be one-sided. The preparation program for the pitch did not go as planned. Due to this, the pitch became a cracked pitch, in which speed, bounce and very uneven bounce were created. On this issue, former England cricketer Stephen Finn said- This was really a bad pitch. The pitch was bad, due to which there was no special performance for the T20 match. This pitch was fine for the 5th day of Test cricket, but not good for T20 cricket.
T20 World Cup 2024: Trinidad pitch created a ruckus, former veterans raised big questions calling it ‘dangerous’
The pitch was a bit dangerous. Some balls were passing around the shoulder, neck, chin height of the South African fast bowlers – Andy Flower T20 World Cup 2024, SA vs AFG (Photo Source: Getty Images) South Africa has reached the final by defeating Afghanistan by 9 wickets in the first semi-final match of T20 World Cup 2024. With this victory, the African team has created history, the team is going to play a World Cup final for the first time. But meanwhile there is a ruckus about the pitch of Trinidad. After the match, Afghanistan’s head coach Jonathan Trott had said that this was not the semi-final pitch. At the same time, South African captain Aiden Markram is happy not to play on this pitch again. The Trinidad pitch was very difficult to bat on, which the African bowlers took advantage of. And Afghanistan was all out for 56 runs in 11.5 overs. Former Australian cricketer Tom Moody and former Zimbabwean player Andy Flower have made a big statement raising questions on the Trinidad pitch. T20 World Cup 2024: Playing on the pitch was a tough challenge- Tom Moody Former Australian player Tom Moody says that there should be equal competition between ball and bat. He says that batsmen should not face a pitch where the conditions are completely against them. Tom Moody also said that it is not right for teams to score more than 200 in every match, balance is needed in every match. Talking on ESPNcricinfo, Tom Moody said, You want a fair contest between bat and ball and I am not advocating that we need pitches where you need 200+ runs. But you need consistent bounce, that is the most important thing. Any batsman will put his hand up and say, that is the most important thing. If you have a ball that is hitting the toe of your bat or a ball that you feel you are going to punch the same length with your gloves, it is a very tough challenge to counter. The pitch was a bit dangerous- Andy Flower Former Zimbabwe player Andy Flower says that the pitch had inconsistent bounce, which troubled the batsmen. Flower also said that the pitch also looked dangerous because the balls were passing around the shoulders, neck and chin of the batsmen, which could also cause injuries. Andy Flower said, As a batsman, you’re trying to predict where the ball will be. You’d like to get it somewhere in the middle of the bat at least. And on this pitch, it was almost impossible to do that on any consistent basis. It was a bit dangerous actually. Some of the balls were going past the shoulders, necks, chin height of the South African fast bowlers. And one of them even went past the head of Quinton de Kock, the keeper. And I was glad nobody got hurt.
