Tryon hopes for improved Proteas batting, won't take Pakistan for granted
Proteas all-rounder Chloe Tryon says South Africa is looking to improve their batting ahead of Friday's Women's Cricket World Cup encounter against Pakistan.
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Australia in Pakistan: Rawalpindi pitch rated as below average
Match referee Ranjan Madugalle has handed out a below-average rating for the Pindi Cricket Stadium pitch that was used for the first Test between Pakistan and Australia.
ICC rates Rawalpindi pitch 'below average' after drawn Pakistan v Australia test
The Pindi Cricket Stadium pitch for the first test between Pakistan and Australia has been rated "below average" by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and given one demerit point after the first test ended in a draw.
Pakistan vs Australia, 1st Test: ICC Rates Rawalpindi Pitch As "Below Average"
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday rated the pitch at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi that was used for the first Test between Pakistan and Australia as "below average". Due to this rating, the venue has received one demerit point under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process. "The character of the pitch hardly changed over the course of five days and that there has been no deterioration apart from the bounce getting slightly lower. The pitch did not have a great deal of pace and bounce in it for the seamers nor assisted the spinners as the match progressed," Ranjan Madugalle of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees stated in an official statement.
Pakistan vs Australia: Rawalpindi pitch officially rated 'below average' after tame Test
Pakistan and Australia ended in a tame draw on Tuesday, has officially been rated "below average" by the match referee and given a demerit point. In all, 1,187 runs were scored for the loss of only 14 wickets in the Test, as bowlers toiled and batters dominated on a lifeless flat track.
2nd Test: Pakistan's Faheem cleared to face Australia after negative COVID test
Faheem Ashraf has been cleared to play against Australia in the second Test in Karachi after returning a negative result for COVID-19 in a retest, the country's cricket board told Reuters on Thursday. The 28-year-old all-rounder had tested positive for the virus on arrival at the team hotel, throwing his participation into doubt.
Australia tour to Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq says pitch wasn’t produced on his orders
Pakistan batter Imam-ul-Haq says neither he nor anyone in the team dictated what the Rawalpindi surface should be like for their first Test against Australia.
"Its' A Spirit Of Cricket Thing": David Warner On Mankading
Run-out at non-striker's end remains a "spirit of cricket issue" for Australian opener David Warner despite the MCC amending its code to remove it from "unfair play" laws even though he believes that batters are the ones solely at "fault" if such a dismissal is effected. Custodians of cricket laws, the Marylebone Cricket Club on re-classified the controversial runout, from law 41's 'unfair play' and incorporated it within law 38 pertaining to legitimate run outs. It's one of the nine changes that the MCC made to its code, which is set to come into effect from October this year.