‘You used to turn up to county grounds and there….’, Mark Waugh unleashes on Ahmedabad pitch
Former Australia captain Mark Waugh has now set his sights on the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2023 after the pitches at Nagpur, Delhi and Indore failed to live up to his expectations. The India vs Australia Test series, so far, has proved to be one of the best with the bat but Australia’s greats are still not impressed with what has been bowled.
Waugh said on FOX Cricket –
“This is not on. I don’t know how you don’t know what pitch you’re playing on. In Australia, I think the groundsman and curators are told months in advance, so they set up the pitch for the camera, the side-screen, the spectators. But in India, it’s different.”
Two pitches were prepared for the series decider, both green in colour, in stark contrast to the surfaces at Nagpur, Delhi and Indore. However, till last evening it was not decided which pitch would host the competition.
After this both the captains addressed the press conference before the match tomorrow. Surprised by the move from stand-in captain Steve Smith, Waugh later expressed his displeasure at such tactics.
Waugh added –
“It’s a bit like county cricket. You used to turn up to county grounds and there would be three pitches prepared depending on who turned up for the opposition side, then they would decide. I don’t know what’s going on here but I think something needs to be done about this.”