.stevesmith49 has labelled the Gabba green-top as the toughest pitch he has played on in Australia and is hoping conditions at the MCG will be more suited to batting. 7NEWS
South Africa were smashed in Brisbane as 34 wickets tumbled in just two days to open the blockbuster series, making it the shortest Test on Australian soil in 91 years.Watch, Stream & Catch Up with Australia's Home of Cricket onThe International Cricket Council took a dim view of the game lasting just six sessions, with match referee Richie Richardson grading the Gabba pitch as “below average”, and saying it was “not an even contest between bat and ball”.
“Some balls were sitting in the wicket, making divots, some were zinging through and it was just incredibly hard to bat. “We encourage all our to look at how we make the right balance over it going deep into the fourth day,” Roach said.“We say that not being disappointed when a match goes into the fifth day; late on the fourth day gives a chance for the game to go a bit further.”
“ went three days, was a difficult weekend and this year we’ve again got two really good bowling attacks so we’ll sum up the conditions and try to play accordingly,” he said.
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