Boring and lifeless: Cricket NSW slams plans for drop-in pitch at the SCG

  • SCG Trust is considering a drop-in pitch at the behest of the AFL
  • Cricket NSW is strongly opposed to the change

Cricket NSW is opposing moves to use drop-in pitches at the SCG, fearing it will result in boring cricket which will turn off spectators.

The Sydney Cricket Ground Trust, at the behest of the AFL, has formed a committee to consider drop-in pitches at the venue which has hosted Test cricket since 1882. “The move to a drop-in wicket with lifeless uniformity will create the risk of boring cricket,” Cricket NSW’s submission to the committee says.

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