Loud Thinking March 19, 2015 at 02:10PM

Pitch fixing by Australia…in connivance with the ICC..?

PCB must immediately take up this matter with the ICC whereby Australia is using its influence to doctor the to pitch for gaining maximum possible advantage over Pakistan.

ICC is also requested to not to degrade its international World Cup to the level of a bilateral series.

Given below is the relevant para and the link of an article published today by the ESPNcricinfo exposing the Australian pre-match fixing efforts to steal the #CWC15 QF match against Pakistan by hook or by crook..!

Australia hope Adelaide grass greener
By DANIEL BRETTIG IN ADELAIDE

Link:- http://www.espncricinfo.com/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015/content/story/852351.html

“Australia are hopeful a well-grassed Adelaide Oval pitch will provide enough assistance for the hosts’ fast bowlers to dismantle Pakistan and thus prevent their own strong pace battery from doing likewise in the third World Cup quarter-final.

The captain Michael Clarke and the national selector Rod Marsh were seen in lengthy consultation with the oval groundsman Damian Hough on match eve, Clarke having already expressed his hope that no more grass would be shaved from the surface ahead of Friday’s contest. Ground staff also watered the pitches either side of the match strip, reducing the chances of reverse-swing emanating from the abrasive parts of the square.”

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