South Africa skipper Dean Elgar was vital of the Gabba pitch after dropping the opening Test towards Australia inside two days, terming it a “pretty spicy” monitor that didn’t permit a “fair” contest.
As many as 34 wickets fell in two days as South Africa had been bowled out for 152 and 99 with Australia claiming a six-wicket win.
“Still making an attempt to wrap my head round what’s occurred. Pretty spicy wicket, bowlers had been licking their lips.
Challenging for the batters which is okay, however on the flipside I don’t see this as a good contest,” Elgar stated after the match.
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It was the second-fastest Test ever accomplished in Australia as solely 867 balls had been bowled, fetching 15 wickets on the primary day and one other 19 on the second day.
“You’ve gotta ask yourself it that’s a good advertisement for Test cricket,” Elgar advised ‘Foxsports’.
“I did ask the umpires … how long does it go on for until it potentially is unsafe.” It was the primary time in 91 years {that a} Test has completed inside two days in Australia and former gamers, together with Mark Waugh, too criticized the floor.
“I guess you’ve got to question, has this pitch got too much grass on it? I think the groundsmen will have a look at that,” Waugh stated on ‘Fox Cricket’.
“We know the Gabba does have grass but, I don’t know, it looks a bit unfair for the batsmen at the moment.” Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting additionally slammed the wicket which turned out to be a minefield for batters, saying it would get a “poor” ranking from the ICC.
“I’ve never seen anything like this at the Gabba. Matthew Hayden has played a lot more cricket here than me and he’s never seen anything like it. And Justin Langer said the same thing,” Ponting stated on ‘Channel 7’.
“There was somewhat little bit of moisture on day one – what you anticipate from The Gabba. What now we have seen is extreme seam motion.
“I feel it’s going to get a poor ranking. To have 22 wickets fall within the first 4 classes of a Test match says to me these are very, excellent bowling groups, little question about that. I don’t assume that the batters are that dangerous.
“Speaking to some of the players this morning, they think it is as difficult surface they have ever played on. A lot of these guys have played a lot of cricket. They have played a lot of cricket. They have played on some pretty tough wickets in different places around the world. So probably pretty justified at the moment,” Ponting added.
Former opener Matthew Hayden, who has performed lot of home cricket at Gabba, stated: “…for my part, it began too inexperienced.
“And that’s just from someone that has seen this from a very young age, there is no need to make it so full of grass, such heavy grass content. Because it seamed too much.”
