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Cricket pitch

Protected area

The protected area or danger area is the central portion of the pitch rectangle running down the middle of the pitch, two feet wide, and beginning five feet from each popping crease. Under the Laws of Cricket, a bowler must avoid running on this area during his follow-through after delivering the ball.

If a bowler runs on the protected area, an umpire will issue a warning to the bowler and his team captain. The umpire issues a second and final warning if the bowler transgresses again. On the third offence, the umpire will remove the bowler from the attack immediately and the bowler may not bowl again for the remainder of the innings.

The protected area is protected in this way because the ball normally bounces on the pitch within this region, and if it is scuffed or damaged by the bowler's footmarks it can give an unfair advantage to the bowling side. The rule does not prevent the bowler or any other fielder from running on the protected area in an effort to field the ball; it only applies to the uninterrupted follow-through.

State of the pitch

If the grass on a natural pitch is longer or more moist than usual, the pitch is described as green. A green pitch favours the bowler over the batsman as the ball can be made to behave erratically on longer or wet grass. Most club and social cricket is played on pitches that professional cricketers would call green.

A sticky wicket is a pitch that has become wet. This causes the ball to behave erratically, particularly for the slower or spin bowlers. However, modern pitches are generally protected from rain and dew before and during games so a sticky pitch is rarely seen in first-class cricket. The phrase, however, has retained currency and extended beyond cricket to mean any difficult situation.

As a match progresses, the pitch dries out. The Laws of Cricket prevent the pitch from being watered during a match. As it dries out, initially batting becomes easier as any moisture disappears. Over the course of a four or five day match, however, the pitch begins to crack, then crumble and become dusty. This kind of pitch is colloquially known as a 'dust bowl' or 'minefield'. This again favors bowlers, particularly spin bowlers who can obtain large amounts of traction on the surface and make the ball spin a long way.

This change in the relative difficulties of batting and bowling as the state of the pitch changes during a match is one of the primary strategic considerations that the captain of the team that wins the coin toss will take into account when deciding which team will bat first

Covering the pitch

The pitch is said to be covered when there are covers on it to protect it against rain or dew. Whether covers are used or not significantly affects the way the ball comes off the pitch, making the issue a controversial one. Law 11 of the Laws of cricket provides that during the match the pitch shall not be completely covered unless provided otherwise by regulations or by agreement before the toss. When possible, the bowlers' run ups are covered in inclement weather to keep them dry. If the pitch is covered overnight, the covers are removed in the morning at the earliest possible moment on each day that play is expected to take place. If covers are used during the day as protection from inclement weather or if inclement weather delays the removal of overnight covers, they are removed as soon as conditions allow. Excess water can be removed from a pitch or the outfield using a machine called a water hog.

Preparation and maintenance of the playing area

Law 10 of the Laws of cricket sets out rules covering the preparation and maintenance of the playing area.

Rolling the pitch

During the match the pitch may be rolled at the request of the captain of the batting side, for a period of not more than 7 minutes, before the start of each innings, other than the first innings of the match, and before the start of each subsequent day's play. In addition, if, after the toss and before the first innings of the match, the start is delayed, the captain of the batting side may request to have the pitch rolled for not more than 7 minutes, unless the umpires together agree that the delay has had no significant effect on the state of the pitch. Once the game has begun, rolling may not take place other than under these circumstances.

If there is more than one roller available the captain of the batting side shall have the choice. There are detailed rules to make sure that rolling, where possible, is conducted so as not to delay the game, but, if necessary, the game is delayed to allow the batting captain to have up to 7 minutes rolling if he so wishes.

Sweeping

Before a pitch is rolled it is first swept to avoid any possible damage by rolling in debris. The pitch is also cleared of any debris at all intervals for meals, between innings and at the beginning of each day. The only exception to this is that the umpires do not allow sweeping to take place where they consider it may be detrimental to the surface of the pitch.

Mowing

Both the pitch and the outfield is mown on each day of a match on which play is expected to take place, if ground and weather conditions allow. Once a game has begun mowings are carried out under the supervision of the umpires.

Footholes and footholds

The umpires are required to make sure that bowlers' and batsmen's footholes are cleaned out and dried whenever necessary to facilitate play. In matches of more than one day's duration, if necessary, the footholes made by the bowler in his delivery stride may be returfed or covered with quick-setting fillings to make them safe and secure. Players may also secure their footholds using sawdust provided that the pitch is not damaged or they do not do so in a way that is unfair to the other team.

Practising on the field

Players are not allowed to practise bowling or batting on the pitch, or on the area parallel and immediately adjacent to the pitch, at any time on any day of the match. Practice on a day of a match on any other part of the cricket square is only permitted before the start of play or after the close of play on that day, but must cease 30 minutes before the scheduled start of play or if it is detrimental to the surface of the square.

Typically players do practise on the field of play, but not on the cricket square, during the game. Also bowlers sometimes practise run ups during the game. However, no practice or trial run-up is permitted on the field of play during play if it could result in a waste of time. The rules concerning practice on the field are covered principally by Law 17 of the Laws of Cricket.

Typical pitches

Pitches in different parts of the world have different characteristics. The nature of the pitch is usually very important aspect of the actual game. Team selection and other aspects are greatly influenced by the nature of the pitch. A spin bowler may be preferred in the Indian subcontinent where the dry pitches assist spinners especially towards the end of a five day test match whereas an all pace attack may be used in places like Australia where the pitches are bouncy.

Pitches in Australia

Pitches in Australia have traditionally been known to assist fast bowlers because of the amount of bounce that can be generated on these surfaces. In particular, the pitch at the WACA Ground in Perth is regarded as being possibly the quickest pitch in the world. These kinds of pitches promote the playing of a lot of pull, hook and cut shots. Other stadiums like Adelaide Oval and Sydney Cricket Ground have been known to assist spinners more as these pitches have more dust cover. This makes the stadiums an attractive ground for batsmen where teams on an average have scores of 300 or above in their first innings. The Melbourne Cricket Ground has been known to assist seam bowlers particularly, as there has been known to be a lot of grass cover and pitches are quite hard. However, swing in Australia, unlike England, depends upon the overhead conditions, similar to the Indian subcontinent.

Batting in Australia is easier on most pitches. Most back-foot players have been known to do well. The only difficulties lie in the unusual bounce of WACA and MCG, added to playing against Australia, which has been the most powerful Test side for most of the 2000s.

Pitches in England and Wales

Green, swing promoter and humid conditions sums up the construction of English pitches. Early in the season, most batsmen have to be on their guard as English pitches prove to be most fickle like the country's weather. Only seasoned and skilled batsmen would have less difficulty when they have to play across the line of the stumps. Even medium pace bowlers have known to be a handful in the first few days of the match. Later in the summer, the pitches tend to get harder and lose their green. This make the task easier for batsmen and only genuine fast bowlers like those bowling in range of (130-150 km/h) and spinners can contain. Spinners prove less effective in the first half of the season and tend only to play their part in the second half. The humid conditions and little dust makes the grounds ideal place to practice reverse swing with a 50-over old ball. Andrew Flintoff is the only present English bowler with that weapon up his sleeves. Of all grounds, The Oval is the most dangerous as the ball reverse swings most here. Another reason for this is traditionally it hosts the last international test match of a touring side in a summer. No formidable wicket-taker spinner has been known to come from the English side for the past many years; the only recognised quality spinners at present are left armer Monty Panesar and right armer Graeme Swann. This is basically due to lack of practice on home pitches.

England is known to produce some decent swing bowlers. Some of the current crop includes James Anderson and Ryan Sidebottom.

England is the hub for a lot of research done in the domain of preparing cricket pitches, and some outstanding research has recently been conducted by Cranfield University. The same has laid down fresh guidelines for preparation of pitches and is likely to improve the efficiency of a number of groundstaff.

Pitches in New Zealand

New Zealand doesn't depend more on conditions as its neighbour Australia does. The pitches here, like the ones at Eden Park, Auckland and Basin Reserve, Wellington are more green than their counterparts in England. This makes the stadiums the most picturesque ones in the world. The ball swings a lot due to the proximity of most stadiums to the sea and seam and bounce help the fast bowlers. The pitches resemble the South African ones, with added wind. Batting can be very trying and only after 30 overs in a day can a batsman hope to adjust to the conditions. Often bowlers are assisted by trade winds that increase the speed the batsmen faces the ball at one end. At the other end, the wind acts as a wall and decreases the pace on the ball and as result adjusting to this is often the most trying part for a visiting teams.

Prominent New Zealand seam bowlers of the current era are Shane Bond, Mark Gillespie, Chris Martin, Tim Southee, Kyle Mills, Michael Mason and James Franklin. The only currently recognised quality spinner is Daniel Vettori and Nathan McCullum , like Panesar a left-armer. The country has a long reputation of producing finger-spinners.

Pitches in South Africa and Zimbabwe

Pitches resemble those in Australia with added swing(lateral) movement and comparitvely lesser bounce. However, genuine fast bowlers who can hit the deck hard and hope for some seam as well do the most damage, the like of which are Shaun Pollock, Allan Donald, Makhaya Ntini, Dale SteynMorne Morkel, Andre Nel and Jacques Kallis. Spinners gain no assistance as in New Zealand and have to toil hard. This is perhaps a reason why South Africa has failed to produce a quality wicket-taker spinner.

Pitches in Zimbabwe are very similar to the ones in South Africa with the only difference being in the nature of the bounce. The pitches in South Africa provide fast bounce while the pitches in Zimbabwe tend to have a spongy, Tennis Ball type of bounce which makes hitting on the up a risky proposition. Most pitches have slower bounce, hence batting is more favourable in Zimbabwe.

Pitches in West Indies

West Indies tends to produce pitches which are balanced in their nature. Neither is the bounce too disconcerting nor is the movement extravagant. However, bowlers who are willing to bend their backs find assistance from these pitches while top batsmen also find that the pitches are conducive to stroke making. Pitches here have earned a reputation of assisting the quicks because of the era gone by when West Indies used to have some of the fastest bowlers in cricket. Tall bowlers like Joel Garner, Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Colin Croft, Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh produced bounce and speed even on the most docile pitches which wreaked havoc to any side and they used to run through the line-up. However, some of the best batsmen have arisen from the Caribbean too, like Viv Richards, Clive Lloyd, Rohan Kanhai, and Brian Lara. Gary Sobers is generally considered the greatest all-rounder of all time. Spinners also have something in the pitches as they offer a little dust and cracks from third day onwards. The unexpected bounce also help the tweakers.

People argue that mastering the Caribbean soil is difficult for any bowler as the conditions are very different from most of the other venues. Those like Glenn McGrath have been known to be particularly dangerous on the Caribbean soil and hence, fast bowlers like Stuart Clark have termed the grounds as good learning experience.

Pitches In Pakistan

Pitches in Pakistan have historically supported spin bowling rather than seam or swing. Such pitches had virtually no grass, afforded little assistance for pace, bounce, or lateral air movement, but created very good turn. In decades past, legendary offspinners such as Saqlain Mushtaq, and legspinners such as Abdul Qadir and Mushtaq Ahmed, routinely toyed with visiting teams to plot dramatic victories for Pakistan in home test matches, particularly on turning pitches in hot, humid conditions at Arbab Niaz Stadium and Gaddafi Stadium.

Pitches in Pakistan are flat and considered batting paradises for batsmen in winter and suits spinners in summer. Therefore fast bowlers generally have to make something happen on their own. In swinging yorker and in dippers are bowled by Pakistani bowlers and the art of Reverse Swing also goes to credit of Sarfaraz Nawaz. Pakistani Bowlers are considered the most brutal in the past with Imran Khan, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younus. Prominent bowlers of current era are Shoaib Akhtar, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamer, Umar Gul and spinner Danish Kaneria.

Pitches in India

Pitches in India have historically supported spin bowling rather than seam or swing. Such pitches had virtually no grass, afforded little assistance for pace, bounce, or lateral air movement, but created very good turn. In decades past, legendary spin bowlersost notably the Indian spin quartet of the 1960s and 1970s, consisting of left-armer Bedi, offspinners Prasanna and Venkataraghavan, and legspinner Chandrasekharoutinely toyed with visiting teams to plot dramatic victories for India in home test matches, particularly on turning pitches in hot, humid conditions at Eden Gardens in Kolkata (then known as Calcutta) and Chepauk in Chennai (then known as Madras). They outwitted opposing batsmen not only through line, length, and trajectory variations, but also by physically and psychologically exploiting rough spots resulting from wear and tear on the playing top, and cracks from increasing surface dryness as a game progressed. Not surprisingly, batting first, building a first innings lead, and demolishing the second innings of the opposition came to be critical factors for India in scoring victories on home turf. For visitors, whose bowling repertoire usually consisted of quickies but almost never spinners of a high enough caliber, batting first could mean the difference between drawing a match and losing it. While the Brabourne and Wankhede stadiums in Mumbai and Ferozshah Kotla in Delhi never offered nearly as much turn to spinners, winning a series in India was nevertheless quite difficult, and considered an ultimate challenge for visiting teams, as it is to this day.

In more recent years, legspinner Anil Kumble (now retired) and, in fewer instances, offspinner Harbhajan Singh (currently playing), have created match winning circumstances for India, both at home and abroad. Indian cricket fans down the generations have undoubtedly relished the many memorable winning performances by their spinners. However, they have also excoriated slower Indian pitches of the past for their country's perplexing inability to nurture genuinely quick bowlers of its own in the 70s and 80s, and for the struggles of its batsmen to score consistently against those of others. Indian teams of those days were frequently challenged in holding their own on the pacy, bouncy, swinging pitches in England and the West Indies, with the turners of Trinidad being the singular exception.

Indian pitches and attitudes have changed considerably in the past few years. The induction of several newer venues, such as the one at Mohali, the emergence of genuine Indian fast bowlers, plus the development of domestic league cricket with international participants in the form of IPL and ICL, have resulted in a greater variety of pitches. Some contemporary pitches provide good support for pace, bounce, and swing, giving visiting teams from countries such as South Africa and Australia the feeling of being at home. One new complaint gaining ground, though, is that surfaces are often tailor made to be flat tops or excessively batsmen-friendly, for the sake of maximizing entertainment value, at the expense of all types of bowlers.

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The word pitch also refers to the bouncing of the ball, usually on the pitch. In this context, the ball is said to pitch before it reaches the batsman. Where the ball pitches can be qualified as pitched short (bouncing nearer the bowler), pitched up (nearer the batsman), or pitched on a length (somewhere in between).

Unlike baseball, the word pitch is not used to mean the act of propelling the ball towards the batsman. This is usually referred to as a ball or a delivery. (Also, the word ball does not imply anything about the accuracy of the ball.)

References

MCC

Principles and practice of pitch preparation

External links

The Science of Rolling Cricket Pitches

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