ICC’s most skilled match referee Ranjan Madugalle has rated the pitch on the Pallekele International Stadium in Kandy as “below average” after practically 1300 runs have been scored within the not too long ago concluded Test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
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According to an ICC launch, “the venue has received one demerit point under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process.”
Bangladesh scored 541 for 7 declared of their first innings and 100 for two of their second essay. Sri Lanka batted as soon as and piled up 648/8 declared with a career-best double hundred by skipper Dimuth Karunaratne.
“The character of the pitch hardly changed over the course of five days. There was no shift in balance between bat and ball as the game progressed,” former Sri Lanka captain Madugalle stated.
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“The pitch remained batting-friendly throughout, resulting in a total of 1289 runs scored in the match for the loss of 17 wickets at an average of 75.82 runs per wicket, which is very high. Therefore, in keeping with the ICC guidelines I rate this pitch as below average,” he additional wrote.
As per revised pitch and outfield monitoring laws, one demerit level shall be awarded to venues whose pitches are rated by the match referees as “below average”, whereas three and 5 demerit factors shall be awarded to venues whose pitches are marked as “poor” and “unfit”, respectively.
Demerit factors will stay lively for a rolling five-year interval.
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When a venue accumulates 5 demerit factors (or crosses that threshold), it’s suspended from internet hosting any worldwide cricket for a interval of 12 months, whereas a venue shall be suspended from staging any worldwide cricket for twenty-four months when it reaches the edge of 10 demerit factors.
Madugalle’s report has been forwarded to Sri Lanka Cricket.
While the norm is to have impartial match referees however for the reason that resumption of worldwide bilateral cricket, the ICC is permitting its Elite Panel match referees officiate of their residence nation.
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