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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2025
Teams fume as Big Bash match abandoned due to dangerous pitch

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Reuters
11 December, 2023, 02:10 pm
Last modified: 11 December, 2023, 02:13 pm

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Teams fume as Big Bash match abandoned due to dangerous pitch

Boos rang out from the crowd of 6,601 when play was abandoned some 15 minutes later, the first time a match was called off due to an unsafe pitch in the BBL's 12-year history.

Reuters
11 December, 2023, 02:10 pm
Last modified: 11 December, 2023, 02:13 pm
Teams fume as Big Bash match abandoned due to dangerous pitch

Cricket Australia will conduct a "thorough review" into Sunday's abandoned Big Bash League (BBL) match in Geelong after the Melbourne Renegades-Perth Scorchers clash was called off with 6.5 overs bowled due to safety concerns about the pitch.

Heavy rain at the weekend had seeped under protective covers and left a wet patch at one end of the Kardinia Park wicket but officials cleared the match to go ahead after ground staff scrambled to rectify the situation.

Umpires then suspended play in the seventh over with Perth 30 for two after Josh Inglis was subjected to a torrid, three-ball sequence from paceman Will Sutherland.

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Inglis was struck in the groin, played an inside edge and then missed a delivery that ballooned off the pitch and left wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock bemused.

Boos rang out from the crowd of 6,601 when play was abandoned some 15 minutes later, the first time a match was called off due to an unsafe pitch in the BBL's 12-year history.

Hear from Aaron Finch on the @FoxCricket mic as the umpires have a chat about the pitch in Geelong...#BBL13 pic.twitter.com/PsHbPQZZaL— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 10, 2023

"CA will conduct a thorough review into the extremely frustrating circumstances that have resulted in the game being abandoned and a huge disappointment for fans and players," the governing body said in a statement.

The teams will share the points if the match cannot be rescheduled, CA added.

Scorchers head coach Adam Voges said he had concerns about the wicket before the first ball.

"They (the batters) still copped a few in the stomach but yeah, just thankful that no one's been seriously injured out of this," he said.

"It's disappointing for all the people who have come out to watch tonight, but ultimately, I think they made the right call.

"We came to win a game tonight and to split the points through no wrongdoing of our own is frustrating."

Local media slammed venue officials over the pitch's condition and said the episode could mean the port city near Melbourne misses out on hosting future events.

"At best the abandoned match is unprofessional," Dan Batten wrote in the Geelong Advertiser.

"At worst it is a black mark against Geelong on the national sporting stage."

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