Cricket Australia counsels MCG curators to not overreact to Boxing Day pitch dramas


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Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts is counselling the MCC (Melbourne Cricket Club) against overcorrecting the MCG pitch conditions following the abandonment of the recent Sheffield Shield game between Victoria and Western Australia.

Under pressure from both CA and the MCC to produce an even contest between bat and ball, the ground’s curator Matt Page prepared a Shield pitch that retained too much moisture, resulting in erratic bounce as it dried on day one of the Shield clash.

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Cricket Australia has warned the MCG curators not to overcorrect after the Sheffield Shield match was abandoned.