Cricket Australia will conduct a “thorough overview” into Sunday’s deserted Large Bash League (BBL) match in Geelong after the Melbourne Renegades-Perth Scorchers conflict was known as off with 6.5 overs bowled as a result of security issues concerning the pitch.
Heavy rain on the weekend had seeped underneath protecting covers and left a moist patch at one finish of the Kardinia Park wicket however officers cleared the match to go forward after floor workers scrambled to rectify the state of affairs.
Umpires then suspended play within the seventh over with Perth 30 for 2 after Josh Inglis was subjected to a torrid, three-ball sequence from paceman Will Sutherland.
Inglis was struck within the groin, performed an inside edge after which missed a supply that ballooned off the pitch and left wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock bemused.
Boos rang out from the group of 6,601 when play was deserted some quarter-hour later, the primary time a match was known as off as a result of an unsafe pitch within the BBL’s 12-year historical past.
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“CA will conduct a radical overview into the extraordinarily irritating circumstances which have resulted within the sport being deserted and an enormous disappointment for followers and gamers,” the governing physique stated in an announcement.
The groups will share the factors if the match can’t be rescheduled, CA added.
Scorchers head coach Adam Voges stated he had issues concerning the wicket earlier than the primary ball.
“They (the batters) nonetheless copped a number of within the abdomen however yeah, simply grateful that nobody’s been critically injured out of this,” he stated.
“It’s disappointing for all of the individuals who have come out to observe tonight, however finally, I feel they made the appropriate name.
“We got here to win a sport tonight and to separate the factors via no wrongdoing of our personal is irritating.”
Native media slammed venue officers over the pitch’s situation and stated the episode may imply the port metropolis close to Melbourne misses out on internet hosting future occasions.
“At greatest the deserted match is unprofessional,” Dan Batten wrote within the Geelong Advertiser.
“At worst it’s a black mark in opposition to Geelong on the nationwide sporting stage.”