The Global Cricket Council (ICC) has absolved its sound rankings for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with the Perth Stadium, Adelaide Oval, Gabba and the MCG pitches all receiving the best “very good” ranking and the SCG given the second one lead section “satisfactory”.
The rankings come because the Kangaroos, closing hour, the Kangaroos attach a 3-1 victory within the five-match layout to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar Trophy for the primary hour in a decade.
Dropping the primary duel in Perth, the hosts got here again robust to win the second one, fourth and 5th Take a look at, while the 3rd duel used to be drawn.
With the layout win, Australia additionally made it to the Global Take a look at Championship ultimate in opposition to South Africa at Lord’s in June.
The sound rankings machine, made over in 2023 to drop the collection of rankings from six to 4 —superb, ample, unsatisfactory and not worthy — options demerit issues for venues in the event that they obtain unsatisfactory or not worthy rankings.
“We are delighted by the quality of pitches produced for the NRMA Insurance Border-Gavaskar Trophy series and grateful for all the hard work of the curators and venues across the country,” mentioned CA Head of Cricket Operations and Scheduling Peter Roach.
“We encourage pitches that bring out the unique characteristics of that venue and this has long been a feature of Australian cricket. We strongly believe that this is one of the reasons that Test cricket is so popular in Australia.
“We don’t glance to arrange wickets that favour the house aspect or go well with our status in a layout. What we search is a great tournament between bat and ball and pitches which can be prone to form a outcome.
“Weather obviously plays a significant part in preparation and we know that even our most skilled curators are challenged at times by adverse weather,” he added.
Noting that the SCG has been striving to deliver out their distinctive traits of early moment and leap ahead of the sound wears and spins, Roach remarked that this time used to be a advance constructively to attaining this which equipped an exhilarating end to the Border Gavaskar Trophy layout and bodes smartly for the Ashes summer season in 2025-26.
“The series also emphasised the benefits of playing first-class cricket at major venues. It allows our curators to become more familiar with the different challenges that go into preparing wickets in different weather conditions, and also allows players to enter the Test team familiar with the conditions they will confront,” he concluded.
