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Ashes ground gets pitch penalty
Glamorgan were penalised after a pitch at their Sophia Gardens home ground in Cardiff, the venue for the first Ashes Test between England and Australia.
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- Updated: May 19, 2009 11:34 AM IST
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An England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) pitch panel including Mike Denness, England's captain during their losing Ashes tour of Australia back in 1974/75, was convened to consider the pitch used for the Friends Provident Trophy one-day match at Cardiff on Tuesday, May 12 between Glamorgan and Essex.
They upeld the umpires decision the pitch had demonstrated excessive turn and should therefore be rated "poor".
Glamorgan were penalised two points on Monday but the penalty won't be applied this season. Instead it will take effect in the 2010 Friends Provident Trophy.
Spin is one of the few areas where England appear to have an advantage over Australia, and Cardiff - which will be staging its first Test when the Ashes opener stars there on July 8 - has long had a reputation for taking turn. That has led to widespread speculation that England, unusually for a home.
Test in recent seasons, will play two spinners, most likely Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar, in the Welsh capital. Australia leg-spin great Shane Warne for one believes both bowlers will be in England's Ashes side.
"It's been a long time since English spin bowlers have had an impact on an Ashes series, but it looks as though that could change this summer," Warne wrote in his column in The Times last week.
"Now that Graeme Swann has established himself in the team and Monty Panesar is waiting in the wings, I think there's a real possibility that England will take on Australia with two spinners in their side."
Glamorgan were penalised after a pitch at their Sophia Gardens home ground in Cardiff, the venue for the first Ashes Test between England and Australia in July, was rated "poor".An England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) pitch panel including Mike Denness, England's captain during their losing Ashes tour of Australia back in 1974/75, was convened to consider the pitch used for the Friends Provident Trophy one-day match at Cardiff on Tuesday, May 12 between Glamorgan and Essex.
They upeld the umpires decision the pitch had demonstrated excessive turn and should therefore be rated "poor".
Glamorgan were penalised two points on Monday but the penalty won't be applied this season. Instead it will take effect in the 2010 Friends Provident Trophy.
Spin is one of the few areas where England appear to have an advantage over Australia, and Cardiff - which will be staging its first Test when the Ashes opener stars there on July 8 - has long had a reputation for taking turn. That has led to widespread speculation that England, unusually for a home.
Test in recent seasons, will play two spinners, most likely Graeme Swann and Monty Panesar, in the Welsh capital. Australia leg-spin great Shane Warne for one believes both bowlers will be in England's Ashes side.
"It's been a long time since English spin bowlers have had an impact on an Ashes series, but it looks as though that could change this summer," Warne wrote in his column in The Times last week.
"Now that Graeme Swann has established himself in the team and Monty Panesar is waiting in the wings, I think there's a real possibility that England will take on Australia with two spinners in their side."
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