I think I said earlier that its important for test cricket to be strong in England and Australia. We are really one of the rearguards of test cricket. So dishing up such shit wickets really hurts things.
So, with MCG/Adelaide Oval/Burswood Stadium having drop-in pitches and the WACA being a shadow of the pitch it was 15+ years ago, that leaves only The Gabba/SCG/Hobart as the only test grounds to produce 'quality' pitches.
Although, in saying that though (and I mentioned this last summer vs India), the Sydney Swans will permanently be moving back to the SCG after next season. Given the AFL have put a lot of pressure on The Gabba/SCG management in the past to revert to drop-in pitches so their precious players don't have to be 'tackled' on the hard area of the ground where the cricket pitches would be, I would not be surprised in the slightest if the SCG also adopts a drop-in pitch from 2017 onwards. I mean, it JUST sounds like something I could visualise Chesire-grin James Sutherland agreeing to and spruiking propaganda as to how it will be good for Australian cricket in the long-term etc. etc.
Oh how the quality of cricket pitches and the domestic cricket scene have declined since I started watching cricket 20 years ago.....and it's no surprise that everything that has gone wrong regarding those issues has slowly crept in since Sutherland became CEO.
