da mrbet： Both captains have given pass marks to the pitches in the five Testsof the recent Cable & Wireless Series
da aposte e ganhe： Tony Cozier27-Apr-2001Both captains have given pass marks to the pitches in the five Testsof the recent Cable & Wireless Series.West Indies captain Carl Hooper, saying he “couldn’t afford to bebiased”, was satisfied that the pitches were good at all five grounds.South African skipper Shaun Pollock agreed and picked out Sabina Parkfor special mention.”If I had to pick one of the five, I’d probably say this one,” hesaid of the Sabina pitch for the fifth and final Test where SouthAfrica lost their only match of the series.”I thought it played nicely and was pretty similar to what we have athome. It had a bit more bounce and carry [than the others] and was agood Test pitch.”Hooper quipped that, since Sabina had given him his first Test win ascaptain, he should identify it as the best, but his assessment wasthat “they’ve all been good tracks, at all the venues”.He used the pitch at the Queen’s Park Oval as an example of what hethought was a general improvement.”In Trinidad, the pitch normally plays much lower than it did but,this time, the bounce was more even and it held up fairly well,” hesaid.Chief executive of the West Indies Cricket Board, GregoryShillingford, announced before the series that cash incentives of “acombined amount of between US$8 000 and $15 000” would be awarded toground staff for the best pitch and grounds for both Test and One-DayInternational series.Shillingford said the judges would be the two captains and ICC matchreferee Mike Denness, the former England manager, who fill out formsassessing the pitches and grounds after every match.He gave the assurance that the scheme would be continued and possiblyeven extended to the domestic Busta Cup and Red Stripe Bowl.
