Cricket News: In the Cricket World Cup League season 2, the match between Namibia and Scotland had to be canceled due to bad weather, but from the middle of the match, the ground staff’s activity came to light which led to all the senses. Groundmens set fire to the middle pitch to dry the wet pitch due to rain.
Cricket lover angry with this incident
Meanwhile, after the match was canceled, many pictures of the pitch drying method are becoming quite viral. Now this response may have been made due to good approach and management of sports, players and staff loyalty. But trolls and some cricket experts are not considering it a reasonable step. And to an extent it is also true that this work would have hurt the minds of cricket lovers. Some experts say that the players who consider the pitch to be God, kiss it before playing, the pitch’s soil the soil they put on the forehead is not a good thing to set fire to the pitch. Cricket Scotland’s X account posted pictures of players of both teams, in which he was looking at the pitch and burnt spots on the pitch due to the fire. Earlier inspection was done several times, but a lot of time was wasted due to heavy rains and despite the unique methods of the ground staff, the pitch could not be prepared till 9:02 pm (local time), due to which both teams had to distribute points.
Namibia and Scotland are sixth and third in the point tables. The team headed by Gerhard Erasmus has so far won eight matches in the league and has lost 13. The Scottish team has won 11 and has lost seven. This was Scotland’s third canceled match. Scotland’s net run rate is far better (+0.886). The US team is at the forefront of the point table, as it has played 20 matches so far, and the percentage of their win is 70%. Nepal and UAE, who are in seventh and eighth place, are the only two teams who have played fewer matches from the US.