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England’s Ben Stokes (R) walks previous Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam after their victory on the finish of the fifth and last day of the primary cricket Check match (AFP Picture)
The ICC mentioned in a media launch that having reviewed footage of the Check Match after the PCB appealed
The Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday mentioned following an attraction by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the demerit level given to Rawalpindi pitch for the primary Pakistan-England Check, held from December 1-5 final 12 months, has been rescinded.
The ICC mentioned in a media launch that having reviewed footage of the Check Match after the PCB appealed, the ICC attraction panel, consisting of the ICC Basic Supervisor – Cricket and Chair of the ICC Males’s Cricket Committee, have been unanimous of their opinion that the rules had been adopted by the Match Referee in accordance with Appendix A of the Pitch Monitoring Course of.
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On the identical time, they added that there have been a number of redeeming options — together with the truth that a consequence was achieved following a compelling sport, with 37 out of a doable 39 wickets being taken. As such, the attraction panel concluded that the wicket didn’t warrant the “beneath common” score.
Earlier, on December 13, 2022, the ICC had given a ‘beneath common’ score to the pitch, making it the second demerit level for the venue this 12 months after the pitch for the primary Check between Pakistan and Australia in March, the place 1187 runs have been scored total and solely 14 wickets fell throughout 5 days, was additionally rated as “beneath common”.
Whereas the opening Check of the collection noticed England managing to win by 74 runs for a well-known victory after scoring 506 runs on day one yielded seven centuries from batters in each groups, the pitch got here below hearth for offering bowlers with little or no help all through the five-day contest. Earlier PCB chairman Ramiz Raja had labelled the pitch as ’embarrassing’ throughout lunch break on day two of the match.
“It was a really flat pitch which gave nearly no help to any kind of bowler. That was the primary motive why batters scored very quick and each side posted large totals. The pitch hardly deteriorated throughout the course of the match. Since there was little or no in it for the bowlers, I discovered the pitch to be “beneath common” as per the ICC pointers,” mentioned ICC Match Referee Andy Pycroft at the moment.
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