Pitch report: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 – ICC World Cup 2011 Final
News from the pitch is that the weather is warm and humid and the pitch is expected to be flat at the Wankhede Stadium http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820. As the ICC World Cup 2011 Final kicks off, the flat wicket indicates a batting paradise for batsmen from both the Indian and Sri
Lankan squads.
The track is low and flat so it will difficult to decide for the Indian team whether to go for an extra spinner instead of a pacer or an extra batsman should be included in the side to strengthen their batting line-up. As time will pass the pitch is expected
to turn more. So in the evening, the side batting second will have to face some tricky spin bowling from the opponents spinners. Overall, the pitch does not seem to be offering much for a pacer.
Yesterday, the curators revealed that the pitch for the final has been kept hard. It’s not a new scenario as it seems that the Indian curators are carving batting friendly pitches for the home team.
The first ten over’s will be very crucial for the side batting first as they have to engineer their innings in quite an efficient and effective manner. This means that they must make full use of the pitch by scoring as many runs as possible in the first
ten overs.
The outfield will play a moderate role in assisting the ball towards the boundary. Weather will test the side bowling first because they have to fight the batsmen as well as the weather. Pitch seems to be potentially supportive towards the spinners, meaning
Muralitharan and Harbhajan Singh will play an eminent role in the final result of the match.
So far pitches in this World cup have played a key role in deciding the outcome of a game. And the Indian soil has so far reacted in the expected fashion. With the match under way, let’s see who will be able to make full use of this pitch, which does not
offer much bounce for the pacers.
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