The historic Lord’s Cricket Ground, known as the home of cricket, has come under heavy criticism during the ongoing Test match between England and New Zealand.
With a total of 33 wickets falling in the first two days of the match, a considerable drop and the ball staying unusually low at times, former cricketers have raised questions about the quality of the pitch and there are fears that the shot will face ICC scrutiny.
English bowler Jacob Bethel was bowled by Kiwi fast-bowler Matt Henry on a similar delivery that was much lower than expected, which was also commented on by the commentators.
The former Australian women’s cricketer said you can’t do anything with a ball like that and this pitch will trouble New Zealand in the fourth innings.
On the other hand, former England all-rounder Stuart Broad said there was nothing Jacob Bethel could have done with the ball, while Michael Atherton said the pitch’s lack of consistency increases the chances of an lbw.
Michael Atherton added that I don’t think it’s a good place.
The former commander Nasir Hasen said that the middle part of Mirze land is not very good and efforts have been made to improve it.
Nasir Hussain said that batting on a bowling quality stage is impossible, there is nothing worse than unbalanced batting.
Looking at the state of the match, 16 wickets were scored on the first day and 17 wickets on the second day. England scored 140 runs in the first innings, in response the Kiwi team scored 113 runs in their first innings and lost 27 runs.
In the second innings, the home team scored 226 runs with a lead of 27 runs and thus set New Zealand a target of 254 runs to win. Today on the third day of play, New Zealand need 218 runs to win and are 36 runs short and need 182 more runs to win.
