‘This is a new level’: Cricket world erupts over extraordinary photo

Someone who watches cricket closely knows the role a pitch plays in a match. Many a times winning a toss wins you matches because you take that decision by looking at the pitch and if you stick to your team’s plan you win the match.

When one captain sees a hard pitch, he is bound to bat and put up a big score for the chasing team, hoping the pitch deteriorates as the game goes on and becomes difficult to bat on.

When it’s rainy weather mostly the captain goes for bowling hoping the moisture and the breeze will help the ball swing early on and get them a good start.

When the pitch is grassy there’s no second thought on what the captain chooses, it has to be bowling because the conditions are extremely tough to bat on.

'This is a new level': Cricket world erupts over extraordinary photo
‘This is a new level’: Cricket world erupts over extraordinary photo

The pitch in NZ:

Such was the case in the match between Wellington and Canterbury in Plunket shield in New Zealand. The pitch was even grassier than the outfield at some patches.

It was a dream day for the bowlers while a nightmare for the batsmen as Wellington Firebirds were bowled out for a mere 65 runs. Here is a wicket from the match and look at the field setting, the batsman wouldn’t even want to touch the ball in such a scenario.

The tweets on it:

Many tweets popped in after the video went viral. Most said it was the most lucrative surface for any bowler to bowl on, some called it a charitable definition while some said on such a pitch a team wants to bowl in all four innings.

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