Cape Town, Nov 11(ANI): Newlands pitch curator Evan Flint cannot be held culpable for creating any sort of "monster" in his surface for the first Test between South Africa and Australia, according to former South African fast bowler Craig Matthews.
Matthews was reacting to the clatter-of-wickets carnage at the venue on day two of the Test on Thursday, which saw the South Africans bowled for 96 in reply to Australia's first innings score of 284, and then even greater drama as the tourists followed up with 47 all out in their second innings.
"I feel sorry for the groundsman because of course questions will be asked. Yet people are not being peppered (on the body) and the bounce is not a special problem (from a consistency point of view)," Sports 24 quoted Matthews, as saying.
"You have to consider other factors like the pure 'perfect storm' scenario - both sides have very good bowlers, after all. What you saw also today was the bowlers on both sides really working out what the right length was. Perhaps it was simply one of those funny days in cricket."
"I think the difference between days one and two was that the pitch has just hardened up a bit and got a bit quicker - where you played and missed on the first day, you nicked it the next," he added. (ANI)
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