Lets discuss in detail Pitch report and Analysis of MCG Melbourne Australia.
Australia’s premier sporting venue, the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)is famous for two things – it’s the biggest cricket stadium in the world, and second, its light towers are the tallest for any sporting venue.
Known affectionately as ‘The G’ by locals.
What is meant by Boxing Day match in Australia?
MCG annually host the Boxing Day Test cricket match. Boxing Day means that which starts after 25 december in Australia and start the summer season of cricket in Australia.
What is the Capacity of MCG Melbourne Australia ?
The Adelaide Oval Stadium Australia has a seating capacity of about 100020 spectators.
Ground Dimensions of MCG Melbourne Australia
One side of the mid-wicket boundary at the MCG is around 84 meters, so the batters will have to use brute force in order to clear that part of the ground. The straighter boundary and the other side of the mid-wicket are around 76 meters, whereas the square boundaries are also around 75 meters.
Pitch Report and Analysis of MCG Melbourne Australia
Melbourne Cricket Ground is a stadium that has been loved by both batters and bowlers as this has been one of the most competitive tracks in Australia. This ground used drop-in pitches which have a lot of bounce that makes the game quite lively.
The MCG pitch is known as one of the most competitive in the world. It has a perfect balance between bat and ball. While bowlers may receive some assistance early on because of mostly genuine bounce, as it ages, the batters may freely execute their strokes.
MCG Melbourne pitch has everyting for everyone. A good batsman can middle the ball nicely due to the pace and bounce on the pitch. The bigger boundaries of the ground bring the bowlers into the play as well.
The pacers are a threat throughout the five days. They average 29.02, bowl at an economy of 2.68, and have a strike rate of 64.8.
Unlike what we have seen and already predicted previously in this series that spinners don’t get much help in Gabba and Adelaide, but MCG is different. Spinners keep getting threatening as the game progresses. They have an overall average of 33.26 at MCG but in the final innings, spinners average 25.83 and strike every 63 balls.
The average 1st innings score has been 162 runs in T20 match.The team batting first has advantage to restrict the team batting second.
Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Sixers, 28th Match 6.01.2024
Pitch has lot of bouance and pace. Hitting the boundries was not very easy. Although Melbourne Stars openers has given a stand of 40 in 5 overs. Then also some slog hits by Maxwell who scored 31 runs for only 14 balls with 2 sixes and 4 fours. Other batters struggle to score freely and team ended up with socre of 156/4 in 20 overs. In resposne Sydney Sixers chased down easily due to weakness in Melbourne Stars bowling. There was not regular fast bowler and they also lack in quality spinners. On the other hand Sydney Sixers has quality bowling side. Spinners like Murphy and Keefe. Faset bowlers Dwarshuis, Abbot, Tom Curran. Hence bowling was the difference between two teams. So sydney sixers won the match due to no real threat from Melburne Stars Bowlers. Melbourne Star has Maxwell, Imad Waseem, Boland, Joel Paris, Beau Webster. Their fast bowlers were the most expensive ones.
Toss affect on the match Result
Toss too has affect on the match result. If the pitch is batting friendly. Then obviously team winning the toss love to bowl first and chase it down on a batting paradise pitch. It is easy to chase down total on a batting friendly pitch.
If the pitch is balanced one for both batters and bowlers, then toss has little impact on the match result.
If pitch has something for the bowlers. Then teams prefer to bat first put some runs on the board. Then try to restrict the chasing team with the help of pace and bounce on the pitch.
Dew affect on the Match Result
Dew also has affect on the match. If there is dew factor on the ground. Team love to chase as bowl became wet. Very difficult for the team bowling 2nd to grip the ball properly.
Weather Conditions affect on the Match Result
Weather too play the role. In case of rain, team try to chase the total as they have score in mind that is to be chased down.
Factors that are Exception to Pitch conditions
Strong team vs Weak Team
Very important factor in winning the match is team analysis of two teams.Pitch conditions are exception if the match is b/w a strong team and a weak team. Strong team is always favorite to win a cricket match. In current era, India and Australia are strong teams. Both teams have quality batters and bowlers. They are always favorite whatever the pitch condition is. Same applies to T20 leagues teams in IPL, BBL, PSL etc. Strong teams batters and bowlers have the requisite skills to win the match in their team favor. So team analysis is very important to assess before the match to preditct which team can win the match. For my point of view, team analysis is more important than pitch conditions. In BBL matches also strong and favorite teams have upper hand in the match.
In this article I took Melbourne stars vs Sydney Sixers match sample. Sydney Sixers won the match as they have settled batting and bowling. While Melbourne Stars suffered due to poor bowling attack in this 28th match of BBL 2023-24.So strong team again win in this match as their bowling unable Melbourne Stars strong batting to put big score on the board. Curtailed them for 156 only. Even score was competitive but Melbourne Stars bowling was weak with absence to star fast bowler Haris Rauf and leggie Usama Mir.
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