[PICTURE] So a 'damp patch' leads to a World Cup match being abandoned

[Syed1]

Very, very suspicious behaviour by umpires today. It had stopped raining for more than an hour and they kept wasting time through inspections. They were ok with the pitch and square but had issue with a "damp patch". Funny thing is for the last hour or so the groundsmen were sitting idle and not even trying to fix the issue.




I smell something fishy.

 

[troodon]

Pak lost easy 2 points today.

Good luck with qualification after this.

 

[ekpakistani]

ICC needs reform otherwise wish international cricket goodbye

 

[dhump]

So tell me about the conspiracy theory you are trying to cook with this smell.

It is sad that grounds use for World Cup got such poor drainage and facilities.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Extremely suspicious behaviour.

It clearly seems like some forces were working in the background to deny 2 points to Pakistan.

Who they might be - No points for guessing
[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]

 

[Syed1]

Sun is shining, no rain for last two hours yet umpires call off the match.



Ian Gould and Nigel Llong should do victory lap of the ground. Bikao umpires.

 

[big_gamer007]

Care to explain what fishy means?

Wouldn't cancelling of this match lose ICC money? Or is it only broadcasters who lose money with an abandoned match?

 

[DRsohail]

Extremely suspicious behaviour.

It clearly seems like some forces were working in the background to deny 2 points to Pakistan.

Who they might be - No points for guessing

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]

Cant hide ICC incompetency.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Think the anger should be diverted to the poor facilities at a World Cup hosting venue. Read somewhere that the drainage facilities at Bristol are rubbish to say the least, and it takes atleast two hours to get the ground ready.

Very poor management from the ICC for selecting this venue, specially considering the wet season.

 

[BDfanforever]

Yeah Pakistan missed two easy points. I dont see any chance for this SRL team to beat Pak.

 

[Executioner]

The best nation in which to play cricket - lol

In Bangladesh if there is heavy rain for 3 hours, match will resume in 30 minutes after rain stops

No excuse for world cup matches to end up like this. This is farce.

 

[big_gamer007]

Extremely suspicious behaviour.

It clearly seems like some forces were working in the background to deny 2 points to Pakistan.

Who they might be - No points for guessing

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]

Hahaha I see what you did here. You are closing gap between yourself and Junaid for #1 spot.

 

[MRSN]

Incompetent cricket council

 

[ekpakistani]

Some indians on this forum and one closet indian seems so blinded that cannot see damage ICC is doing to cricket.

Keep living in the bubble and cricket as a sport will be destroyed by ICC babus. Slowly but surely.

 

[Hawkeye]

Nothing to see or read in this thread folks, move on.


Victim mentality.

Conspiracy theories should be banned here.

 

[Syed1]

So tell me about the conspiracy theory you are trying to cook with this smell.

It is sad that grounds use for World Cup got such poor drainage and facilities.

So if they had issue with a "patch" why wasn't any groundsman working to fix it??????

 

[SensiblePakFan]

If this was a india England game they would have booked a helicopter to dry the ground goddammit

 

[troodon]

It is sad that in a developed country like England, a match gets called off due to rain when it stopped long time ago.

 

[ekpakistani]

The best nation in which to play cricket - lol

In Bangladesh if there is heavy rain for 3 hours, match will resume in 30 minutes after rain stops

No excuse for world cup matches to end up like this. This is farce.

Exactly and doesn't matter who won or what teams are playing. Fact is fans want to watch a match.

At this rate ICC will destroy cricket

 

[fight_club]

I would not get into conspiracy theories. However this is simply Shambolic Attitude where
Spectator's time and interest of the game is overruled by such bureaucratic disdain towards
the very Game is unpardonable.

Everything which will make the game possible ever if means waiting a little longer must have
been done.

shameful

 

[Titan24]

If this was a india England game they would have booked a helicopter to dry the ground goddammit

Even in PSL match a helicopter was used to dry the pitch. Its the World cup supposedly elite cricket event, surely they should have had contingency plans in place.

 

[ekpakistani]

Nothing to see or read in this thread folks, move on.


Victim mentality.

Conspiracy theories should be banned here.

Can you pls keep sagely advice to yourself ?Stop posting here if you really want to move on

 

[GBK_Fan]

The surprising thing is that the BCCI CEO Rahul Johri is in Bristol today while the Indian team is in London for their next match. This needs to be investigated.

 

[Ronaldo7]

Extremely suspicious behaviour.

It clearly seems like some forces were working in the background to deny 2 points to Pakistan.

Who they might be - No points for guessing

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]

Papua new Guinea?

 

[sazz]

In one way it is good omen for Pakistan. Same happened in 1992 also.

 

[shockbound]

Care to explain what fishy means?

Wouldn't cancelling of this match lose ICC money? Or is it only broadcasters who lose money with an abandoned match?

BCCI Money >> Low-value WC game money, that too of someone opposing BCCI.

 

[Syed1]

Even in PSL match a helicopter was used to dry the pitch. Its the World cup supposedly elite cricket event, surely they should have had contingency plans in place.

It's not like the rain came out of the blue, heck they were even predicting this rain BEFORE Pak played England.

 

[shockbound]

In one way it is good omen for Pakistan. Same happened in 1992 also.

I would love to see if ICC can do same "good" when stepped in against Australia.

 

[fight_club]

If this was a india England game they would have booked a helicopter to dry the ground goddammit

Had it been India match today, Things would have nicely spiced up

 

[Syed1]

Nothing to see or read in this thread folks, move on.


Victim mentality.

Conspiracy theories should be banned here.

Follow your own advice and move on. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

 

[ekpakistani]

I would not get into conspiracy theories. However this is simply Shambolic Attitude where
Spectator's time and interest of the game is overruled by such bureaucratic disdain towards
the very Game is unpardonable.

Everything which will make the game possible ever if means waiting a little longer must have
been done.

shameful

Fans raise such suspicions based on what has transpired.

If this is what this incompetent cricket body wanted to do then should just look at weather forecast and decide.

Yesterday the umpires sc*ewd Gayle and WI

Before that they fined Pak for slow over rate but not to England

 

[Usman Chadda]

There should be an investigation into Bristol's lack of adequate facilities for future games. Let's steer clear or conspiracies.

 

[Bhaijaan]

The surprising thing is that the BCCI CEO Rahul Johri is in Bristol today while the Indian team is in London for their next match. This needs to be investigated.

Who gave the order?

What were the 3 officials chatting about?

A thorough investigation needs to take place.

Indian official had no business coming to Bristol unless he was there to attend his nephew’s Roka.

 

[mon858]

i dont suspect conspiracy, but should have been handled much better on both fronts:
a) ground - they knew rain coming for almost a week now. they should have ordered extra draining pumps with pipes, drying/mopping solutions, extra covers to cover more of if not entire outfield, extra staff to execute the drain out activity post rain.
b) umpires - if it was indeed just the one patch, maybe discussed with two captains and if they both agreed started a 20 over game with the condition being same for both side given patch wasn't in square or bowlers run up. also could have extended game time using lights.

 

[hitthestump]

Thunder is forecast for later in the day. Calling off the game would have made sense even if the ground was bone dry at the time.

 

[Swashbuckler]

If the facilities in this ground are so poor why even host matches there? Some grounds have poor drainage, no escaping the fact. Our most iconic stadium Eden Gardens too falls in the same category, a couple of years back we had a game against Australia canceled despite no rain for over 5 hours and only a small spell of rain earlier in the day. There's not much the groundsmen can do if the drainage is that poor.

 

[SM1989]

If the facilities in this ground are so poor why even host matches there? Some grounds have poor drainage, no escaping the fact. Our most iconic stadium Eden Gardens too falls in the same category, a couple of years back we had a game against Australia canceled despite no rain for over 5 hours and only a small spell of rain earlier in the day. There's not much the groundsmen can do if the drainage is that poor.

They can surely bring in some water sucking vaccuum cleaners and clear the wet patches can they not?

 

[PakLFC]

A wet outfield could injure players never mind a puddled one. As it had been raining all day two hours is not enough to dry wet grass. Next someone is gonna say that someone is responsible for it raining all day. We still have a decent chance of going through as other teams will be taking points of each other. Relax, it's far to early to panic neither were we guaranteed to defeat the Lankan's.

 

[Titan24]

It's not like the rain came out of the blue, heck they were even predicting this rain BEFORE Pak played England.

True. As I have said time and time again, ICC is one of the most unprofessional sporting bodies around the globe, yesterday's umpiring blunders and today's mismanagement just proves it.

 

[Swashbuckler]

Feel for Pakistani fans here, this may severely affect their quest to finish in top 4. Real stupidity is not having reserve days, we had that facility in 2007 WC for all super eight matches.

 

[Usman Chadda]

If the facilities in this ground are so poor why even host matches there? Some grounds have poor drainage, no escaping the fact. Our most iconic stadium Eden Gardens too falls in the same category, a couple of years back we had a game against Australia canceled despite no rain for over 5 hours and only a small spell of rain earlier in the day. There's not much the groundsmen can do if the drainage is that poor.

In my opinion, the county should be fined for this debacle as they are the ones responsible. You cannot have such poor facilities in a place like England. Also you are hosting a World Cup game, not a gully mohalla club game. You should have top-of-the-line facilities as a World Cup venue.

This ground and the authorities should be slapped with a heavy fine, so they can get their act together.

 

[Syed1]

A wet outfield could injure players never mind a puddled one. As it had been raining all day two hours is not enough to dry wet grass. Next someone is gonna say that someone is responsible for it raining all day. We still have a decent chance of going through as other teams will be taking points of each other. Relax, it's far to early to panic neither were we guaranteed to defeat the Lankan's.

It was just a patch that was wet... see picture in OP.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

Pakistan lost 2 (relatively) easy points and also a chance to improve their runrate, but yeah i don't think theres any conspiracy here.

 

[adil79]

We are taking srilanka too easy. They are competitive side if there were 20 overs. And also, the pitch is green. Watch Australia & Afghanistan match here. The green color psychological impacts our already fragile batting unit and srilanka had good new ball bowlers. I am pretty happy at least for a point instead of no point, considering we could have collapsed on green & seam/swing conditions.

 

[adil79]

Pakistan lost 2 (relatively) easy points and also a chance to improve their runrate, but yeah i don't think theres any conspiracy here.

We lost 1 point. And there will options to improve that against afghanistan & bangladesh

 

[PakLFC]

It was just a patch that was wet... see picture in OP.

You can't tell from pictures what is or isn't wet unless you feel and touch it. I am not buying these conspiracy theories for one minute.

 

[silentkiller187]

calm down guys, if the match went ahead and we got a player injured or we lost then people would claim a conspiracy that the game went ahead anyway. Shame the game has been washed out but i a sure a couple of other games will also be affected which could balance things out. Pakistan just need to make sure they beat New zealand and/or Australia as well as the other winnable games if we are to stand a chance

 

[Titan24]

A wet outfield could injury never mind a puddled one players. As it had been raining all day two hours is not enough to dry wet grass. Next someone is gonna say that that someone is responsible for it raining all day. We still have a decent chance oof going through as other teams will be taking points of each other. Relax, it's far to early to panic neither were we guaranteed to defeat the Lankan's.

Cant deny that as I believe Srl has equally been robbed of the opportunity. However, this shouldnt lead us to ignore that ICC has been an unprofessional body for sometime now. Starting from scheduling WC in England and that too in May-July where there is generally more rain which could have been checked pretty easily. Just in CT 2017 there were some rain effected matches and it happened almost in same time of the year. On top of that there has been literally no expansion in cricket around the globe for almost 2 decades now.

 

[Kroll]

TBF, it was expected that the match was going to be a washout. Let's hope bad luck and rain falls upon our competitors also whilst we get good luck and a winning run.

 

[Syed1]

Cant deny that as I believe Srl has equally been robbed of the opportunity. However, this shouldnt lead us to ignore that ICC has been an unprofessional body for sometime now. Starting from scheduling WC in England and that too in May-July where there is generally more rain which could have been checked pretty easily. Just in CT 2017 there were some rain effected matches and it happened almost in same time of the year. On top of that there has been literally no expansion in cricket around the globe for almost 2 decades now.

Compare it to Fifa who even give funding to hopeless countries for football like Pakistan to develop grounds and grass root infrastructure. ICC might be able to focus on game development if they stop brown nosing BCCI.

 

[PakLFC]

Cant deny that as I believe Srl has equally been robbed of the opportunity. However, this shouldnt lead us to ignore that ICC has been an unprofessional body for sometime now. Starting from scheduling WC in England and that too in May-July where there is generally more rain which could have been checked pretty easily. Just in CT 2017 there were some rain effected matches and it happened almost in same time of the year. On top of that there has been literally no expansion in cricket around the globe for almost 2 decades now.

I am no fan of the ICC being on the forefront of criticising them. Here however there is no conspiracy at all. Conditions were simply unplayable.

 

[KyoOne]

Even Cricbuzz commentary was amazed at the lack of action by groundsmen to mop the only wet patch. Instead, according to live Cricbuzz account, they were moping an area close to the boundary (near flats it said).

It was suspicious really. And the fact that Mickey Arthur was warned to go away, and that even cameraman was not allowed close to the umpires makes it more fishy.

If they couldn't mop, they could have at least applied sand to the wet area and got going, instead of wasting two hours and then suspiciously calling off!

 

[octavian]

We only lost 1 point, not 2.

We can still win majority of the matches and go through. If we wanna be the real champions, one rained out game shouldn't mean much.

 

[Syed1]

Even Cricbuzz commentary was amazed at the lack of action by groundsmen to mop the only wet patch. Instead, according to live Cricbuzz account, they were moping an area close to the boundary (near flats it said).

It was suspicious really. And the fact that Mickey Arthur was warned to go away, and that even cameraman was not allowed close to the umpires makes it more fishy.

If they couldn't mop, they could have at least applied sand to the wet area and got going, instead of wasting two hours and then suspiciously calling off!

Exactly even CB was amazed at the lack of activity by the grounds staff to get the game going, then the umpire had a secret meeting with everybody pushed away.

 

[silentkiller187]

what is ICC trying to actually achieve with this conspiracy, they may be spineless amateurs however no foul play involved here.

 

[Mkumar825]

The surprising thing is that the BCCI CEO Rahul Johri is in Bristol today while the Indian team is in London for their next match. This needs to be investigated.

LMAO this is another Level of thinking.

 

[Mkumar825]

Who gave the order?

What were the 3 officials chatting about?

A thorough investigation needs to take place.

Indian official had no business coming to Bristol unless he was there to attend his nephew’s Roka.

What u had in dinner ??? Itna khatrnak investigation ??

 

[Syed1]

what is ICC trying to actually achieve with this conspiracy, they may be spineless amateurs however no foul play involved here.

Put things in perspective.... 5-6 howlers yesterday ALL against Windies. Then the umpires unwillingness to get the game going despite conditions becoming suitable for a 25 over a side match.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Pak lost easy 2 points today.

Good luck with qualification after this.

They lost 1 point.

 

[Mueez]

The match being called off was a disappointment.

However in cricket, things happen which sometimes are in your benefit and sometimes not in your benefit.

So, let’s get over it and focus on the next match versus Australia.

 

[Major]

Pcb should file a report.

This is ridiculous if the match was called off due to a patch.

 

[Major]

I appreciate how mickey arthur went down. Atleast he stands for such issues.

Btw who was the match referee? Becauee he also gets consulted before a match is called off

 

[Major]

What surprised me is that they had 1 hr and 15 minutes. Why the hell wasnt that patch cleaned up????

 

[Mkumar825]

Calm down guys its not any conspiracy theory but drainage system not good enough ,icc should look carefully bcz it's world cup match where each point matter .

 

[Syed1]

I appreciate how mickey arthur went down. Atleast he stands for such issues.

Btw who was the match referee? Becauee he also gets consulted before a match is called off

Richard Pycroft

 

[Abu_Hamza]

Another washout is on the cards for the next PAKISTAN game against AUSTRALIA. So better expect a full match between INDIA and PAKISTAN.

 

[PakLFC]

I don't know what all this chest thumping is about. We've only lost a point here and so have Sri Lanka.

 

[Abu_Hamza]

LMAO this is another Level of thinking.

Stupidity has no limit.

 

[KyoOne]

[MENTION=137868]silentkiller187[/MENTION]

Umpires' decision does not necessarily equate to ICC's desires. Umpires did not instruct groundsmen to mop the wet area at all.

First inspection was at 2.30 local (rain completely stopped at around 1.57, so even first inspection was late), match was called off at around 3.40, had the groundmen got going in these 70 minutes on that sole patch, match would surely have got going.

Instead what umpires do is ask pakistani coaches to leave them alone, keep cameraman away, and then decide amongst themselves that match will be called off just cause of ONE wet patch, with good 40 odd minutes left in final cutoff time. That lone patch would have dried as well by 4.19 cutoff time!

Adding sand would have been the least they should have done, had they had any intention of not calling off

 

[Hasan123]

The victim mentality amongst our fans is pathetic.

 

[MRSN]

We only lost 1 point, not 2.

We can still win majority of the matches and go through. If we wanna be the real champions, one rained out game shouldn't mean much.

To be honest we had to win 5 games due to bad NRR. Now that we have one extra point. We still have six games. So if we win four we will stand a really good chance to qualify for semis. 11 points should be good enough.

 

[ekpakistani]

The victim mentality amongst our fans is pathetic.

Actually you are right and the sensible one here. Its fans who are pathetic and ICC and their match officials are examples of perfection and this has been demonstrated recently :

1. Imposing a fine on Pakistan for slow over rate but not doing same against England although eng were close to 30 mins slower

2. Yesterday blind umpiring where Gayle was robbed by the umpire

3. Today the whole fiasco..


So yes u are right fans are pathetic

 

[SportsWarrior]

here on PP after long time.. not disappointed keep these fun threads coming

 

[MRSN]

The victim mentality amongst our fans is pathetic.

It's only OP. Most fans here however agree that it is case of incompetence.

 

[Kroll]

Another washout is on the cards for the next PAKISTAN game against AUSTRALIA. So better expect a full match between INDIA and PAKISTAN.

Damn, you're right.

Now the possibility of BCCI being in cahoots with Illuminati and having access to weather changing technology needs to be investigated.

 

[PakLFC]

Another washout is on the cards for the next PAKISTAN game against AUSTRALIA. So better expect a full match between INDIA and PAKISTAN.

I have seen that as well. Seems as if it's gonna rain all day at Taunton on Wednesday as well. The heavens seem to be against us here for no reason. All these conspiracy theories of what happened at what with the umpires twiddling their thumbs has taken embarrassment to a new level. Stop it!

 

[Zeeraq]

"There were a couple of patches which were very wet, and especially around the bowlers' run-up area; So what you dont want your main bowler from either side to pull a hamstring, slip or get injured and then you are out of the World Cup" : Wasim Akram

 

[Syed1]

"There were a couple of patches which were very wet, and especially around the bowlers' run-up area; So what you dont want your main bowler from either side to pull a hamstring, slip or get injured and then you are out of the World Cup" : Wasim Akram

Nobody is denying there were wet patches.... the issue is for 1.5 hours the groundsmen were chilling and not doing anything to fix those patches.

 

[Hasan123]

It's only OP. Most fans here however agree that it is case of incompetence.

I have seen a lot of our fans not on this platform play the victim card.

 

[SportsWarrior]

whats with the victim mentality? just win the next five out of six matches and you will be through. even winning four gives Pak an edge. don't mess up against NZ.. Losing to India will not have any impact but if Pak loses to NZ it will be difficult to qualify