BCB Labels Mirpur Pitch Unsatisfactory After Recent Matches

Officials from the Bangladesh Cricket Board, or BCB, were not thrilled with the pitch's slow bounce and low bounce at the Shere Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. To keep the pitch lively and up to the standards the BCB aspires to, some improvements would need to be made, according to a statement released on Friday, August 1, by Nazmul Abedin, president of cricket operations for the board.

According to Nazmul Abedin, chairman of cricket operations for the BCB, they never requested a slow, low wicket. His remarks follow Bangladesh's 2-1 series victory against Pakistan at SBNS, which drew criticism for the pitches' poor batting conditions in the first two games.

Mirpur Pitch Draws Criticism:

Although Abedin acknowledged that the cricketing schedule at the site is typically crowded, leaving little to no time for the modifications to take place, he said that the pitch curators and ground authorities at the Mirpur venue have not been able to maintain the pitch up to the standards. But according to Abedin, the board will make every effort to make time so that the wicket may be renovated to meet international standards.

Cricbuzz quotes Abedin saying, “Overall, the Mirpur wicket is not satisfactory - we all accept that. We'll have to work on this going forward. Perhaps the entire soil base will have to be removed. Or, the process through which the pitch is prepared will have to be changed. I hope that some changes will come in this area shortly, and that we'll see a better wicket in Mirpur."

He further added, “If there had been grass on the wicket, then the ball's colour might not have been damaged as much. Since there is no natural grass, when the ball comes into friction with the soil, it absorbs the colour of that soil, and eventually, a time comes when the ball appears less white and takes on a darker shade. That naturally affects visibility. So that is a factor. Our board president made a correct observation or comment (in this regard)."

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