{"id":35791,"date":"2018-02-06T14:28:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T14:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=35791"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:28:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T14:28:54","slug":"chittagong-pitch-gets-one-demerit-point-after-being-rated-as-below-average","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=35791","title":{"rendered":"Chittagong Pitch gets one demerit point after being rated as &#8220;Below Average&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_-1402293345203350417m_-8448924131021729247MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"font: 400 12.8px\/13.33px arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: transparent;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-35770\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/icc-31.jpg\" alt=\"icc 31\" width=\"300\" style=\"margin: 1px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/icc-31.jpg 621w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/icc-31-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/icc-31-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/>The Chittagong Test pitch for the opening match between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka has been rated as \u201cbelow average\u201d by David Boon of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees, and, as such, it has received one demerit point according to the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-1402293345203350417m_-8448924131021729247MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"font: 400 12.8px\/13.33px arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: transparent;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-1402293345203350417m_-8448924131021729247MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"font: 400 12.8px\/13.33px arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: transparent;\">The demerit point will remain active for a rolling five-year period and if during this five-year period the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium reaches the threshold of five demerit points, then it will be suspended from staging any international cricket for 12 months.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-1402293345203350417m_-8448924131021729247MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"font: 400 12.8px\/13.33px arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: transparent;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-1402293345203350417m_-8448924131021729247MsoPlainText\" style=\"font: 400 12.8px\/13.33px arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: transparent;\"><b><span style=\"line-height: 13.33px;\">Mr Boon, whose report has been forwarded to the Bangladesh Cricket Board, said<\/span><\/b><span style=\"line-height: 13.33px;\">: \u201cThe pitch provided no seam movement to the fast bowlers with the new ball and also lacked carry and bounce throughout the match. The pitch did offer occasional slow turn for the spinners early on, but it did not deteriorate as much as would have been expected as the match progressed, resulting in a pitch that too heavily favoured the batsmen across the five days.\u201d<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-1402293345203350417m_-8448924131021729247MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"font: 400 12.8px\/13.33px arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify; color: #222222; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; background-color: transparent;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span>&nbsp;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_-1402293345203350417m_-8448924131021729247MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"font: 400 12.8px\/13.33px arial,sans-serif; text-align: justify; color: #222222; 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