Leicestershire County Cricket Club

[Mark 'expert' Lawrenson]

26 minutes ago, MaidstoneFox said:

Isn't there something about the grass being too long and therefore it was more difficult to see all the cracks. If that hadn't been the case then more water may have been added. So the root (no pun intended) cause of the issue is the request for 16mm of grass, which the HGM said he wouldn't have done.

 

There was also the point about clumps of grass, which needed raking more. I know nothing about pitch preparation, but I'm assuming this may have been done with shorter grass.

The seam on the ball will nip the grass out of the pitch should the grass be too thick creating a kind of divot, it doesn’t disturb the soil just the grass. Raking the pitch out would thin the grass covering and get rid of the clumps. 
I think the issue combined with the above was the amount of cracks which caused uneven bounce. 
The hot weather and the amount of extra cricket (women’s games have added more pressure on the square) means pitches will get reused and are never as good second or third time around. 

[SemperEadem]

10 minutes ago, when_you're_smiling said:

According to the BBC, the players were told of the deduction at lunch yesterday. 

It looked like it was done in a Phil Brown on the pitch type thing when coming off for lunch.

[everton carr]

3 hours ago, when_you're_smiling said:

Remember the last time we would have qualified for the T20 knockouts we were deducted points as well.

 

I’m really annoyed about the suspended points as well. Basically encourages teams to complain about the pitch if they lose as Glamorgan did.

I knew that one was coming Lilley was out of control

[harpendenfox]

1 hour ago, The whole world smiles said:

2 things can be true at the same time the punishment can be unbelievably harsh/unjust and the club can also have made a right pigs ear of this. 

Yep. I think this is my take, too

[davieG]

Why is this a problem, it was the same for each team, was intentional. I'm confused.