Tony Greig Pitch Report Pakistan vs Australia 2nd Test, Brisbane, November 27 - December 01, 1981 - video Dailymotion

This video presents the Tony Greig Pitch Report: Pakistan vs. Australia 2nd Test, Brisbane, November 27 - December 01, 1981.  #crickethighlights

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00:00At 4.35 o'clock yesterday afternoon, my feet would have been covered in water.

00:04In fact, it would have been probably up to my ankles.

00:07The groundsman did a tremendous job with the covers out here.

00:09And as you can see, the area around the pitch and the stumps is dry as a bone.

00:15Have a look at that.

00:16We really did expect to see some moisture or certainly some patches out here,

00:19but the covers did their job absolutely perfectly.

00:22Not a damp spot on the pitch, which is absolutely incredible considering all the rain we had.

00:28This is the area that's caused one or two little problems for the batsman.

00:32You can see the fair few little cracks around there.

00:34And the odd ball just outside off stump down this end is kept low from this area.

00:38And the batsman will have to be a little bit watchful of that.

00:40But otherwise, the pitch looks in absolutely magnificent order.

00:45A little problem for the batsman will be the outfield.

00:47Not that it's going to affect the Pakistanis too much,

00:49but the water really has gone into that outfield out there.

00:52And it's going to be a little bit slower.

00:54So the ball won't run quite as readily to the boundary.

00:56Very sticky out here, very, very hot indeed.

00:59But really the pitch in magnificent order, even now.

01:03Well, that's the way it is out there.

01:04This ground really is a superb drying ground.

01:06Not quite as good nowadays as it used to be before the greyhound track was in,

01:11but it's still very good indeed.

01:13Here's the action now.

01:13We pick up play in the second over.

01:15We pick up play in the second over.

01:28Maybe, it's strange.

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