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By in Cricket on 24th Aug 2009 9:00

Australia's batsmen had queued up to pronounce that Gordon's under-prepared surface was not culpable when they collapsed first time around. Simon Katich, Hussey and Marcus North had all refused to blame the surface, instead putting it down to their inability to play the swinging ball in conditions that were briefly made more difficult by a heavy shower.

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dale2007 032.jpg 24 Aug 2009 by Cranfield

Ignoring the media debate, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all five Test Head Groundsmen along with their ground staff for producing excellent playing surfaces for the Ashes series. All the ground staff battled with challenging weather conditions to produce consistent playing surfaces, which offered five days of intense play.

Laurence Gale Pitchcare

24 Aug 2009 by Chris Boniface

spot on Laurence.

chris

Avatar: redhat-pink.png 25 Aug 2009 by Rob Goodes

Cheats

How do greenkeepers earn a living!!! ;-)

25 Aug 2009 by Pitchcare Peter

Whinging Aussies

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